Mess and Maintenance at Marine Boot Camp: Epilogue

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

For the US Marine Corps and the other military services, the mid-to-late 1970s was a time of serious budgetary constraints. Anti-military sentiment was running high in the wake of the Vietnam War and President Carter had been swept into office...

Mess and Maintenance at Marine Boot Camp

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

For the US Marine Corps and the other military services, the mid-to-late 1970s was a time of serious budgetary constraints. Anti-military sentiment was running high in the wake of the Vietnam War and President Carter had been swept into office...

Air Force and Remotely Piloted Vehicles

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This case examines US Air Force attitudes toward the development and procurement of airplanes that fly without pilots, otherwise known as remotely piloted vehicles or RPVs. Specifically, the case describes the Pave Tiger and Seek Spinner RPVs,...

Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle & Off-the Shelf-Procurement

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

One of the explanations often given for the high cost of military hardware is the fact that many items of military equipment are built in such small quantities that the Armed Forces do not benefit from the economies of scale that keep prices...

The Alaska Railroad: 1984

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

For years, Alaskans have debated the pros and cons of taking over the Alaska Railroad from the federal government. With the passage of the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982, however, the debate assumed added importance. In the act, Congress...

The Congressionally Mandated Mobility Study

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The Congressionally Mandated Mobility Study (CMMS), completed in 1981 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, examined the capacities of the American military to transport troops and material to Europe and the Persian Gulf. The study was...

US-Canada Free Trade Negotiations (I): Gaining Approval to Proceed (B: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1985, US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter began preparing for trade talks with Canada, the largest US trading partner. The goal was an agreement that would virtually eliminate trade barriers between the two nations. But by the mid-1980s,...

US-Canada Free Trade Negotiations (I): Gaining Approval to Proceed (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1985, US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter began preparing for trade talks with Canada, the largest US trading partner. The goal was an agreement that would virtually eliminate trade barriers between the two nations. But by the mid-1980s,...

US-Canada Free Trade Negotiations (I): Gaining Approval to Proceed (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1985, US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter began preparing for trade talks with Canada, the largest US trading partner. The goal was an agreement that would virtually eliminate trade barriers between the two nations. But by the mid-1980s,...

High Mountain Sheep Dam (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This case examines the decision facing the Federal Power Commission (FPC) of whether to license hydroelectric development of Idaho's Snake River. After providing background on the area's wilderness value and on the FPC, it describes a series of...

Denise Fleury and the MN Office of State Claims

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

When Denise Fleury left the insurance industry to become head of the Minnesota Office of State Claims in June 1984, she knew the job would be challenging. Recent changes in state law had changed and broadened the mission of the state claims...

Striving Toward Excellence in Minnesota

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

On February 13, 1984, Minnesota Commissioner of Administration Sandra J. Hale told a group of some 200 state managers that her department would soon launch a program to improve the "effectiveness and productivity" of state government. Hale and...