Food Stamps

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In 1982 the Reagan Administration proposed a $1.5 billion cut in the federal Food Stamp Program. The case examines the evolution of the food stamp program up to this point and then lays out the cost-cutting options available to the administrator...

Les Aspin and the MX (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This case describes the situation facing President Reagan in the fall of 1982 and early 1983 as he sought congressional support for the MX missile. Two proposals for MX basing had already failed to secure congressional authorization. The case...

Les Aspin and the MX

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This case describes the situation facing President Reagan in the fall of 1982 and early 1983 as he sought congressional support for the MX missile. Two proposals for MX basing had already failed to secure congressional authorization. The case...

Managing the Employment and Training Administration: Job Corps

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This case examines the efforts of Albert Angrisani, the Reagan administration's choice to run the Department of Labor's Employment and Training administration, to reform the Job Corps program. It contrasts the view that Angrisani's proposals...

Managing the Employment and Training Administration: Job Corps (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This case examines the efforts of Albert Angrisani, the Reagan administration's choice to run the Department of Labor's Employment and Training administration, to reform the Job Corps program. It contrasts the view that Angrisani's proposals...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (C: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (Abridged: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

Governor Bob Graham and the Improvement of Florida's Education System (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In late June 1983, Gov. Bob Graham faced a tough choice. He had threatened to veto any budget legislation that did not provide new taxes to fund educational reforms—especially salary raises for teachers (a campaign promise). But although...

The Two Oaths of Richard Helms

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

In 1973, former CIA director Richard Helms was called to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a follow-up to hearings confirming his nomination as ambassador to Iran. However, the primary issue of these sessions became the...

Business Lobbying in the Bay State: The Massachusetts High Technology Council (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This case traces the establishment of the Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC). In 1977, a handful of chief executive officers of relatively small high-tech companies formed an independent lobbying group in response to their perception...

Business Lobbying in the Bay State: The Massachusetts High Technology Council

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This case traces the establishment of the Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC). In 1977, a handful of chief executive officers of relatively small high-tech companies formed an independent lobbying group in response to their perception...