MCS2: Software for the Soldier

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

Accurate information about troop positions and other conditions are crucial for battlefield commanders. But when the US Army moves to develop a software program which will make such information more easily and widely available, complications...

Robert Little & the Kinship Fostercare Program in NYC: Abridged

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

When the "crack" cocaine epidemic of the mid- and late 1980s leads to vast increases in the numbers of abandoned and neglected children, New York City officials move to create a new program to provide foster care. Rather than using only...

Private Lives, Public Fears (A): Documenting HIV-Related Information at a Teaching Hospital in Boston

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

A major Boston teaching hospital must decide whether its historic policy of maintaining medical records which reflect personal information about patients and their illnesses makes sense in an age when insurers have routinely begun to cancel the...

Private Lives, Public Fears (A): Documenting HIV-Related Information at a Teaching Hospital in Boston (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

A major Boston teaching hospital must decide whether its historic policy of maintaining medical records which reflect personal information about patients and their illnesses makes sense in an age when insurers have routinely begun to cancel the...

Private Lives, Public Fears (B): Recent Advances

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

A major Boston teaching hospital must decide whether its historic policy of maintaining medical records which reflect personal information about patients and their illnesses makes sense in an age when insurers have routinely begun to cancel the...

Michigan Rehabilitation Services: Should a Public Agency Compete with the Private Sector? (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

Michigan Rehabilitation Services had a virtual monopoly on providing rehabilitation counseling to people with disabilities in the state. When suddenly faced with private sector competition, the agency lost virtually all of its market share. Part...

Michigan Rehabilitation Services: Should a Public Agency Compete with the Private Sector? (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

Michigan Rehabilitation Services had a virtual monopoly on providing rehabilitation counseling to people with disabilities in the state. When suddenly faced with private sector competition, the agency lost virtually all of its market share. Part...

Facing the Problem of Second-hand Smoke: The Office on Smoking and Health's Decision (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

In the late 1970s, anti-smoking efforts in the United States had stalled. The effects of the landmark 1964 Surgeon General's report linking smoking and lung cancer appeared to have leveled off. Officials at the Department of Health, Education...

Facing the Problem of Second-hand Smoke: The Office on Smoking and Health's Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

In the late 1970s, anti-smoking efforts in the United States had stalled. The effects of the landmark 1964 Surgeon General's report linking smoking and lung cancer appeared to have leveled off. Officials at the Department of Health, Education...

Community Voice Mail for the "Phoneless" (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

The staff of a Seattle non-profit employment and training agency come to a sudden realization in late 1990: the homeless with whom they deal are handicapped not only by a lack of a permanent residence but their lack of a phone. They lack the...

Community Voice Mail for the "Phoneless": Starting Up in Seattle and Minnesota

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

The staff of a Seattle non-profit employment and training agency come to a sudden realization in late 1990: the homeless with whom they deal are handicapped not only by a lack of a permanent residence but their lack of a phone. They lack the...

Info/California: Where Do Electronic Government Tellers Belong? (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

The growth of the kind of new interactive technologies promise to make it more convenient and less expensive for government, like private providers of consumer goods and services, to serve its customers-whether they seek a driver's license or...