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Philanthropy Industry Note: Philanthropy by Foundations (C)

Publication Date: July 01, 1998

This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based data, reports of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, the American...

Philanthropy Industry Note: Philanthropy by Individual Donors (B)

Publication Date: July 01, 1998

This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based data, reports of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, the American...

Philanthropy Industry Note: Landscape of Philanthropy in the United States (A)

Publication Date: July 01, 1998

This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based data, reports of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, the American...

Taking on Big Tobacco: David Kessler and the FDA (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

Food and Drug Commissioner David Kessler's landmark 1996 decision to propose regulation of tobacco as a drug marked him as one of the most prominent appointees in the first Clinton Administration -- one both revered and reviled. Kessler's...

Taking on Big Tobacco: David Kessler and the FDA

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

Food and Drug Commissioner David Kessler's landmark 1996 decision to propose regulation of tobacco as a drug marked him as one of the most prominent appointees in the first Clinton Administration -- one both revered and reviled. Kessler's...

James Woolsey and the CIA: The Aldrich Ames Spy Case (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

When Washington attorney and longtime Capitol Hill staff member James Woolsey became director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1993, he inherited a bombshell that would soon become public. A joint CIA-FBI investigation had found that...

Catastrophic Health Insurance for the Elderly

Publication Date: September 01, 1995

Ronald Reagan's 1987 proposal to change the federal Medicare system to help protect against the costs of "catastrophic illness" seemed to portend an important change in the US social insurance system. And, indeed, an amended version of the...

Catastrophic Health Insurance for the Elderly: Appendix: CCA Act

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

In 1987, Ronald Reagan proposed changes to the federal Medicare system, which were designed to protect against the costs of "catastrophic illness." His choice seemed to portend an important change in the US social insurance system. And, indeed,...

Vision and Strategy: Paul H. O'Neill at OMB and Alcoa (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

Whether as analyst or deputy director at the federal Office of Management and Budget, or as the chief executive of Alcoa, Paul O'Neill has sought to inspire those working for him to approach their tasks with vision and without preconceptions. In...

The Gulf Crisis: Building a Coalition for War

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

The Gulf War--the US led effort to oust Iraq's armed forces from neighboring, oil-rich Kuwait--may be best remembered for the sheer effectiveness of the tactics and power which achieved the US military objectives in short order. But between the...

Air Force Materiel Command: Integration & Org. Change (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

These re-engineering cases tell the story of a massive reorganization/consolidation that changed the command structure of the US Air Force. Case A examines the decision of Air Force leaders to merge the Air Force Systems Command and the Air...

Air Force Materiel Command: Integration & Org. Change (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1993

These re-engineering cases tell the story of a massive reorganization/consolidation that changed the command structure of the US Air Force. Case A examines the decision of Air Force leaders to merge the Air Force Systems Command and the Air...