Federal

George Shultz and the Polygraph Test

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Shortly before Christmas 1985, Secretary of State George Shultz publicly threatened to resign over a pending administration directive that would have required thousands of government employees with access to highly classified information to...

Great Engine War (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...

Great Engine War

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...

Selling the Reorganization of the Post Office (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1969, President Nixon's Postmaster General, Winton Blount, set out to reorganize the Post Office by turning it into a government corporation. Aware that the Congress and the postal unions liked the old system, were well served by it, and...

Selling the Reorganization of the Post Office

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1969, President Nixon's Postmaster General, Winton Blount, set out to reorganize the Post Office by turning it into a government corporation. Aware that the Congress and the postal unions liked the old system, were well served by it, and...

Note on the EPA Under Administrator Anne Gorsuch

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

Surviving at the EPA: Bill Hedeman

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

Surviving at the EPA: David Tundermann

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

Surviving at the EPA: Gary Dietrich

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

Surviving at the EPA: Mike Cook

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

Surviving at the EPA: Mike Walsh

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan Revolution to environmental policymaking. To the career...

The Legal Services Corporation Under the Reagan Administration: The Reagan Board (B) (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1981, the Reagan administration proposed the elimination of the federally-funded Legal Services Corporation (LSC), sparking an intense and ideologically bitter fight in Congress between pro- and anti-LSC forces. Part A gives a brief history...