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Business Process Transformation at the CIA (B)

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through a difficult period. As the unit responsible for providing its more glamorous...

Business Process Transformation at the CIA (A)

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through a difficult period. As the unit responsible for providing its more glamorous...

Tennessee's Medicaid Revolution: TennCare

Publication Date: January 01, 1999

In 1994, Tennessee underwent a massive reconfiguration of its fee-for-service Medicaid program, replacing the old system with TennCare. These efforts were pioneered by Democratic Governor Ned McWherther, and Commissioner of Finance and...

Financing the Expansion of Missouri's Medicaid Program: 1987 - 1992

Publication Date: January 01, 1999

In 1987, Missouri was ranked fifth worst in state Medicaid programs. This case outlines the factors most critical to Missouri's medicaid reformation: federal mandates that expanded coverage, particularly to poor women and children; a...

Loyalty First

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

An Air Force engineer heads a team evaluating proposals from two engine manufacturers vying for a contract to build a new fighter aircraft. The engineer's project manager appears to have a casual attitude to Air Force regulations on dealings...

A Distant Command (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

A Distant Command (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

Getting Squeezed

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

The executive assistant to the Army Chief of Staff prepares the nomination forms for all Army officers eligible for promotion, which are then submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) for approval and later confirmation by the...

The US-USSR Grain Agreement

Publication Date: August 01, 1998

In July, 1975, top White House economic officials in the Ford Administration receive information that the Soviet Union, in the face of a disappointing grain harvest, might seek to purchase large amounts of wheat and corn from US suppliers. This...

The 1998 Needle-Exchange Decision: The McCaffrey-Shalala Confrontation

Publication Date: July 01, 1998

This case describes the policy disagreement and resulting political in-fighting which accompanied the Clinton Administration's consideration of whether to allow federal funds to be used to support "needle-exchange" programs meant to reduce the...

Philanthropy Industry Note: Corporate Philanthropy (D)

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 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...