From the Preamble to the Foxhole

Defense policy formulation has evolved significantly since 1940, yet these processes have a constitutional foundation. This study described the process that the U.S. government uses to meet its security challenges. This study examined the interdependent relationships between the Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS) and the Army Force Management System (AFMS); it analyzed the process the Army uses to determine the forces and equipment needed to meet the civilian leadership's guidance for national security. It explored this process "From the Preamble to the Foxhole". This study chronicled how Lieutenant General Richard G. Trefry (retired) was instrumental in the development of a systematic approach to managing change across the Army in the 1980s. The histories of many independent projects are portrayed in this study which comprised this effort. Chief among these were the development of: the Army Force Management System (AFMS), the U.S. Army Force Management School (USAFMS), the Mother of All Charts (MOAC), and the role of the Inspector General of the Army. This study demonstrated how civil-military relations are critical to defense policy determination. Lastly, it provided some future policy considerations that demonstrate the interrelationships between force management and national security policy development

Space Transportation Avionics Technology Symposium. Volume 1: Executive summary

The focus of the symposium was to examine existing and planned avionics technology processes and products and to recommend necessary changes for strengthening priorities and program emphases. Innovative changes in avionics technology development and design processes, identified during the symposium, are needed to support the increasingly complex, multi-vehicle, integrated, autonomous space-based systems. Key technology advances make such a major initiative viable at this time: digital processing capabilities, integrated on-board test/checkout methods, easily reconfigurable laboratories, and software design and production techniques

The organization of district health councils in Ontario

This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This action research project with district health councils (DHCs) in Ontario, Canada, took place between 1976 and 1980. The purpose of the research was to identify the most effective forms of organization for DHCs, bodies set up to provide a local focus for planning and coordination of health services in the Province. The research method was based on social analysis, a method developed over thelast thirty years through applications in industrial, commercial, health, education and social service settings. The first DHC was created in 1974 to serve the Ottawa-Carleton Region and there are now 25 DHCs covering 88% of the provincial population. Councils are generally regarded as community bodies, consisting of interested local citizens who serve on a voluntary, unpaid basis. The members comprise a mixture of 'providers', 'consumers' and local government representatives. The intensive research work was carried out in collaboration with three DHCs (Hamilton-Wentworth, Kenora-Rainy River and Ottawa-Carleton) and the emerging research findings were tested in a wide variety of settings including a number of the other DHCs. The first two chapters attempt to set the DHCs in an organizational and political context. Chapter 1 looks at the development of DHCs vis a vis other social developments, particularly regionalisation and decentralisation. Chapter 2 examines the political context in which DHCs emerged and identifies the policy tensions that are inherent in their work. In Chapter 3 a detailed account is given of the three intensive research settings and the organizational developments that took place during the course of the research. This chapter is in effect a summary of the whole research project. Chapter 4 is concerned with the nature and composition of councils, the roles of DHC member and chairman, and relationships among the DHCs. The research findings on alternative models of DHC structure are in Chapter 5 and 6, respectively concentrating on the Council and its committees and on the executive staff of council. The focus lengthens again in the concluding chapter to examine the potential for making overall judgements about the effectiveness of DHCs and the implications of this organizational study for other experiments in community-based health planning

Quintuple Helix Analysis of ASEAN Human Securitization Against Covid-19 As Regional Health Insecurity

The covid-19 pandemic that was started in March 2020 globally has impacted the mobility and regional interaction on all levels. This disruption managed to hinder regional trade and people-to-people mobility, causing economic fallout in all ASEAN member states. The contraction of the economy and its efforts to recover is dependent on the health policies in ASEAN as the virus remains a threat to human security. This article discussed the research through a qualitative analysis with the data gained from the internet-based and document-based research to explore the substances. The article analyzes through the framework of quintuple helix under the concept of human security agenda to construct the arguments in this paper. This paper concluded that the synergy of all stakeholders from the government, society, industry, academics, and the environment should be harmonized to achieve innovative solutions in regional health securitization. This research has shown that each helices’ role is important to curb the spread of Covid-19 and accelerating the best practices of regional policies with a concrete collaboration from all actors in achieving sustainable solutions

Funding projects in Russia and Eastern Partnership Countries

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