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Reducing Waste In Government
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Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :60 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Reducing Waste in Government by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Download or read book Reducing Waste in Government written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Pig Book by : Citizens Against Government Waste
Download or read book The Pig Book written by Citizens Against Government Waste and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :030968076X Total Pages :323 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (96 download)
Book Synopsis A National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book A National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 30 percent of the edible food produced in the United States is wasted and a significant portion of this waste occurs at the consumer level. Despite food's essential role as a source of nutrients and energy and its emotional and cultural importance, U.S. consumers waste an estimated average of 1 pound of food per person per day at home and in places where they buy and consume food away from home. Many factors contribute to this wasteâ€"consumers behaviors are shaped not only by individual and interpersonal factors but also by influences within the food system, such as policies, food marketing and the media. Some food waste is unavoidable, and there is substantial variation in how food waste and its impacts are defined and measured. But there is no doubt that the consequences of food waste are severe: the wasting of food is costly to consumers, depletes natural resources, and degrades the environment. In addition, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has severely strained the U.S. economy and sharply increased food insecurity, it is predicted that food waste will worsen in the short term because of both supply chain disruptions and the closures of food businesses that affect the way people eat and the types of food they can afford. A National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level identifies strategies for changing consumer behavior, considering interactions and feedbacks within the food system. It explores the reasons food is wasted in the United States, including the characteristics of the complex systems through which food is produced, marketed, and sold, as well as the many other interconnected influences on consumers' conscious and unconscious choices about purchasing, preparing, consuming, storing, and discarding food. This report presents a strategy for addressing the challenge of reducing food waste at the consumer level from a holistic, systems perspective.
Book Synopsis Waste Incineration and Public Health by : National Research Council
Download or read book Waste Incineration and Public Health written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-10-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical wasteâ€"but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the health risk from pollutants emitted during combustion. Waste Incineration and Public Health informs the emerging debate with the most up-to-date information available on incineration, pollution, and human healthâ€"along with expert conclusions and recommendations for further research and improvement of such areas as risk communication. The committee provides details on: Processes involved in incineration and how contaminants are released. Environmental dynamics of contaminants and routes of human exposure. Tools and approaches for assessing possible human health effects. Scientific concerns pertinent to future regulatory actions. The book also examines some of the social, psychological, and economic factors that affect the communities where incineration takes place and addresses the problem of uncertainty and variation in predicting the health effects of incineration processes.
Book Synopsis The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste by : Fifteenth Anniversary Task Force
Download or read book The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste written by Fifteenth Anniversary Task Force and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how people can help solve a growing problem -- garbage. Outlines many practical steps to reduce the amount & toxicity of garbage. Includes success stories, reusable vocabularyÓ, & other resources. Illustrated.
Book Synopsis Federal Options for Reducing Waste Disposal by : Terry Dinan
Download or read book Federal Options for Reducing Waste Disposal written by Terry Dinan and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines several policy options that would be more practical and effective when applied at the federal rather than the state or local level. The options would reduce the amount and toxicity of household waste through the use of economic incentives that would affect households, manufacturers, or collectors of waste and recyclable materials. 11 charts and tables.
Download or read book Climate Change and Waste written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781981788712 Total Pages :152 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (887 download)
Book Synopsis Reducing Waste and Mismanagement by : United States. Congress
Download or read book Reducing Waste and Mismanagement written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reducing waste and mismanagement : implementing agency watchdogs' recommendations could save taxpayers billions : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, March 5, 2013.
Author :United States Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781977955722 Total Pages :26 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (557 download)
Book Synopsis Information Technology by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Information Technology written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government invests more than $80 billion annually in IT. However, these investments frequently fail, incur cost overruns and schedule slippages, or contribute little to mission-related outcomes. This underperformance of federal IT projects can be traced to a lack of disciplined and effective management and inadequate executive-level oversight. Accordingly, in February 2015, GAO added improving the management of IT acquisitions and operations to its high-risk list-a list of agencies and program areas that are high risk due to their vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or are most in need of transformation. GAO was asked to testify on its designation of the management of IT acquisitions and operations as a federal high-risk area and the impact of recent legislation on IT acquisition reform. In preparing this statement, GAO relied on its previously published work in these areas.
Author :United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment Publisher :DIANE Publishing ISBN 13 :1428922776 Total Pages :61 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (289 download)
Book Synopsis From pollution to prevention : a progress report on waste reduction. by : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Download or read book From pollution to prevention : a progress report on waste reduction. written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Resource Recovery and Waste Reduction by : United States. Office of Solid Waste
Download or read book Resource Recovery and Waste Reduction written by United States. Office of Solid Waste and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Role for the Federal Government in Hazardous Waste Reduction by : Cate Leger
Download or read book A Role for the Federal Government in Hazardous Waste Reduction written by Cate Leger and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Fumbles written by James Lankford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the photos were removed due to copyright restrictions. Welcome to the first annual release of the Federal Fumbles report! Our national debt is careening toward $19 trillion (yes, that is a 19 followed by 12 zeros), and federal regulations are expanding at a record pace. Meanwhile families struggle to get home loans, and small businesses struggle to make ends meet. States are constantly handed unfunded mandates and executive fiats that they are forced to implement with minimal direction and no way to pay for them. I present this report as a demonstration of ways we can cut back on wasteful federal spending and burdensome regulations to help families, small businesses, and our economy begin to get out from under the weight of federal stagnation. Cited here are not only prime examples of wasteful spending, but also federal departments or agencies that regulate outside the scope of the federal government's constitutional role. I firmly believe my staff and I have the obligation to solve the troubles of our nation, not just complain, which is why for every problem identified, you will also find a recommended solution. There is a way to eliminate wasteful, ineffective, or duplicative program spending; develop oversight methods to prevent future waste; and find ways to get us back on track.
Download or read book Greening the Government written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :160 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Potential Hazardous Waste Volume and Capacity Problems by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Download or read book Potential Hazardous Waste Volume and Capacity Problems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Federal Options for Reducing Waste Disposal by : Terry Dinan
Download or read book Federal Options for Reducing Waste Disposal written by Terry Dinan and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What a Waste 2.0 written by Silpa Kaza and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solid waste management affects every person in the world. By 2050, the world is expected to increase waste generation by 70 percent, from 2.01 billion tonnes of waste in 2016 to 3.40 billion tonnes of waste annually. Individuals and governments make decisions about consumption and waste management that affect the daily health, productivity, and cleanliness of communities. Poorly managed waste is contaminating the world’s oceans, clogging drains and causing flooding, transmitting diseases, increasing respiratory problems, harming animals that consume waste unknowingly, and affecting economic development. Unmanaged and improperly managed waste from decades of economic growth requires urgent action at all levels of society. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 aggregates extensive solid aste data at the national and urban levels. It estimates and projects waste generation to 2030 and 2050. Beyond the core data metrics from waste generation to disposal, the report provides information on waste management costs, revenues, and tariffs; special wastes; regulations; public communication; administrative and operational models; and the informal sector. Solid waste management accounts for approximately 20 percent of municipal budgets in low-income countries and 10 percent of municipal budgets in middle-income countries, on average. Waste management is often under the jurisdiction of local authorities facing competing priorities and limited resources and capacities in planning, contract management, and operational monitoring. These factors make sustainable waste management a complicated proposition; most low- and middle-income countries, and their respective cities, are struggling to address these challenges. Waste management data are critical to creating policy and planning for local contexts. Understanding how much waste is generated—especially with rapid urbanization and population growth—as well as the types of waste generated helps local governments to select appropriate management methods and plan for future demand. It allows governments to design a system with a suitable number of vehicles, establish efficient routes, set targets for diversion of waste, track progress, and adapt as consumption patterns change. With accurate data, governments can realistically allocate resources, assess relevant technologies, and consider strategic partners for service provision, such as the private sector or nongovernmental organizations. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 provides the most up-to-date information available to empower citizens and governments around the world to effectively address the pressing global crisis of waste. Additional information is available at http://www.worldbank.org/what-a-waste.
