international

This report is based on research conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), including site visits, interviews, and two major OECD conferences. The report focuses on key design and implementation issues for three principal market-type mechanisms used to provide public services in OECD countries: (1) outsourcing, (2) public-private partnerships, and (3) vouchers.

This international study provides comparative data on the history of computerization, the current scope, past and present aims, and consequences (for organization, costs and procedural justice) of computerization, surveillance and data collection, the relationship between policy makers and computer professionals, and experience of and attitudes to new and emerging technologies in 13 OECD countries.

This report asserts that while the United States and other governments have taken steps to secure international transportation systems, supply chains remain vulnerable to terrorist attacks and are exposed to the introduction of unauthorized people or weapons. It also responds to an industry concern that government action to impose tougher standards and processes erodes trade efficiency by adding cost and complexity. In this report, Rice and Spayd help business leaders and security managers quantify the business case for increasing investment in security.

This report contends that as social policy continues to evolve, governments now may need to look beyond the traditional structures of social security and taxation. Today, there are varying levels of interaction between those organizations in European nations.

In recent years, many government agencies have sought new project delivery methods. Because of the many drawbacks to the traditional competitive bidding process, new procurement and project delivery methods have been sought.

This project examines new innovative techniques, such as the design-build-maintain (DBM) and the design-build-maintain-operation (DBMO) contracts. Civil infrastructure is used as a case study to illustrate innovative methods of contracting. Co

This report includes a comparative study of the NHS and VHA reforms, and examines how two large public systems responded to the challenge of health reform. The study evaluates the reform impacts on health service delivery in each setting, explores how implementation was managed, and describes the effects on organization, workforce, and culture. Organizational Transformation

This report describes the emergence of contracts that cross local borders. One example is Edison Schools, which is now the country’s leading private manager of public schools, operating 136 schools in 22 states. Another example is Maximus Incorporate that operates social service programs in all 50 states, 49 of the fifty largest cities, and 27 of the thirty largest counties. A third example includes the construction of the new Cross Israel Highway that is led by the Canadian Highways Infrastructure Corporation.

This project characterizes the supply chain flow of goods, information and people in a global economy with particular attention given to security issues (e.g., threat and vulnerability) as well as to threats to supply chain efficiency resulting from security measures. Supply Chain Management