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National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Environmental Programs Reaching Out to Communities Suburban sprawl around military training areas shows no signs of slowing and this growth is fueling tensions between base commanders and communities around the United States.  |
Mother Jones Jul/Aug 2001 Susan Q. Stranahan |
Target Practice At a Cape Cod arsenal, the EPA and the Pentagon square off over military pollution...  |
Parameters Summer 2006 Dan Henk |
The Environment, the US Military, and Southern Africa Regardless of who ultimately takes responsibility for creating the focus, the US military would get more from its environmental investments in southern Africa if they were part of a more coherent strategy for dealing with regional environmental opportunities and threats.  |
Science News March 10, 2007 |
Science Safari: National Environmental Education Week This web site provides information on the annual National Environmental Education Week that will culminate with Earth Day.  |
National Defense July 2006 Randy Cerar |
Business Reforms Lead to Reduced Army Cleanup Costs To expedite the cleanup of contaminated sites, the Army has instituted an array of management reforms that also are saving the service millions of dollars.  |
Inc. September 1, 2009 Frank Stockton |
My Story: Andrew Gross of Radiation Technical Services How Andrew Gross built Radiation Technical Services, a company that contracts environmental cleanups, twice.  |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Another Tough Payday for the Military Despite persistent pay gaps for the military, legislative fixes exacerbate short-term funding problems.  |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Marla Brill |
Sustainability Indexes: Pros And Cons Environmental, social and governance criteria are the basis.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2015 Papa & Coyne |
Environmental Due Diligence Consider the advantages of proactive sell-side assessments.  |
National Defense May 2015 Eoyang & Freeman |
Why the U.S. Must Reform The Military Personnel System If our military hopes to continue employing the best and brightest, it needs to consider fundamentally changing the military personnel system, not merely tinker with pay and benefits.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2011 John J. Heft |
Environmental Deal Breakers Environmental liability concerns can serve as major deal breakers during commercial real estate sales and transfers.  |
U.S. Banker August 2008 Rebecca Sausner |
Risk Assessment: Call It a `Green' FICO Banks need to calculate the environmental risk of a proposed transaction; a new automated system, "Enviroscore," will simplify that process.  |
IDB America January 2006 |
IDB Approves New Environmental Policy This policy brings will steer the Bank's work toward mainstreaming environmental considerations across sectors, safeguarding the environmental quality of all IDB operations and making the Bank socially and environmentally responsible within its own facilities.  |
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
BRAC 2005 Could Help Fix Training, Housing Shortages Base closings aim to eliminate shortages of some facilities and overcapacity of others.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2006 Johnson, Kesling & Rosenbaum |
Retirement Plan FIN 47 may help to create opportunities for companies and developers by prompting companies to assess their retired properties' identifiable and quantifiable costs.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2011 Tom R. Mounteer |
Environmental Risk: 10 Myths Do you really know what your liability is? Buyers, sellers, borrowers, and lenders frequently misperceive environmental liability risk in acquisitions and financings.  |
Bank Technology News July 2008 Rebecca Sausner |
Call It a `Green' FICO Diane Baum hopes that her automated environmental assessment, dubbed "Enviroscore," will simplify commercial lenders' decision-making process when it comes to evaluating the environmental risk of a proposed transaction.  |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Marc Lindemann |
Civilian Contractors under Military Law The insertion of five words into Congress's fiscal year 2007 defense authorization act may now subject every civilian contractor operating in a combat zone to the discipline of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2010 Tom Muller |
Contamination Examination Tainted properties may be worth the risk for savvy investors.  |
Parameters Autumn 2008 Mark Cancian |
Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure The purpose of this article is to examine what battlefield contractors do, consider how we got to the situation we are in today, and provide force planners with some useful insight regarding the future.  |
Searcher February 2003 Barbie E. Keiser |
Our Environment: Part 3, Science and Technology Resources for the collection and analysis of data, as well as the final reports that influence national and international environmental policies.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
A Redevelopment Rubik's Cube With the Department of Defense on course to close 33 domestic military bases and realign 30 others, real estate developers are identifying sites for potential redevelopment opportunities. However, there are many environmental and economic hurdles developers must consider.  |
Financial Advisor September 2010 Eric Rasmussen |
Counting On Green The BP disaster has thrown a spotlight on environmental, social and governance data.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Morris Newman |
Being All They Can Be The good news for cities like Vint Hill and other ex-military communities across the nation is that base reuse is no longer the bureaucratic morass that it was. Part of the credit goes to private enterprise, including developers.  |
IndustryWeek August 17, 2011 |
Oracle Enters the Environmental Reporting Business Oracle introduced new software extensions designed to allow companies to track and report environmental data more quickly and efficiently.  |
National Defense March 2011 Denis Chamberland |
Contractors on the Battlefield: Outsourcing of Military Services The last decade has witnessed a sharp increase in the scale of outsourcing of military services to third parties, emphasizing the importance of integrating contractor support into military operations and generating efficiencies.  |
Inc. September 2005 Allen P. Roberts Jr. |
The Business of Base Closures While most communities worry about job losses associated with military base closures, a few see opportunity.  |
Information Today June 18, 2015 |
EPA Mapping Tool Identifies Environmental Problem Areas The mapping and screening tool helps state and local government officials, researchers, and advocates locate communities facing environmental risks based on nationwide, consistent data.  |
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger.  |
Geotimes November 2003 Ralph J. Thompson |
Civilian Agencies Implement the Bush Space Policy In April, President Bush authorized a national policy establishing guidance for federal use of commercial satellite data. Civilian agencies must now examine their needs.  |
Parameters Autumn 2008 Steven L. Schooner |
Why Contractor Fatalities Matter Apprising the American public that the true human cost associated with military operations includes contractors and exceeds 6,000 is critical to making informed decisions for the future.  |
IDB America June 2005 |
Environment Fund Reaches Across Brazil Brazil's National Environmental Fund (FNMA, after its initials in Portuguese) has pushed for more than 2,000 projects throughout the country. Recently, NGOs and municipalities are helping to carry out national environmental policy there.  |
IDB America February 2004 Roger Hamilton |
No more business as usual Why enforcement of environmental laws is starting to replace Latin America's longtime culture of noncompliance  |
Chemistry World February 12, 2008 Hepeng Jia |
China to Establish Environment Ministry This Year An environment ministry with new powers to enforce green legislation is to replace China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) later this year.  |
Searcher December 2002 Barbie E. Keiser |
Our Environment: Part 2, Governments, Laws, and Organizations International organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and governmental agencies provide vast resources of environmental information, documentation, publications, research, statistics, and databases.  |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Gregory L. Cantwell |
Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war?  |
National Defense February 2007 Grace Jean |
Lack of Military-Civilian Coordination Hinders War-Zone Rebuilding Efforts Civilian groups that play critical roles in the rebuilding of Iraq have no clear guidance for how to coordinate their efforts with the military.  |
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Integrating Civilian Agencies Into Military Operations Remains Difficult The United States' "whole government" approach to rebuilding war-torn nations is nevertheless moving forward.  |
National Defense July 2005 Sandra Erwin |
BRAC `05 Choices Embody Lingering Terrorism Fears Against the current technology-driven backdrop, it would seem counterintuitive that the Pentagon's proposed base-closure and realignment plan reverts in many ways to the bunker mentality that prevailed during the Cold War.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2007 Carolyn Bilsky |
Hidden Treasures Commercial real estate professionals help communities strike it rich through brownfield redevelopment.  |
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Should 'Institutionalize' Cultural Training for Troops, Advisory Panel Says The Iraq war made it clear that the U.S. military neglected to study that country's culture before it deployed forces there.  |
Entrepreneur October 2002 Mark Henricks |
A New Standard Finished sweating through your ISO 9000 certification? Time to think about ISO 14001.  |
National Defense June 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Cries of 'Hollow Military' Stifle Rational Debate on Future Spending President Obama has called for $400 billion in Pentagon cuts over the next 12 years, and to some defense officials and lawmakers, this is just the opening salvo of a campaign to tear down the U.S. military.  |
IDB America September 2003 Roger Hamilton |
Is government up to the job? When it comes to environmental management, government is both the problem and the solution. But are governmental institutions in Latin America up to the challenge?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2003 Dave Wald |
Brownfield Bonanza Federal legislation provides more funding for redevelopment projects.  |
Reason June 2009 Lynn Scarlett |
Scarlett Green The author, now consulting for the Environmental Defense Fund, spoke with reason about her three biggest frustrations working for eight years making environmental policy under the Bush administration.  |
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Drawdown: It's Been All Talk, Now It's Time to Walk U.S. military spending peaked in 2010 at $668 billion. It has dropped slightly since then, as the military started withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But real austerity has yet to come.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Blake Moore |
Green Attitude Research shows that clients want to put their green into companies that are developing products and services for a greener world, and they want financial advisors to guide them.  |
CIO April 15, 2002 Stephanie Overby |
Leadership Lessons from the Modern Military Military methods hold unexpected how-tos for corporate CIOs...  |
National Defense October 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
As Military Becomes More Reliant On Networks, Vulnerabilities Grow If problems are not addressed, the Pentagon could spend $200 billion during the next 10 years on a network with serious vulnerabilities, according to security experts.  |