S. 929--the Department of Commerce Dismantling Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 929, to Abolish the Department of Commerce, July 25 and 27, 1995U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 263 pages |
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... responsibilities in another department and to shift personnel from one department to another , I am not sure exactly what the purpose of the exercise is . I favor , like everyone else here , a rationalization of our system . Maybe there ...
... responsibilities in another department and to shift personnel from one department to another , I am not sure exactly what the purpose of the exercise is . I favor , like everyone else here , a rationalization of our system . Maybe there ...
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... responsibilities , ranging from promoting U.S. exports , to licensing patents , to run- ning the National Weather Service , to managing census counts . He has a real hodgepodge of programs underneath him , each with dis- parate missions ...
... responsibilities , ranging from promoting U.S. exports , to licensing patents , to run- ning the National Weather Service , to managing census counts . He has a real hodgepodge of programs underneath him , each with dis- parate missions ...
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... responsibility , and duty , and the opponents of the Commerce Department want to do away with them . It is abso- lutely ludicrous . I agree with the distinguished Senator . It is crazy . Let us get to the task of what we are about ...
... responsibility , and duty , and the opponents of the Commerce Department want to do away with them . It is abso- lutely ludicrous . I agree with the distinguished Senator . It is crazy . Let us get to the task of what we are about ...
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... responsibilities that could be incorporated into other agencies . In general , this is an agency that is a separate department in the governments of other nations . Japan , for instance , has a separate department for its NOAA ...
... responsibilities that could be incorporated into other agencies . In general , this is an agency that is a separate department in the governments of other nations . Japan , for instance , has a separate department for its NOAA ...
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... responsibilities for encouraging competitiveness in U.S. industry . Some of these programs , which are housed in the industrial technology services , are grant programs . They are the Advanced Technology Program , ATP , and ...
... responsibilities for encouraging competitiveness in U.S. industry . Some of these programs , which are housed in the industrial technology services , are grant programs . They are the Advanced Technology Program , ATP , and ...
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Page 104 - ... international financial institutions (such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank) in resolving the crisis; and the distributional implications of alternative ways out of the crisis.
Page 95 - International agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), have gradually lowered trade barriers, such as tariffs and import quotas.
Page 105 - Department of State Department of the Treasury Department of Defense Department of the Army Department of the Navy Department of the Air Force...
Page 151 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my testimony. I would be glad to answer any questions you or other members of the Committee may have.
Page 104 - OPIC is mandated to mobilize and facilitate the participation of US private capital and skills in the economic and social development of developing countries and emerging economies.
Page 19 - The oceans and the atmosphere are interacting parts of the total environmental system upon which we depend not only for the quality of our lives, but for life itself.
Page 130 - Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee. I am very pleased to be here today to...
Page 86 - NIST is to promote US. economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards This mission is accomplished through four major programs • Measurements and Standards Laboratories focused on "infrastructural technologies...
Page 48 - Programs (§206). The bill proposes to abolish the Technology Administration, the only Federal agency whose primary concern is the competitiveness of the Nation's technology base.
Page 98 - Export Promotion: Federal Programs Lack Organizational and Funding Cohesiveness (GAO/NSIAD-92-49, Jan. 10, 1992); and our August 1992 testimony, Export Promotion: Federal Approach Is Fragmented (GAO/GGD-92-68, Aug.