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• Madison: Economy

  - 2005-01-01

  Madison: EconomyMajor Industries and Commercial ActivityThe principal economic sectors in Madison are manufacturing, services, and government. Meat packing and the production of agriculture and dairy equipment have long been established industries in the city; among other items produced by area manufacturing firms are hospital equipment, advanced instrumentation, storage batteries, and...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, job, Manufacturing, Overture Services Inc., SOFTWARE, Taxes, training, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

• 21st century terrorism.(Brief Article)

  - 2004-12-28

  Soon to be published by the University of Wisconsin Press: a fourbook series entitled "Terrorism in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives." The series, written and edited by experts in various fields, will analyze the causes and control of terrorism; explore global, regional, and national perspectives on...

  Tags: Government, terrorism, University of Wisconsin

• NOAA Study Finds PBDEs on Rise in Lake Michigan.

  - 2004-12-01

  The Associated Press AP recently reported that a new government study has found increasing concentrations in Lake Michigan of polybrominated diphenyl ether PBDE, flame retardants. According to AP, the study, conducted over three years by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA and the...

  Tags: Associated Press, Government, Manufacturing, NOAA, SOFTWARE, University of Wisconsin

• Asset Management And City Government

  BNET - 2003-08-26

  Asset management is an emerging set of tools and skills that can help managers of transportation facilities make better maintenance and investment decisions. Since local governments own and operate 78 percent of the streets and roadways in the nation, most of the airports and most of the transit systems, some...

  Tags: Asset, University Of Wisconsin, Asset Management, Transportation, Government, Operational Planning, Business Operations

• Pensions and Wealth: New Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study

  BNET - 2000-12-29

  This paper takes a new look at the relationship between pensions and household wealth accumulation. To anchor intuition about the effects that pensions have on non-pension net worth, it works with a simple three-period life-cycle model. The framework highlights some of the concerns we have with existing cross-sectional studies, and...

  Tags: University Of Wisconsin, Health Care, Pension, Social Security, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Government, Human Resources

• September Will be the Month and Madison is the Place.

  - 2000-08-01

  Wisconsin to Host Midwest States Micrographics Conference Once again, for those seeking information on the current state of micrographics operations, with the accent on state and local government work, the annual Midwest States Micrographics Conference will be the place to be. This year's ...

  Tags: conference, Government, SOFTWARE, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

• Useful Lessons from 1911.

  - 2000-07-01

  With some impressive talent and civility, the 1911 Wisconsin Legislature is worth examining for what it managed to accomplish. Editor's note: Most major domestic policy initiatives in recent years have originated in state government and been shaped by state legislatures. Legislatures have truly been...

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• Determination of the Volume of Industrial Waste From Wisconsin's Dairy Products Industry

  BNET - 2000-05-09

  According to the USDA statistics, total cheese production in the United States in 1999 was 7.94 billion pounds. For every one pound of cheese produced, approximately 9 pounds of liquid whey result. The Food and Drug Administration defines whey as, the liquid substance obtained by separating the coagulum from milk,...

  Tags: Cheese, Federal Government, Government, Management, Pound, Strategy, University Of Wisconsin

• The Golden Virtue Of Eclecticism In Economics John R. Commons Award Lecture

  - 2000-03-22

  Introduction by Patrick B. O'Neill This award consists of no stipend for the recipient--rather travel money for graduate students presenting papers at the Meetings in 2001 and 2002 will be given in the name of the Commons award recipient. As we all know, ODE exists to honor students....

  Tags: CAREER, FDR, Government, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

• Freedom Vote Sends Speech Police Packing at University of Wisconsin

  - 1999-09-13

  Reversing the speech-code craze on campus, the University of Wisconsin at Madison has called off the speech police by becoming the first major university in the nation at which a faculty vote abolished all campus-harassment codes. It was former chancellor Donna Shalala who established Wisconsin's stringent speech regulations a...

  Tags: Government, Harassment, HEALTHCARE, professor, Quality, Regulations, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin