1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006874170403321

Titolo

CASEBOOK di diritto della navigazione e dei trasporti / A cura di Gabriele Silingardi, Stefano Zunarelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino : Giappichelli, 1998

Descrizione fisica

316 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

343.450 93

Locazione

FSPBC

DEC

Collocazione

III G 109

DPR 33-320

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786447603321

Autore

Smith Charles M., CPCM

Titolo

War for profit : Army contracting vs. supporting the troops / / Charles M. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., 2012

ISBN

0-87586-929-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

355.6/2120973

355.62120973

Soggetti

Logistics - Contracting out - United States - Management - Evaluation

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Logistics - Management

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Defense contracts - United States - Management - Evaluation

Letting of contracts - United States - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Do We Really Support the Troops?; What Is At Risk?; Questions of Loyalty and Responsibility; Background; My Relationship to the Army; Service Contracts; A Note on Contractual Interpretation; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Overrun by the Taliban, then by KBR; Setting the Stage; Field Support; A Fateful Suggestion; September 11 Changes Everything; Into Kuwait and Iraq; Forward to Baghdad; The Green Zone; Camps Slayer and Cropper; Camp Anaconda; Chapter 2. "Tooth to Tail"; Logistics; US Logistics after Vietnam; LOGCAP is Born

Reality Intervenes: LOGCAP Immediately Diverges from Original Intent LOGCAP II: Down a Slippery Slope; Contractor vs. Army Cost Analysis; LOGCAP II and the Move to AMC; LOGCAP III: Sliding Away; Chapter 3. LOGCAP III; Government Contracts; Contract Types; Firm Fixed-Price Contracts (FFP); Cost Reimbursement Contracts; Cost-Plus-A-Percentage-Of-Cost Contracts; Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts (CPAF); Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts under LOGCAP; The LOGCAP Award Fee Plan; Organizational Structure for Award Fee Administration

LOGCAP III and Support to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Chapter 4. Army Contracts and Reversed Incentives; Chapter 5. Negotiation, Settlement and Fee; Dining Facility Overcharges; Award Fee Boards; Army Award Fee Board Testimony; Impact of Army Award Fee Management; Use of Cost Type Contracts; Chapter 6. Dining Facilities, Fraud and Bribes; Poor Quality Meals; Fraud; Bribes; Bribery as a Prevalent Problem; False Claims; Chapter 7. Water Problems; Army Response; Chapter 8. Electrical Work; Washington International/Black and Veatch; KBR-MERO; Level A-B-C-Maintenance

Actions of the Contracting Officer Forward Results; Other Electrocutions in Iraq; Investigations; Investigations Completed in the Everett Case; The Incident; Observations; Equipment; Site Visit; Government Contractor Involvement; Conclusions; Staff Sergeant Christopher Everett; More Moral Hazard; Chapter 9. Transportation; Empty Trucks on the Road; The April 9 Incident; Reefers; Other Transportation Contractors; Tactical Vehicle Maintenance; Chapter 10. The Struggle for Congressional Oversight; Henry Waxman and the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations

Senator Byron Dorgan and the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Carl Levin and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC); REP Andrews and the House Armed Services Committee; Senator Claire McCaskill and the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight (SOCO); The Congressional Research Service (CRS); The Congressional Budget Office (CBO); The Government Accountability Office (GAO); Requesting an Investigation; The Commission on Wartime Contracting; What Has the Commission Actually Done?; Missed Opportunities in a Target Rich Environment

(1) FAR 52.216-26, Payments of Allowable Costs before Definitization

Sommario/riassunto

"WASHINGTON - The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than 1 billion in questionable charges to KBR..." (James Risen, New York Times, June 17, 2008). This book by that very Army official provides an eye-opening firsthand account of how the US Government hands over your tax dollars to support contractors like KBR and Halliburton, rather than supporting the troops.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996379048703316

Autore

Saba Cosetta

Titolo

Preserving and Exhibiting Media Art / Julia Noordegraaf, Cosetta G. Saba, Barbara Le Maître and Vinzenz Hediger (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2013

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2013]

©[2013]

ISBN

90-485-1383-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Framing film

Disciplina

776.075

Soggetti

Art - Exhibition techniques

Motion picture film - Preservation

Computer art - Preservation

New media art - Preservation

Multimedia (Art) - Preservation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of every chapter and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Noordegraaf, Julia -- PART I history, archaeology, aesthetics, archive: theoretical paths -- Introduction / Hediger, Vinzenz -- CHAPTER 1. Between Art History and Media History: A Brief Introduction to Media Art / Wahl, Chris -- CHAPTER 2. Media Archaeology: Where Film History, Media Art, and New Media (Can) Meet / Strauven, Wanda -- CHAPTER 3. Media Aesthetics / Marchiori, Dario -- CHAPTER 4. Media Art and the Digital Archive / Saba, Cosetta G. -- PART II analysis, documentation, archiving -- Introduction / Noordegraaf, Julia -- CHAPTER 5. The Analysis of the Artwork / Marchiori, Dario -- CHAPTER 6. Methodologies of Multimedial Documentation and Archiving -- PART III technological platforms, preservation, and restoration -- Introduction / Saba, Cosetta G. -- CHAPTER 7. Technological Platforms -- CHAPTER 8. Theories, Techniques, Decision- making Models: The European Context -- PART



IV access, reuse, and exhibition -- Introduction / Maître, Barbara Le -- CHAPTER 9. Exhibition Strategies -- CHAPTER 10. On Curating New Media Art / Cook, Sarah -- Epilogue / Noordegraaf, Julia / Tilly, Ariane Noël de -- List of Contributors -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This vibrantly illustrated introduction to the emerging field of the preservation and presentation of media art brings together the contributions of authors from all over Europe and the United States. This volume can serve as a textbook for students in advanced degree programs in media art and museum studies, as well as an invaluable introduction for general readers. A potent combination of incisive scholarly articles and focused case studies, Preserving and Exhibiting Media Art offers a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and practical skills of preserving media art.