Administrative Reorganization and the University of Minnesota

1929 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 685-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey Walker
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The State ◽  
Insurance Contract ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Group Insurance ◽  
The University

Those who have followed the progress of administrative reorganization in Minnesota will recall that the reorganization act in that state established a commission on administration and finance similar to the commission with the same name in Massachusetts. Large powers of supervision over the financial affairs of the state are conferred. Among them is a provision that the state auditor may approve no warrant upon the state treasurer for an expenditure from an appropriation unless the object of the disbursement is one which has been approved by the commission. Every department, officer, agency, and institution is required to present for the commission's approval, each three months, an estimate of its needs for the following quarter.The regents of the University of Minnesota, pursuant to the requirements of the act, had submitted to the commission for its approval in one of their quarterly estimates a request for authority to expend $40,000 to provide group insurance for the faculty and employees of the university. The commission declined to approve the item, on the ground that it might be taken as a precedent upon which to base demands for similar insurance for the employees of other state agencies. The regents were advised to apply to the legislature for specific authority. This they declined to do, as they claimed to have control of sufficient funds aside from legislative appropriations to carry the project through. The regents employed actuaries to prepare a preliminary report on the form of insurance contract to be used.

MINNESOTA SUSTAINABLE BUILDING GUIDELINES: History, Effectiveness and Path for the Future

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-180
Author(s):  
Richard Graves ◽  
Patrick Smith
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
The State ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
Sustainability Program ◽  
The University ◽  
Design Construction

INTRODUCTION The Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines is a progressive sustainability program for state funded buildings which serves as a model for sustainability in Minnesota buildings. The program was created by the State of Minnesota in 2001 and developed by a team led by the Center for Sustainable Building Research (CSBR) at the University of Minnesota. Unlike other green building programs, it focuses on measured performance improvements, using a list of required metrics instead of a menu of potential options. The program is structured to provide a feedback loop to the building design, construction and operations industry in the state. Elements of the program are used through all phases of the development of state-funded buildings in Minnesota from pre-design through design, and construction and for ten years of operations. It is continually updated and improved in collaboration with state agencies and industry stakeholders and could serve as a model for localized green building programs.

scholarly journals Preliminary Report on Cherokee County, Oklahoma Archeology

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn E. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The State ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
University Of Oklahoma ◽  
The University

Cherokee County is the latest in the state to have its prehistoric conditions investigated by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma, in conjunction with the Federal Works Projects Administration. The preliminary survey located several likely sites. Work was begun in July 1939 on a village site and mound located at the junction of Barren Fork Creek and the Illinois River, on a farm owned by M.L. Brackett. It is located in the southwest quarter of Section 18, Township 16 North, Range 23 East. The symbol for this site is Ck. Bk. 1 (Cherokee County, Brackett site.

scholarly journals Excavation at the new Brisbane Airport site (LB:C69): evidence for early mid-Holocene coastal occupation in Moreton Bay, SE Queensland

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 54-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hall ◽  
Ian Lilley
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The State ◽  
Subsequent Test ◽  
Moreton Bay ◽  
Queensland Department ◽  
The University ◽  
Airport Site ◽  
Stone Artefact

In 1980, during excavation of a floodway connected with the construction of the New Brisbane Airport, stone artefacts were observed within the sediments by Mr. Bill Ward, CSIRO Soils Division. His alerting of the state authorities led to further investigations by one of the authors (JH). Such interest was sparked by the fact that, on geomorphic grounds, the site promised an antiquity of at least 4000 years BP. Subsequent test excavation (by JH) in 1984 yielded an in situ stone artefact assemblage with a backed blade component which was associated with an anomalous date of about 1,100 B.P. In order to resolve the problem posed by this association, further excavation was undertaken in July-August 1987 by members of the Field Archaeology class (AY225) of the University of Queensland Department of Anthropology and Sociology under the supervision of Jay Hall and Ian Lilley. This paper is a preliminary report combining findings of both excavations and offers substantive support for an early mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation of the shores of Moreton Bay. 

Foreign Policy on the Newspaper Editorial Page

1949 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-430
Author(s):  
Herbert L. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
State Department ◽  
The State ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
The University ◽  
Editorial Page

Continuing contact between the State Department and the nation's editorial writers is urged in this paper presented at the 1949 AATJ-AASDJ-ASJSA convention by the editor of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press and Dispatch. Mr. Lewis holds A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Minnesota.

scholarly journals Serological follow-up of Trypanosoma cruzi infection from 1987 to 1994 in 32 counties of the State of Jalisco, Mexico: preliminary report

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-505
Author(s):  
Francisco Trujillo-Contreras ◽  
Maria Angeles V. Yerenas
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
South America ◽  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The State ◽  
Laboratory Techniques ◽  
The University ◽  
Mexican Strains ◽  
Cruzi Infection

In 1987 the University of Guadalajara performed a seroepidemiological survey on the prevalence of Chagas’ disease in the 124 counties of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, arriving at a rate of 21.6 per 100 inhabitants. From December 1993 to June 1994, we studied 2238 individuals from 32 rural counties in this State. Of these, we found 276 positives (12.33%) and 1962 negatives (87.66%). Nevertheless, the series of serological differences found are very striking, since out of the 655 individuals that were seropositive in 1987, we noted that 276 individuals remained positive, while 50 individuals (7.63%) became negative. There were no flaws in the laboratory techniques. We believe that either the immune response of Mexicans is different or that the virulence of the Mexican strains of Trypanosoma cruzi may be not as great as that in the South America countries.

scholarly journals The Development of the Best Value Approach in the State of Minnesota

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Dean Kashiwagi ◽  
Jacob Kashiwagi ◽  
Kenneth Sullivan ◽  
Isaac Kashiwagi
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Arizona State University ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Best Value ◽  
History Of ◽  
Procurement System ◽  
The University

Owners in the State of Minnesota have a ten-year history of implementing the Best Value (BV) approach utilizing the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) with the Performance Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG) at Arizona State University (ASU). The University of Minnesota started testing and implementing in 2005. Other users quickly followed. By 2015, over 400 projects valued at approximately $500M had been delivered using the Best Value process. The results of the BV test projects validated the industry structure analysis concepts and results from another longitudinal study performed by the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM). The paper also discusses the modifications in the BV approach during the ten-year development. The research conclusions include the following: identified the owner and owner’s representatives as the major source of project risk (time and cost deviation); the identification of professional designers as a source of risk; contractors selected by the BV approach was the smallest source of project risk; and a paradigm shift is required to optimize the delivery of construction services. This paper concludes with a case study on a large construction renovation project with the Best Value minimizing project cost by the contractor thinking in the best interest of the client.

The Effects of Presentation on Noise and Dental Appliances on Speech

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-151
Author(s):  
Lillian Glass ◽  
Sharon R. Garber ◽  
T. Michael Speidel ◽  
Gerald M. Siegel ◽  
Edward Miller
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Southern California School ◽  
School Of Dentistry ◽  
The University

An omission in the Table of Contents, December JSHR, has occurred. Lillian Glass, Ph.D., at the University of Southern California School of Medicine and School of Dentistry, was a co-author of the article "The Effects of Presentation on Noise and Dental Appliances on Speech" along with Sharon R. Garber, T. Michael Speidel, Gerald M. Siegel, and Edward Miller of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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