Bibliography of reports resulting from U.S. Geological Survey participation in the United States Technical Assistance Program - supplement for 1968-1969

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenonah E. Bergquist
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Survey Participation ◽  
Technical Assistance Program

Increasing the Number of Americans Potentially Available for Foreign Assignments

1953 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 798-804
Author(s):  
Walter H. C. Laves
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intercultural Relations ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Technical Assistance Program ◽  
American Political Science

The purpose of this paper is to inquire what contribution American political science can make to the easing of the shortage of competent manpower for assignments abroad.The problem is, of course, not peculiar to the United States except in respect to its magnitude. Nearly every country with major responsibilities involving the assignment of personnel abroad is faced with it. On a world scale the United Nations, especially with respect to the Expanded Technical Assistance Program, is facing difficulties in searching out individuals who are competent, willing, and available. This was forcefully revealed by a study the author recently made for all the specialized agencies on behalf of the Technical Assistance Board. It appears to be a characteristic of our times that not enough men and women have been trained to deal competently with the kinds of problems with which we are faced in intensified intercultural relations. Thus, while this discussion will deal chiefly with the problem of increasing the American personnel potentially available for foreign assignments—something with which American political scientists need to be urgently concerned—we must avoid losing sight of the broader world setting of the problem.

International Civil Aviation Organization

1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-119
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Telecommunications Network ◽  
Technical Assistance Program ◽  
Further Development

The Council held a post-assembly session June 21 to 29, 1951 in which air navigation problems figured most prominently. The Council established universal radio telephony procedures recommended by the Airworthiness and the Communications Divisions during their fourth sessions and incorporated them into Amendment 4 to Annex 10 (Aeronautical Telecommunications) of Standards and Recommended Practices for implementation November 1, 1951. The Air Navigation Commission was authorized to establish a small standing committee, proposed by the Airworthiness and Operations Divisions, to make tentative amendment to Annexes 6 and 8 (Operation of Aircraft, Airworthiness of Aircraft). The Council also approved the implementation January 1, 1952 of the Revised Supplementary Regional Procedures in Meteorology. On the advice of the Air Navigation Commission, the Council approved the proposal by the United States and France to include the New York-Paris circuit in the Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network of the European and the Mediterranean Region, subject to review by the European and Mediterranean Regional Air Navigation Meeting in February. Amendments 23 to 28 to Annex 4 (Aeronautical Charts) were adopted; and unless disapproved by a majority of contracting states they would become effective November 1, 1951 and implemented January 1, 1952. The Council endorsed the establishment of regional training centers and directed the Secretary-General to encourage such development and particularly to urge the governments of India, Pakistan, and Egypt to consider further development of centers of Allahabad, Nawabshar or Karachi, and Cairo, not only for the benefit of their own nations, but also for that of neighboring states. Noting the development of prohibited, restricted, and danger areas along international air routes, the Council asked all contracting states to issue communications prior to boundary changes. Mohammed El Hakeem (Egypt) and A. C. Carter (United Kingdom) were appointed to the Air Navigation Commission. In conclusion, the third report of the Organization's technical assistance program was approved with its estimated $900,000 budget for 1952 for transferral to the United Nations. The retirement of the Secretary-General, Albert Roper, was deferred until December 31, 1951.

Indian Reservation Safety Improvement Program

2013 ◽  
Vol 2364 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie S. Shinstine ◽  
Khaled Ksaibati
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Indian Reservation ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Crash Data ◽  
Fatal Crashes ◽  
Safety Improvement ◽  
Technical Assistance Program ◽  
Tribal Lands

The need to reduce fatal and injury crashes on tribal lands has been recognized for years. The United States has realized a decline in fatal crashes over the past several years, but fatal crashes continue to increase on tribal lands. Little progress has been made in improving safety on tribal lands. Limited resources, lack of coordination across jurisdictions, the rural nature of many of the roadways, and lack of crash data have made it difficult for tribes to implement an effective safety improvement program. A methodology that can address these challenges is presented in this paper. The proposed methodology has been implemented successfully in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Collaboration among safety stakeholders—state departments of transportation, tribal leadership, the Local Technical Assistance Program, the Tribal Technical Assistance Program, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and local and tribal law enforcement—is key to the success of such a process.

United Nations Technical Assistance: Soviet and East European Participation

1957 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Loring Allen
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Technical Assistance Program ◽  
Eastern European Countries

United Nations technical assistance is unique in many ways. Its popularity is attested by pledges and contributions from eighty-two nations, some of which are not members of the UN. Its success is indicated by increasing contributions from all nations of the world and increasing requests for assistance from underdeveloped countries. Most significant of all, the UN technical assistance program is the only setting where the Soviet Union, its constituent republics, and the eastern European countries in its orbit cooperate widi western powers in economic activities not specifically and directly for their own national purposes. Nowhere else can one find delegates from the United States, Czechoslovakia, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and many other nations wrestling not with high politics and ways to advance their power position, but, rather, with the practical problems of irrigation in Iran, statistical research in India, and malaria control in Ceylon.

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