USC SAE 550 Class Web Links

CLASS REFERENCE DOCUMENTS:

• Class Syllabus
• Class Content Summary, including the Political Facts Of Life
• How to Write an Abstract
• How to Write a Research Paper for this Class
• Guidelines for writing Joint Author Papers
• Common Errors in English (Research Papers hints)
• Citation/Reference Generator
• Research Paper Checklist
• Summary of PPBE Budgeting Process
• Sample Research Paper (A+ level)
• Sample Homework Document

CLASS LECTURE READINGS, SLIDES, AND GUIDANCE:

01/25/16 Lecture #2: Intro to the Federal Budgetary Process, plus Case Study #1 Reading and Slides and Homework Hints

02/01/16 Lecture #3: Space Station Freedom (SSF), Case Study #2 Reading and Slides and Homework Hints

02/08/16 Lecture #4: Superconducting Supercollider (SSC), Case Study #3 Reading and Slides and Abstract Hints and Homework Hints

02/22/16 Lecture #5: National Aerospace Plane (NASP), Case Study #4 Reading and Slides

02/29/16 Lecture #6: Launch Systems (Shuttle/ALS/NLS), Case Study #5 Reading and Slides and What's Next for Manned Space Programs?

03/28/16 Lecture #7: The V-22 Tiltrotor Osprey, Case Study #6 Reading and Slides

04/04/16 Lecture #8: The Global Positioning System (GPS), Case Study #7 Reading and Slides

04/11/16 Lecture #9: Federal Fire-Fighting Process, Case Study #8 Reading and Slides and Homework Hints

04/18/16 Lecture #10: The Sardar Sarovar Dam, Case Study #9 Reading and Slides and Homework Instructions

04/25/16 Lecture #11: Re-Inventing the Federal Government, Case Study #10 Reading and Slides and Homework Instructions

STUDENT PRESENTATION SLIDES:

Instructions for Student Presentations

Example of a Student Presentation

03/07/2016 @ 6:45 PM: Megan Wright
03/07/2016 @ 7:10 PM: Chris Cunha
03/07/2016 @ 7:40 PM: Jennifer So
03/07/2016 @ 8:05 PM: Emily Vetterick
03/21/2016 @ 6:45 PM: Nicole Valderrabano
03/21/2016 @ 7:05 PM: Brian Rafferty
03/21/2016 @ 7:25 PM: Ali Ghahramani
03/21/2016 @ 7:45 PM: Alena Rau
03/21/2016 @ 8:05 PM: Martin Holmes
03/21/2016 @ 8:25 PM: Alex Haecker

REFERENCE BOOKS

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Eighth Edition
by Kate L. Turabian, The University of Chicago Press, Eighth Edition (published April 2013),
Hardback ($42.50) ISBN: 9780226816371, Paperback ($18.00) ISBN: 9780226816395

The following books may provide some useful information for your research.
Some of these were textbooks used in prior semesters of this class.
All are now out-of-print but may be found in your local library,
or used copies may be available through such sources as Amazon.com or Abebooks.com.

Technology and Politics edited by Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig, Paperback, © 1988 Duke University Press, Durham NC, ISBN 0-8228-0846-0

The Power Game by Hedrick Smith, Paperback, © 1988 Ballantine Books/Random House Inc., New York NY, ISBN 0-345-36015-X

The Technology Pork Barrel edited by Linda R. Cohen and Roger G. Noll, Paperback, © 1991 The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, ISBN 0-8157-1507-2

Social Issues In Technology (Second Edition) by Paul A. Alcorn, Hardback, © 1997 Prentice-Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River NJ, ISBN 0-13-459876-8

USEFUL ON-LINE LINKS

Search Engines:

• Google
• Starting Point
• c|net Search.com
• Excite
• Webcrawler
• Yahoo!
• Bing

US Government Sites:

• Search the Library of Congress
• Library of Congress Homepage
• United States Congress Links
• Congressional Information (formerly THOMAS, now Congress.gov)
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• The White House
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• President's Budget Requests for FY 1996-2016
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the National Debt
• Federal Citizen Information Center (now USA.gov)
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
• DTIC Listing of DoD Directives
• Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
• Defense Acquisition Guidebook
• US National Archives & Reference
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
• FedWorld Information
• Commerce Business Daily (CBD)
• US Government Printing Office (GPO)
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports via FAS
• NASA Search
• The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (really!)
• Other Intelligence Agencies (spooky!)

• Vanderbilt: Political Science / Government Information
• ASU: The Center for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO)
• South Carolina: Beaufort Library
• Harvard: Institute of Politics
• CataLaw

• Congress.org
• C-SPAN.org
• American Political Science Association
• Political Information.com Search
• The Economist (Political news: Worldwide)
• The Washington Times (Political news: Washington)
• The Washington Post (Political news: Washington)
• Richard Kimber's "Political Science Resources" Page (UK, and UK perspective of US)
• The National Journal (subscription service)
• Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
• RAND: Science & Technology
• IBM: Institute for Electronic Government

• The National Performance Review (NPR) (1993 Democrats)
• Contract With America (CWA) (1993 Republicans)
• A Blueprint for New Beginnings (2001 Republicans)
• Renewing America's Promise (2008 Democrats)

INDEX OF PRIOR SEMESTER TOPICS:

Fall Semester 1996 (14 students)
Fall Semester 1997 (20 students)
Fall Semester 1998 (21 students)
Fall Semester 1999 (22 students)
Summer Semester 2000 (1 student)
Fall Semester 2000 (17 students)
Fall Semester 2001 (37 students)
Summer Semester 2002 (34 students)
Fall Semester 2002 (26 students)
Summer Semester 2003 (40 students)
Spring Semester 2004 (28 students)
Fall Semester 2004 (32 students)
Summer Semester 2005 (32 students)
Spring Semester 2006 (41 students)
Fall Semester 2006 (41 students)
Summer Semester 2007 (37 students)
Spring Semester 2008 (35 students)
Fall Semester 2008 (23 students)

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