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Last updated on January 20, 2012 at 13:00 PST
CHANGE HISTORY
01/02/2012 Initial release.
01/03/2012 Updated Introductory Lecture and Lectures #1-#5.
01/06/2012 Corrected dates in Syllabus and Introductory Lecture.
01/20/2012 Updated Syllabus and Lectures #1-#2 for classroom change and removal of reference to class TA.

CLASS REFERENCE DOCUMENTS:

(090 Kb) Class Syllabus
(090 Kb) Class Content Summary, including the Political Facts Of Life
(008 Kb) How to Write an Abstract
(107 Kb) How to Write a Research Paper for this Class
(002 Kb) Guidelines for writing Joint Author Papers
(013 Kb) Common Errors in English (Research Papers hints)
(007 Kb) Research Paper Checklist
(501 Kb) Summary of PPBE Budgeting Process
(265 Kb) Sample Research Paper (A+ level)
(501 Kb) Sample Homework Document

CLASS PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS:

(046 Kb) 01/11/12 Lecture Notes: Class Introduction and (1 Kb) Research Hints
(100 Kb) 01/18/12 Lecture Notes: Intro to the Federal Budgetary Process, plus Case Study #1 and (10 Kb) Homework Hints
(105 Kb) 01/25/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #2: Space Station Freedom and (2 Kb) Follow-up Links
(098 Kb) 02/01/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #3: Superconducting Supercollider and (2 Kb) Abstract Hints and (3 Kb) Homework Hints
(101 Kb) 02/08/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #4: National Aerospace Plane
(089 Kb) 02/15/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #5: Launch Systems (Shuttle/ALS/NLS)

The following Lectures are still being updated:

(115 Kb) 03/22/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #6: The V-22 Tiltrotor Osprey
(097 Kb) 03/29/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #7: The Global Positioning System
(099 Kb) 04/04/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #8: Federal Fire-Fighting Process and (1 Kb) Homework Hints
(150 Kb) 04/11/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #9: The Sardar Sarovar Dam and (1 Kb) Homework Hints
(086 Kb) 04/18/12 Lecture Notes: Case Study #10: Re-Inventing the Federal Government and (2 Kb) Homework Hints

CLASS PRESENTATION SLIDES:

(0036 Kb) 01/11/12 Slides: Class Introduction
(0675 Kb) 01/18/12 Slides: Intro to the Federal Budgetary Process, plus Case Study #1
(1464 Kb) 01/25/12 Slides: Case Study #2: Space Station Freedom
(5204 Kb) 02/01/12 Slides: Case Study #3: Superconducting Supercollider
(0386 Kb) 02/08/12 Slides: Case Study #4: National AeroSpace Plane (NASP)
(1022 Kb) 02/15/12 Slides: Case Study #5: Launch Systems (Shuttle/ALS/NLS)

The following Lectures are still being updated:

(2756 Kb) 03/22/12 Slides: Case Study #6: V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor
(1708 Kb) 03/29/12 Slides: Case Study #7: Global Positioning System
(2534 Kb) 04/04/12 Slides: Case Study #8: Federal Fire-Fighting Process
(1318 Kb) 04/11/12 Slides: Case Study #9: The Sardar Sarovar Dam
(0880 Kb) 04/18/12 Slides: Case Study #10: Re-Inventing the Federal Government

STUDENT PRESENTATION SLIDES:

(0079 Kb) Instructions for Student Presentations

RETIRED LECTURES:

(0086 Kb) RETIRED Lecture Notes: Case Study #7: The Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV)
(0042 Kb) RETIRED Slides for Case Study #7

REFERENCE BOOKS

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition
by Kate L. Turabian, The University of Chicago Press, Seventh Edition (published April 2007),
Hardback ($35.00) ISBN: 9780226823362, Paperback ($17.00) ISBN: 9780226823379

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:

US Government Sites:

US Academic Sites: Other Sites: US Political Party Fiscal Initiatives:

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)
Summer Semester 2009 (37 students)
Spring Semester 2010 (26 students)
Fall Semester 2010 (34 students)
Summer Semester 2011 (32 students)

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