Rebuilding the foundations : a special report on state and local public works financing and management

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Community Environment Financing Government Agencies Government Funding Infrastructure Interagency Relations Intergovernmental Structure Levels Of Government Local Government Public Works Public Works Management Quality Of Life State Government

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  OTA-SET-447
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1402975
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00602616
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Alternative Finance ; NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Funding ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY
• Abstract:
  In 1988, prompted by the many national studies calling for more investment in
  
  public works infrastructure, Congress asked the Office of Technology Assessment
  
  (OTA) to evaluate how technologies, management, and financing could improve
  
  public works and make them more efficient and productive. From the outset,
  
  OTA planned to review State and local public works management and finance to
  
  spotlight issues that needed attention. The review produced so much practical
  
  and useful information that a decision was made to publish the results early in
  
  1990 for use by the 101st Congress in this special report. Several intertwined
  
  issues quickly came to dominate OTA's discussions with State and local public
  
  works officials. As this report documents, the concerns centered on how to raise
  
  more money for upgrading and maintaining public works, how to enhance public
  
  works, and how to preserve the community environment and quality of life. Local
  
  officials focused on the complex tasks of resolving conflicts among these issues
  
  in a controversy-ridden and politically charged arena. State representatives
  
  highlighted the steps they have already taken to increase support for
  
  localities. This special report also outlines the roles of Federal, State, and
  
  local governments and points to avenues for strengthening the intergovernmental
  
  structure for managing and financing public works. The link in this record
  
  leads to a Table of Contents for this document in hypertext that will allow the
  
  user to view in .pdf format the entire document (131p., 5206K) or selected
  
  sections.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:54742b454fc9afb7fa69910ad32739cb9ccab9041e7d5ba19fca5c6cc090c874
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12680/dot_12680_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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