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Latest issue consulted: May 1994. ; Description based on: July 1979; title from caption. ; None published, 1992. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols for 19 -19 issued by: the Environmental Protection Agency; 19 - by: the Agency's Office of Technology Transfer; -19 by: the Agency's Environmental Research Information Center; -Sept. 1989 by: the Agency's Center for Environmental Research Information; June 1990-Sept. 1991, by: Office of Research and Development, Office of Technology Transfer & Regulatory Support; Apr. 1993-1996 by: Office of Research and Development, Office of Science, Planning, and Regulatory Evaluation.

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction: Why Confucian Ethics of Technology? -- 1. Confucian Ritual Technicity and Philosophy of Technology -- 2. Dao, Harmony, and Personhood: Toward a Confucian Ethics of Technology -- 3. Technological Mediation in and for Confucianism-Based Cultures -- 4. Self-Cultivation of the Confucian Engineer: What Engineering Ethics Education Can Learn from Confucian Moral Theory -- 5. Artificial Intelligence, Personal Decisions, Consent, and the Confucian Idea of Oneness -- 6. Confucian Personhood and the Scientific Spirit: Ren as the Foundation of Confucian Ethics of Technology -- Epilogue: The Future of Confucian Ethics of Technology -- Index.

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An imperfectly informed regulator needs to procure multiple units of some good (e.g., green energy, market liquidity, pollution reduction, land conservation) that can be produced with heterogeneous technologies at various costs. How should she optimally procure these units? Should she run technology-specific or technology-neutral auctions? Should she allow for partial separation across technologies? Should she instead post separate prices for each technology? What are the trade-offs involved? We find that one size does not fit all: the preferred instrument depends on the costs of the available technologies, their degree of substitutability, the extent of information asymmetry and the costs of public funds. We illustrate the use of our theory for policy analysis with an ex ante evaluation of Spain's recent renewable auction.

This is a full set of PowerPoint lectures for a course in Water Technology currently given at Trinity College, University of Dublin by professor N.F. Gray. The lectures cover all aspects of water and wastewater treatment and are available for use to lecturers or those interested in the subject. The lecture series is to be used in conjunction with the new textbook ?Water Science and Technology? (4th edition) published by CRC Press in 2017. Lecture 1 is an introduction to the water industry and covers the structure of the water industry, the water services cycle, water governance and the Drinking Water Directive. Water pricing, consumption, reuse and conservation are covered as is water demand management, the water poverty threshold and water stress threshold. The lecture include active links and structured reading. ; 1

"Is there such a thing as a "feminist technology"? If so, what makes a technology feminist? Is it in the design process, in the thing itself, in the way it is marketed, or in the way it is used by women (or by men)? In this collection, feminist scholars trained in diverse fields consider these questions by examining a range of products, tools, and technologies that were specifically designed for and marketed to women. Evaluating the claims that such products are liberating for women, the contributors focus on case studies of menstrual-suppressing birth control pills, home pregnancy tests, tampons, breast pumps, Norplant, anti-fertility vaccines, and microbicides. In examining these various products, this volume explores ways of actively intervening to develop better tools for designing, promoting, and evaluating feminist technologies. Recognizing the different needs and desires of women and acknowledging the multiplicity of feminist approaches, Feminist Technology offers a sustained debate on existing and emergent technologies that share the goal of improving women's lives." -- Back cover

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Care and Technology: An Anthropological Question -- 1.1. From mastery to care -- 1.1.1. Making good use of technology, anticipating its potential risks: two possible examples of care in technology? -- 1.1.2. Do we need to learn to master our technological mastery? -- 1.1.3. The limits of the externalist approach to technological regulation -- 1.2. In what sense can technologies be "inherently" caregiving? -- 1.2.1. Can there be an intrinsic morality of technology? -- 1.2.2. Technology and care: a difficult articulation -- 1.3. Taking care of living beings -- 1.3.1. Care and technology: from ethics to anthropology -- 1.3.2. Caring about valuating living beings -- 1.3.3. The difficulty of thinking technology from life -- 1.4. Transition -- Chapter 2: Technology and Life: Analysis of a Divorce -- 2.1. Body, gestures, technology, production -- 2.1.1. Work without skill -- 2.1.2. Control and discipline of technology -- 2.1.3. A rupture in the conception of technology: the divorce of technology and life -- 2.2. The intellectualist conception of technology: the Kantian turning point -- 2.2.1. Difficulty in thinking of the artisan's activity -- 2.2.2. Technology excluded from the field of aesthetics -- 2.2.3. Technology, a synthetic activity without representation and without rule -- 2.3. Transition -- Chapter 3: The Conditions of Care in Technology -- 3.1. Vitalist approaches to technology -- 3.1.1. The concept of technological evolution: contributions and limits with regard to care -- 3.1.2. Technology as an "organ projection": contributions and limits with regard to care -- 3.1.3. The utopia of Erewhon: analysis of an aporia. First condition of care in technology.

Intro -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVE FEDERAL ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVE FEDERAL ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: CRITICAL FACTORS UNDERLYING SUCCESSFUL MAJOR ACQUISITIONS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- IT Acquisition Best Practices Have been Identified by Industry and Government and Promoted by Legislation -- Prior GAO Work Has Identified IT Acquisition Management Weaknesses, Cost Increases, and Schedule Delays on Troubled Investments -- OMB Has Several Initiatives under Way to Improve the Oversight and Management of IT Investments -- SEVEN IT INVESTMENTS WERE REPORTED AS BEING SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED -- Commerce Decennial Response Integration System -- Defense Global Combat Support System-Joint Increment 7 -- Energy Manufacturing Operations Management Project -- Homeland Security Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative -- Transportation Integrated Terminal Weather System -- Treasury Customer Account Data Engine 2 -- Veterans Affairs Occupational Health Record-keeping System -- NINE FACTORS WERE COMMONLY IDENTIFIED AS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF MAJOR IT INVESTMENTS -- Program Officials Were Actively Engaged with Stakeholders -- Program Staff Had the Necessary Knowledge and Skills -- Senior Department and Agency Executives Supported the Program -- End Users and Stakeholders Were Involved in the Development of Requirements -- End Users Participated in Testing of System Functionality Prior to Formal End User Acceptance Testing -- Government and Contractor Staff Were Consistent and Stable -- Program Staff Prioritized Requirements -- Program Officials Maintained Regular Communication with the Prime Contractor -- Programs Received Sufficient Funding -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION