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	CONK! Encyclopedia: Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One approach is to define government as the dominant decision-making arm of the state, and define the latter on the basis of the control it has over violence and the use of force within its territory.
		Another alternative is to define a government as an organisation that attempts to maintain control of a territory, where "control" involves activities such as collecting taxes, controlling entry and exit to the state, preventing encroachment of territory by neighbouring states and preventing the establishment of alternative governments within the country.
		A government in a developed state is likely to have various sub-organisations known as offices, departments, or agencies, which are headed by politically appointed officials, often called ministers or secretaries.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Government (823 words)

	Public ownership - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A government owned corporation (sometimes state-owned enterprise, SOE) may resemble a not-for-profit corporation as it may not be required to generate a profit; although governments may also use profitable entities they own to support the general budget.
		Government ownership may lead to waste ( x-ineffiency) if it proves unable to motivate management and personnel through appropriate incentives, including appropriate pay and threat of redundancy.
		The government may be inefficient in running production, trading, or service operations, in the sense of causing misallocations of labor and capital, with consequent reductions in the standard of living and economic growth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_ownership (918 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Congressional Testimony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ownership and control of U.S. communications networks could also provide a foreign government with the ability to direct key employees to utilize routine monitoring capability to access confidential private communications and data of U.S. corporations and citizens communicating over the network.
		Risks associated with the potential for compromise of the interception, unauthorized identification of interception targets, and disclosure of interception sources and methods, correspond with the level of foreign involvement in or control of the entity through which the intercept is to be executed.
		If the U.S. Government cannot satisfy itself that the confidentiality of its national security and law enforcement interceptions will be maintained, then it may be denied the use of these investigative tools, degrading of our ability to protect national security and public safety, even though the interception is clearly authorized by law.
	www.fbi.gov /congress/congress00/parkinson.htm (2605 words)

	Reduced Government Ownership Changes Finnish Board Structures
		With a proposal in the Finnish Parliament suggesting that the minimum required level for government ownership in Kemira be reduced from 33 to 15 percent, a shareholder considered the time ripe for a change in the board structure.
		The abolishment of the supervisory board is a clear sign that the government is planning to reduce its influence over the company, which is facing harsh competition from its Scandinavian peers in a restructured industry.
		Since the dual board system in Finland is tied to high government ownership, which is not viewed favorably by investors, it can be expected that more Finnish companies will turn to the use of the Anglo-Saxon board structure, rather than the central European one.
	www.issueatlas.com /content/free/content/menutop/content/subscription/content/subscription/fridayreportfiles/fridayreports/2001/fr061501a.html (498 words)

	The Ownership Society - Mises Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Ownership Society" was already vapid and insufferable halfway through the GOP convention, where it had been pounded flat by pundits, politicians, and media stars even before Bush himself invoked it. It is nonetheless interesting as a piece of political propaganda, and deserves a closer look.
		No, he is not planning to give you back the money the government has already taken, except through a continuing promise to put you on the dole at the age of 65.
		Under a certain kind of government structure--let's just call it fascism for short--ownership can be in private hands only in the most formal sense, but its control and use is subject to central command.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.aspx?control=1601 (1353 words)

	Public ownership. Everything you wanted to know about Public ownership but had no clue how to find it.. Learn about ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		not-for-profit corporation as it may not be required to generate a profit; although governments may also use profitable entities they own to support the general budget.
		monopoly can be held to account via democratically-elected governments, in a way in which a private monopoly cannot.
		The government may be inefficient in running production, trading, or service operations, in the sense of causing misallocations of
	encyclopedia.lockergnome.com /s/b/Government_ownership (799 words)

	Foreign-Government Ownership: An Insidious Threat
		Philosophically, the presence of a foreign government in the role of the controlling stockholder of a global industrial corporation operating in the United States is an insidious threat to this nation's generally-accepted doctrine of the separation of corporation and state.
		Unlike the Iranian/Arab government investors who are expected to come humbly to Washington to seek an implied permission to spend their oil money, the British demanded a piece of corporate America in 1969 — and got it.
		The concept of government ownership of industry in the U.S. will be reinforced each time such an investment flows into this country from any government treasury, whether European, Japanese, or from an OPEC nation.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF001975/Crowe/Crowe02/Crowe02.html (2656 words)

	Local Government Ownership of Water Businesses - Does It Add Value?. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In short, if Government thought its process with its own businesses was a model local government should follow for water and that the logic of this would descend on local government as it did for them, then the outcome is a failure.
		Further, local government customers expect their local government to concentrate on servicing their local territory and not operate as entrepreneurs seeking to provide services elsewhere if that is where best advantage obtains.
		The model of joint ownership of airport businesses may be an alternative but if there is a dominance of the shareholding by large councils over the smaller, then the smaller may see little value in their shareholding.
	www.lawas.co.nz /PAPERS/value/value~1.htm (6316 words)

	Copyright Law Review Committee - Issues Paper Crown Copyright
		This means, for example, that if an employee writes a report for a government department, or if the government commissions an art work, where reasonable, the work should be attributed to the employee, must not be falsely attributed to someone else, and must not be subject to derogatory treatment.
		However, factors such as the method of appointment and dismissal of judges (including the judicial oath) and the payment of judicial salaries by the government may mean that the judiciary is under the direction of the government.
		Ownership of copyright by the Commonwealth, States and Territories ('the Government') is dealt with in Part VII of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
	www.clrc.gov.au /agd/www/Clrhome.nsf/Page/RWPE3A8E257D1641333CA256E2D007C541F?OpenDocument (14554 words)

	Highway Aggravation: The Case For Privatizing The Highways
		The alternative to privatization and a market solution is not the status quo but growing government control in the form of mandated employee trip reduction planning, which forces businesses, under threat of fines, to coerce their employees into riding in carpools, vans, and buses and using high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
		Governments were fickle, accommodating pressures to exempt various classes of travelers from tolls or to give them special rates (the mail service, for example).
		The next Los Angeles freeways were funded by the federal government under the National Strategic System of Roads umbrella, which ensured priority in allocations of supplies of steel and cement.(29) During and after World War II the political climate in the country was favorable to government initiatives in roads.
	www.cato.org /pubs/pas/pa-231.html (11068 words)

	Healthcare Reveals Real "Conservative" Agenda - Drown Democracy In A Bathtub
		Whether the power and wealth agent that takes the place of government is a local baron, lord, king, or corporation, if it has greater power in the lives of individuals than does a representative government, the culture has dissolved into feudalism.
		This doesn't mean the end of government, but, instead the subordination of government to the interests of the feudal lords.
		According to hard-right Republicans, killing off government to make way for corporate rule is truly at the core of the so-called "conservative agenda." For example, the lead cheerleader for Bush's tax-cutting fervor is a man named Grover Norquist, well known to every politician in Washington.
	www.commondreams.org /views03/0225-10.htm (1966 words)

	Reinventing the Government Corporation
		Proponents of small government may welcome the introduction of an element of private control into most realms of public administration as a means of preparing for the privatization of federal functions.
		Ordinarily, the federal government is involved in the activity either because the goods or services are deemed of national importance but are not adequately provided by the private sector or because the commercial opportunity is a by-product of some other federal activity.
		Further, even if government directors are expected to use their votes and influence to promote the public interest, their influence may not be equal to the task when they are in the minority.
	osaka.law.miami.edu /~froomkin/articles/reinvent.htm (16897 words)

	EconPapers: Government Ownership of Banks
		Second, such ownership is particularly significant in countries with low levels of per capita income, underdeveloped financial systems, interventionist and inefficient governments, and poor protection of property rights.
		Finally, government ownership of banks is associated with lower subsequent growth of per capita income, and in particular with lower growth of productivity rather than slower factor accumulation.
		This evidence is inconsistent with the optimistic "development" theories of government ownership of banks common in the 1960s, but supports the more recent "political" theories of the effects of government ownership of firms.
	netec.mcc.ac.uk /WoPEc/data/Papers/fthharver1890.html (231 words)

	Document: Letter from Bliley to USTR re government ownership of foreign telecom monopolies, 9/12/00.
		We and other members of the Subcommittee devoted substantial time at the hearing to the issue of whether, and to what extent, the USTR is urging foreign governments to reduce their ownership interests in incumbent telecom monopolies.
		This troubles us because it suggests that USTR does not regard government ownership as a priority, notwithstanding the fact that it is inconsistent with our commitments under the BTA.
		Please provide all records relating to whether government ownership of incumbent telecom monopolies is consistent with the BTA, including (but not limited to) any legal opinions addressing this issue.
	www.techlawjournal.com /telecom/20000912let.asp (1248 words)

	Government Land Ownership by State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Military bases and tribal lands are included because both can represent a significant percentage of "non-private" land ownership in a state even though public access may be restricted.
		Federal land ownership is volatile; land is acquired and disposed of, transferred between agencies and reclassified frequently.
		Instead, Native villages and regions were incorporated and a total of 44 million acres of land is being conveyed to the Corporations from the Federal Government.
	www.maineenvironment.org /nwoods/Landowned0800.htm (760 words)

	Government Ownership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Government ownership has been a pretty common response outside the United States, and there are cases of municipal ownership in the US.
		Government ownership could, in principle, solve the problem, since the government could operate the monopoly efficiently, charging a price equal to marginal cost, and cover the losses out of tax revenues.
		In practice, however, government monopolies usually seem to have been operated as "cash cows" for the government, and that's not a solution to the problem of high monopoly prices!
	william-king.www.drexel.edu /top/prin/txt/Monch/mon27.html (133 words)

	government ownership on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ownership can be revolutionary.(proposals of George W. Bush)
		Government considers further resources for low cost homeownership.
		Government to make it easier for council tenants to buy their homes with faith compliant finance.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-governme-ow.asp (371 words)

	Regarding your cover story about Hawaiian Electric (HECO), there may be a more “win-win” way to address HECO’s ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Changing HECO behavior politically is difficult, but not impossible--as evidenced last year when Hawaii's legislature required HECO to exchange electricity at retail rates with customers who can generate their own power.
		But under government ownership, profits currently going to HECO shareholders could be squandered by bureaucratic inefficiencies and/or diverted to other government programs.
		Customer ownership is already close to reality on Kauai, the only county where Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) doesn’t own the electric utility.
	cog.kent.edu /lib/BrandtElectricHawaii.htm (1099 words)

	Orson Welles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film is apparently the story of the efforts of a film director (played by John Huston) to complete his last Hollywood movie and is largely set at a lavish party.
		Although in 1972 the film was reported by Welles as being "96% complete" its legal ownership became a matter of dispute.
		Argument continued for a number of years until the 1979 Iranian Revolution effectively consigned it to a legal limbo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orson_Welles (2535 words)

	Government of Saskatchewan - land ownership
		Below are the top 25 results of a search for "land ownership" "land title" across all Government of Saskatchewan websites.
		Government of Saskatchewan - Answers - I own the mineral rights to property and need to...
		Land Titles system, a title to a parcel may have been issued when surface ownership was clear, but there was no corresponding title to the minerals.
	www.gov.sk.ca /topics/keyword/keyword?topic=law-justice&keyword=3143 (632 words)

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		Governments tend to use over-simplified statistics to make decisions, and ignore other facts.
		Once the government produces almost everything and employs everyone, there is almost no limit to what it can do to people.
		Government is able to cure many externalities problems.
	www.gmu.edu /departments/economics/bcaplan/e370/IO10.htm (1646 words)

	Social Security Rescue Plans Mean Government Ownership of Business
		Unless the government were prepared to give full freedom to the individual to invest in any stocks of his choice, it would, as a minimum, have to draw up a list of stocks that it approved for purchase.
		Almost certainly, however, the government would not be content with merely drawing up a list of approved stocks and then leave the choice of the specific stocks within the list, and the timing of their purchase and sale, to the discretion of the individual taxpayers.
		But the government long ago destroyed the gold standard, and the resulting chronic inflation has left such people in a situation in which they really are unable to cope with the requirements of saving and investing on their own.
	www.capitalism.net /articles/soc_sec.htm (909 words)

	October 27, 2003 -- Robert A. Lawson: Government Ownership of Companies is a Very Bad Idea
		Americans may have become accustomed to ever increasing taxes and regulations that control every nook and cranny of our lives, but we are not quite ready to allow the government to own companies outright.
		Ultimately, we have to ask ourselves why the government should be spurring private investment at all whether through ownership shares or through the more traditional means of grants and loans.
		We have the most advanced capital markets in the world in the U.S. If a company has good ideas, then usually there is a rush of investors competing to give it money and to share in the profits.
	www.opinioneditorials.com /freedomwriters/lawson_20031027.html (704 words)

	Insecure Property Rights and Government Ownership ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The authors develop a theory of the ownership of firms in an environment without secure property rights against state encroachment.
		'Private ownership' leads to excessive revenue hiding and 'state ownership' (i.e., national government ownership) fails to provide incentives for managers and local governments in a credible way.
		Because 'local government ownership' integrates local government activities and business activities, local government may better serve the interests of the national government and, thus, local government ownership may credibly limit state predation, increase local public goods provision, and reduce costly revenue hiding.
	db.socionet.nw.ru /RuPEc/xml/tpr/article-qjecon/tprqjeconv:113:y:1998:i:2:p:467-96.xml (118 words)

	State by State Goverment Land Ownership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The table below details government land ownership on a state by state basis.
		The total acres of federal and state ownership, the percentage of the state that each constitutes and a statewide ranking for each of these categories are included.
		For Idaho and Wisconsin figures also include land owned by lesser government entities.
	www.nwi.org /Maps/LandChart.html (419 words)

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