This guidebook is part of an ongoing series intended to assist public agencies, non-profit organizations, and the private sector with design and implementation of water acquisition programs to improve water supply reliability during drought and under climate change. While this guidebook addresses the use of auctions, others being developed will discuss water supply reliability contracts, region...

ii Foreword This document is a product of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) Software Program, an agency-wide program designed to address and mitigate software-related risk within NASA programs. The goals and strategies of this program are traceable to the NASA Strategic Plan, the NASA Software Strategic Plan, and the OSMA Stra...

About the GuideBooks. The Mathematica GuideBooks by Michael Trott form a four-volume set that has been in development for over a decade. The GuideBooks provide an exploration of the various facets of Mathematica as a tool for solving scientific problems. Each Mathematica GuideBook is available separately and covers one of the key features of Mathematica: programming, visualization, numerics, an...

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act was first passed by a ballot initiative in 1994, but numerous judicial challenges delayed implementation of the Act. In November of 1997, following the United States Supreme Court decisions in Vacco v. Quill and Washington v. Glucksberg, which left the states' power to regulate physician-assisted suicide undisturbed, the Oregon voters upheld their law. Oregon rem...

This chapter is based on the Guidebook Efficient Taxation of Informal Sector in Africa (hereafter, Guidebook, produced by African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) and ATAF’s presentation discussions during Revenue Statistics Webinar 2022 (2-3 June 2022).3 The articulates rationale for taxing informal sector provides an overview good practices experiences this area. It includes short case studies...

The Tutorial Forum, Workshop Program, and Doctoral Consortium will be held on Friday and Saturday, February 12-13. Schedules for these programs are posted separately, and will be included in the Guidebook app and online program.