The Commission on Economy and Efficiency was a presidential commission appointed by President William Howard Taft between 1910 and 1913 to look at and propose...
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conservation movement was based on the "gospel of the efficiency". The Massachusetts Commission on Economy and Efficiency reflected the new concern with...
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Government Efficiency Commission may refer to: Commission on Economy and Efficiency Department of Government Efficiency Spending and Government Efficiency Commission...
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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is an initiative by the second Trump administration to modernize information technology and to maximize productivity...
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Farley Committee on Department Methods (1905) Commission on Economy and Efficiency (1910–1913) Brownlow Committee (1937) Grace Commission (1982–1984) National...
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Commerce Commission (ICC) over railroad rates. The law also expanded the ICC's jurisdiction to include regulation of telephone, telegraph and wireless...
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unnecessary effort. Efficiency refers to very different inputs and outputs in different fields and industries. In 2019, the European Commission said: "Resource...
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Charles Edward Merriam (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
and had a lengthy career in federal service. In 1911, President William Howard Taft offered him a seat on the Commission on Economy and Efficiency, a...
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William Howard Taft (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
vacancy on the high court. Taft accepted on condition he was made head of the commission, with responsibility for success or failure; McKinley agreed, and Taft...
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and should leave Congress free to act as it saw fit. Taft signed the bill with enthusiasm on 5 August 1909, expecting it would stimulate the economy and...
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vehicle fuel efficiency formula that gives different values depending on fuel used. In November 2010 the EPA introduced the first fuel economy ratings in...
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Resource efficiency is the maximising of the supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order...
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Taft family (redirect from The Tafts of Mendon and Uxbridge)
born in Uxbridge in 1785 and grew up there. His father Aaron moved to Townshend, Vermont, because of the difficult economy, when he was fifteen. The...
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Committee on Department Methods – "Keep Commission" (1905–1909) President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency (1910–1912) President's Committee on Economic...
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fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) produced for sale in the United States. More recently, efficiency standards...
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Roosevelt praised its efficiency ("the swiftest mobilization and dispatch of troops over sea ever accomplished by our Government") and said it confirmed his...
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Royal F. Oakes (section Testimony on cameras in court)
Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Commission on Economy and Efficiency, and has served as chair of the Commission's Task Force on Organization and Accountability...
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administration Commission on Economy and Efficiency Kraines, Oscar (1970). "The President versus Congress: The Keep Commission, 1905–1909: First Comprehensive...
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1877 U.S. Patent Office fire (category Building and structure fires in the United States)
made by the President's commission on economy and efficiency. United States - President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency. December 1912. pp. 131–132...
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Radio Act of 1912 (category United States federal admiralty and maritime legislation)
sent fake distress calls and obscene messages to naval radio stations, and to have forged naval commands, sending navy boats on spurious missions. The U...
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William Howard Taft High School (New York City) (category Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata)
City Department of Education. The Taft school campus is located on Sheridan Avenue and 172nd Street in the Bronx. Founded in the 1940s, Taft originally...
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instrument, a false economy, and lazy budgeting. Smaller agencies have also highlighted the difficulty in finding such savings. "efficiency dividend". www...
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United States Chamber of Commerce (category Coordinates not on Wikidata)
to lobby for comprehensive currency legislation and to support the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. During its first year in existence, the U.S. Chamber...
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Seth Taft (section Early life and education)
children, 10 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Taft family Self-published autobiographical essay: Take On the World! And See How Much You Learn!...
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diplomacy" was to encourage and protect trade within Latin America and Asia. Taft maintained an activist approach to foreign policy. On one hand, he was the...
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Government, started with his participation in the Commission on Economy and Efficiency in 1911 and in the Excess profits tax during World War I. Merino...
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the commission to draft a new charter for Greater New York, and President Taft chose him as a member of his Commission on Economy and Efficiency. In 1914...
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1910 Mann–Elkins Act Defense Secrets Act Radio Act of 1912 Commission on Economy and Efficiency U.S. occupation of Nicaragua Presidential campaigns 1908...
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William Howard Taft National Historic Site (category Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata)
Alphonso and Louise Taft. It has been restored to look as it did during the time William lived there. All the family portraits and many of the books on display...
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Department (and was succeeded by A. Piatt Andrew) to become Secretary to President William Howard Taft, where he "organized the Commission on Economy and Efficiency...
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