Author Archives: Lexington Institute
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Improving No Child Left Behind: Suggestions from Education’s Front Lines
May 1, 2006- Lexington Institute Research Study When the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) became law, it brought with it fundamental changes in the relationships between local school districts and the federal government. Because the law so incontrovertibly linked federal dollars with [Read More...] -
DNC Endorses Bush Defense Goals
April 4, 2006- Lexington Institute Issue Brief In an apparent bid to restore bipartisanship in the framing of defense policies, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) last week released a “bold security agenda” that echoed virtually every defense theme articulated by candidate George Bush on the [Read More...] -
Performance Based Logistics and the Army Industrial Enterprise
April 1, 2006- Lexington Institute Research Study In today’s world, businesses manage vast, global flows of goods and products through advanced logistics systems that guarantee rapid, on-time and error-free delivery to customers worldwide. Continuous improvement in logistics processes has become a key competitive factor. Companies [Read More...] -
Issue #19 Migration Policy and Politics
March 8, 2006- Lexington Institute Cuba’s national baseball team was initially refused U.S. permission to travel to Puerto Rico to play in the World Baseball Classic. The decision was later reversed, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said January 20, because “the President wanted to see [Read More...] -
Issue #18 The Long Arm of the Law
February 14, 2006- Lexington Institute The Bush Administration voiced not a word of disapproval, but it sent an unmistakable signal to a recent conference held in Mexico City where American executives and Cuban officials discussed business opportunities in Cuba’s energy sector. It found a way [Read More...] -
Issue #17 Like a New Man
January 31, 2006- Lexington Institute The American press reported a CIA assessment that Fidel Castro has Parkinson’s disease, and the Cuban president responded last November 17 with a four-hour speech that showed stamina and a sense that this comandante en jefe, at age 79 and [Read More...] -
Reforming DHS’ Business Processes
October 1, 2005- Lexington Institute Research Study The events of recent weeks demonstrate clearly that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs a new business model that will allow it to address better the complex demands of its mission. Many of the Department’s policies and [Read More...] -
The Postal Service Has Bigger Problems Than E-Mail
September 7, 2005- Lexington Institute Article Published in the Federal Times Both Congressional plans to reform the U.S. Postal Service prescribe the wrong medicine for the ailing USPS. That’s because lawmakers have misdiagnosed the problem, attributing the Postal Service’s financial woes to a fall-off in [Read More...] -
An Army At War and the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review
August 1, 2005- Lexington Institute Research Study The United States Army is at war. It is also transforming. There is nothing new about either situation. The Army mobilized, fought a war and transformed itself in the 1940s. However, that was sixty years ago. It is [Read More...] -
Return to Sender: Postal Reform Has Miles to Go Yet
July 28, 2005- Lexington Institute Op Ed Published in the National Review Online The postal-reform legislation that passed overwhelmingly in the House on Tuesday has been hailed as a much-needed repair to the ailing United States Postal Service. Unfortunately it doesn’t fix the postal service’s [Read More...]