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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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US-78 Location Approval, Marshall/Benton/Union Counties
Author: Arkabutla, Enid, Grenada and Sardis Lakes O&M
Author: An Annotated Bibliography on Mississippi's Economy, Business, Industry, and Government, 1930-1963
Author: University of Mississippi. Bureau of Governmental ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Operation Pretense
Author: James R. CrockettPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496800036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
During the 1980s fifty-seven of Mississippi's 410 county supervisors from twenty-six of the state's eighty-two counties were charged with corruption. The FBI's ploy to catch the criminals was code-named Operation Pretense. Ingenious undercover investigation exposed the supervisors' wide-scaled subterfuge in purchasing goods and services. Because supervisors themselves controlled and monitored the purchasing system, they could supply sham documentation and spurious invoices. Operation Pretense was devised in response to the complaint of a disgruntled company owner, a Pentecostal preacher who balked at adding a required ten percent kickback to his bid. Detailing the intricate story, this book gives an account of the FBI's stratagem of creating a decoy company that ingratiated itself throughout the supervisors' fiefdoms and brought about a jolting exposé, sweeping repercussions, and a crusade for reform. The case was so notable that CBS's Mike Wallace came to Mississippi to cast the 60 Minutes spotlight on this astonishing sting and on the humiliated public servants it exposed to public shame. The conditions that gave rise to such pervasive malfeasance, the major players on both sides, the mortifying indictments, and the push to finish the clean up are all discussed here. In the wake of Operation Pretense were ruined careers, a spirit of watchdog reform, and an overhauled purchasing system bared to public sunshine. However, this cautioning book reveals a system that remains far from perfect. This narrative report on the largest public corruption scandal in Mississippi history serves as a reminder of the conditions that allow such crime to flourish.
The Potential and Challenges of Drop-In Biofuels
Author: Sergios KaratzosPublisher:
ISBN: 9781910154069
Category : Biomass energy
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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EDA Directory of Approved Projects
Author: United States. Economic Development AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Understanding Rural America
Author: United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research ServicePublisher:
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Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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National Income and Product Accounts of the United States
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Corruption and the Global Economy
Author: Kimberly Ann ElliottPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0881323233
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The recently-adopted OECD convention outlawing bribery of foreign public officials is welcome evidence of how much progress has been made in the battle against corruption. The financial crisis in East Asia is an indication of how much remains to be done. Corruption is by no means a new issue but it has only recently emerged as a global issue. With the end of the Cold War, the pace and breadth of the trends toward democratization and international economic integration accelerated and expanded globally. Yet corruption could slow or even reverse these trends, potentially threatening economic development and political stability in some countries. As the global implications of corruption have grown, so has the impetus for international action to combat it. In addition to efforts in the OECD, the Organization of American States, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations General Assembly, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have both begun to emphasize corruption as an impediment to economic development. This book includes a chapter by the Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery discussing the evolution of the OECD convention and what is needed to make it effective. Other chapters address the causes and consequences of corruption, including the impact on investment and growth and the role of multinational corporations in discouraging bribery. The final chapter summarizes and also discusses some of the other anticorruption initiatives that either have been or should be adopted by governments, multilateral development banks, and other international organizations.
Surviving Debt
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ISBN: 9781602482104
Category : Consumer credit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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