User fees: who pays and how much?

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Two recent studies showed that user fees for roads and transportation facilities barely cover the federal expenses for service and maintenance. Ideally, motorists should also shoulder employer-provided free parking, pollution damages and funding for petroleum reserve facilities. The gap between user fees and federal spending has resulted in government deficits and underscores the role of user fees in assisting infrastructure project subsidies. Recommendations include gradual tax increases, toll price and transportation funding modifications and raising truck charges.

Evaluation, Economic aspects, Transportation, User fees, Federal aid to transportation, Government aid to transportation

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2000 management problems: Much more than just a computer problem, the year 2000 bug will cause managerial, legal and financial headaches of every strip in the next few years

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Firms will need to develop a plan for handling the year 2000 problem to ensure its near-term success. Computers will face potentially fatal disruptions unless they are reprogrammed. A program management challenge will require organizations to handle the problem as well as associated issues. A structured approach has been defined by the federal government, and the stages require awareness, assessment, renovation, validation and implementation.

Management, Year 2000 transition (Computers)

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Attorneys' fees must be paid by unresponsive bidder who sued

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The Court of Appeals of Washington has confirmed that an unsuccessful bidder on a sewer construction project that sued a city construction project that sued a city and lost has to pay the city's attorney fees. The details of the case Cornell Pump vs. City of Bellingham, are presented.

United States, Legal issues & crime, Legal/Government Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases, Attorneys, Lawyers' fees, Bellingham, Washington, Cornell Pump Co.

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