The Donald J. Trump Administration as Seen from Tokyo: Will the US-Japan Alliance Remain Unique?

January 10, 2018

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approach to the Donald J. Trump administration is clear embrace the president as tightly as possible. The rationale behind Abe’s choice is threefold. First, Japan continues to depend on the US for its security and defense in view of growing threats and challenges from North Korea and China. Second, the foreign and security policy of the Barack Obama administration was never popular in Tokyo.

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City of Bay City, TX

The City of Bay City is the County Seat for Matagorda County which is located midway between Galveston and Corpus Christi, right where the Colorado River meets the Gulf of Mexico. Bay City's current population is ~19,000 and seems to be on the rise with billions of dollars going into the construction of industry plants around us. The City of Bay City has annual operating budget of roughly $33 million and employs more than 200 people.

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Government Special Report

whitePaper | December 27, 2021

Government Financial & Operational Management Special Report Identifying the challenges that face your governmental entity is oftentimes the first step in helping position your government for future success. Are you able to balance the needs of your community while efficiently managing and reporting on the services you’re charged with providing?

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Funding the Global Benefits to Biopharmaceutical Innovation

whitePaper | February 12, 2020

Both the U.S. Government and biopharmaceutical industry have been central engines for developing new medical treatments and cures, thereby lowering the effective price of better health for patients worldwide. The sector has done so by being both the world leader in these biopharmaceutical cures and treatments as well as the source of the returns that are required to fund new medical R&D investments.

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Whitepaper v1.0 - Neotech – Finance

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

NeoTech is creating smart city digital infrastructure that can lead to massive improvements in citizens quality of life and increase the protection of the environment while reducing the cost of doing so. NeoTech uses cutting edge technology in both hardware and software to recreate a 1:1 exact replica of the Earth in utterly digital form, enabling thousands of new applications to be spun off on top of our new Metaverse, enabling startups, enterprises, and people alike to take part in this new technological revolution.

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Recommendations on Updating the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan

whitePaper | March 16, 2022

A long-term commitment to sustained federal research and development (R&D) funding in AI is critical to advance the United States’ leadership in global innovation. The federal government should increase non-defense investment in AI and basic research to strengthen research in critical fields of AI R&D, including healthcare, education, finance, and more, that underpin economic stability and robust growth. Such investment should reflect a multidisciplinary approach, focused on advancing basic and applied R&D, research on AI governance and norm-setting, and supporting research infrastructure with multi-agency collaboration.

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A Work Better, Work Smarter Government

whitePaper | May 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic raised demands on government work and services in many new, unexpected and rapidly changing ways. It quickly became apparent that older enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and processes couldn’t keep pace with many emerging government needs, both technical and operational. By moving to a modern ERP system, the public sector can better prepare for the future and build a foundation that enables an intelligent government enterprise.

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How Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Invest? With Strategic Diversification

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) remain a prominent and diverse group of global asset owners. They represent unencumbered fiscal resources of the host governments, invested under a range of different mandates. In this study, we considered 34 of the largest SWFs, located in 26 different jurisdictions, which as of year-end 2020, have total assets of almost $8.5 trillion, representing 5% of total global markets.2 Between 2018 and 2020, total SWF assets under management (AUM) grew by an annualized 11.3%, as compared to 5.5% over the previous time period (Figure 1). We find that the acceleration in AUM growth is largely a function of market gains due to the post-2018 drawdown in equities. However, we estimate that organic inflows into global SWF holdings are roughly in line with the mid-single digits during the 2014–2018 time period.

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Spotlight

City of Bay City, TX

The City of Bay City is the County Seat for Matagorda County which is located midway between Galveston and Corpus Christi, right where the Colorado River meets the Gulf of Mexico. Bay City's current population is ~19,000 and seems to be on the rise with billions of dollars going into the construction of industry plants around us. The City of Bay City has annual operating budget of roughly $33 million and employs more than 200 people.

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