For a decade, Marlin Fitzwater was White House spokesman for Presidents Reagan and Bush, a remarkably long sojourn in that high pressure post. His longevity was a testament to the unique combination of talents he brought to the job. And his long tenure gave him unparalleled insight into the way the press and the presidency collide in today's Washington. CALL THE BRIEFING, Fitzwater's memoir of the Reagan/Bush years, is an insightful, richly detailed account of the world where that struggle takes place. Fitzwater is not merely the public face of the presidency. He was a major presence at meetings in the Cabinet Room, on Air Force One, at Santa Barbara and Kennebunkport, witnessing, participating in, and sometimes shaping the events of those years. From Iran/Contra through the U.S./Soviet Summits to Bush's difficult 1992 election campaign, Fitzwater shows us the pressures of political life at their most intense. In one chilling chapter he describes the potent political and personal forces that broke three White House chiefs of staff and resulted in their resignation. And he explores the sometimes macabre nature of the press's coverage of the president in the "Death Watch," which recounts how a president's smallest ailment has political implications that may be laughable, but are also grimly serious. It is amazing to discover just how complex is every event in the life of a president. Fitzwater is a very funny Kansan. CALL THE BRIEFING is filled with his candid observations on the personalities and events of the Reagan/Bush years. He also gives an unusually incisive, fair account of how the reporters who cover the president find, investigate, and break their stories. Although he has no illusions about the unsightly and occasionally unsavory business of journalism, his respect and affection for reporters and their craft is boundless. His account of the power of the press and its influence on the presidency in setting the national agenda should not be missed by anyone who wishes to understand the complexities of presidential politics.

The book draws on the work of the authors who have had direct experience with Ethics Committees and helping students comply with the requirements.

While librarians and information professional are experts at providing resources to users, managing their own internal working knowledge and information can be a challenge. As information environments continue to become more complex, librarians and other information professionals must build on the existing expertise and skills within their organizations to keep them relevant to the information needs of their patrons and communities. Knowledge management (KM) is an intentional set of strategies intended to capture, preserve, and use human knowledge from employees to further the goals of an organization. Knowledge Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians will help librarians recognize, organize, communicate, and leverage both the tacit and explicit knowledge already in their organizations for the benefit of themselves and their users. Topics covered include: Why knowledge management is important in libraries and information organizations The knowledge management lifecycle: capturing, organizing, storing, sharing, and updating knowledge Capturing tacit and explicit knowledge and getting staff buy-in Tools and methods for recording and developing organizational information flow Facilitating the transfer of organizational knowledge and expertise Promoting knowledge innovation and learning Knowledge Management is intended to help individual librarians and library managers in all library settings (academic, public, school, special, etc.) to think critically about their existing knowledge management environments with an eye toward improving existing procedures or implementing a KM program. This guide will provide readers with basic background information and useful, targeted exercises and examples to help them develop knowledge management programs in their own organizations.

Although a work of fiction, the book begins with the sinking of the Salem Express, which actuallyoccurred in December, 1991. It introduces a terrorist cell that is transporting a weapon of mass destruction to Safaga, Egypt on the ferry. When the ship sinks, the material and all but one of the terrorists go to the bottom with it. The materialremains undisturbed for fifteen years. Bret Davis and his friend Patrick Donovan plan to dive on the wreck and do a documentary.They havereceived permission to cut into the sealed-off section of the wreck where bodies still remain. The Egyptian terrorist group, Warriors of Allah, believe Bret is a CIA agent and watch him closely after he arrives in Egypt. Part of their suspicion comes from his relationship with Eliat Moussad, a member of the Egyptian anti-terrorist agency. While diving in the wreck, Bret and Patrick discover the car holding the canisters the terrorists lost in 1991, and recover one of them. The Warriors of Allahrecover the remaining canistersand then attempt to seal the divers in the wreck. The terroristattempts to recover the last canister from Bret are unsuccessful and it alerts the CIA of the canisters existence. A CIA team and another led by Eliat plan to work with Bret to locate the missing canisters. Mahmet, the second in command of the Warriors of Allah allows his daughter to assist in watching Bret and Eliat. She falls into the ocean and is rescued by Patrick. When the terrorists decide to kill Bret, she warns Patrick. An American chemical company owner assists the terrorists in getting the material into the USA and develops a way to spread the toxin. The toxin is recovered with Brets help, but at a terrible cost.