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100 1 _aMCKINNEY JR., Earl
_922651
245 1 0 _aLearning by fire :
_bthe learning challenges facing U.S. forest service aviation
260 _aOrlando :
_bElsevier,
_c2004
520 3 _aThe U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is experiencing an alarming increase in the size and number of wildfires. To fight fire, the USFS uses aircraft, such as large air tankers and helicopters; however, the USFS has maintained an exceptionally high accident rate for the air tankers over the past fifty years. To help correct this, the USFS commissioned a Blue Ribbon Panel to investigate and highlight problem areas. As a member of that panel, the author observed a lack of ability of the aviation component of the USFS to learn. This paper suggests that management, policy, and information technology (IT) affect government learning. The purpose here, using the USFS as an example, is to describe factors that affect learning and expose management opportunities for learning
773 0 8 _tGovernment Information Quarterly
_g21, 1, p. 86-98
_dOrlando : Elsevier, 2004
_xISSN 0740-624X
_w
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_cTiago
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
_c14273
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041 _aeng