President Obama has tasked his top homeland and national security officials with nothing less than mapping and reining in the vast and murky empire of federal information, including turf battles and technology glitches.
The purpose of this review is to gather updated information on turf ecosystem services, mainly on how they compare to other types of vegetation, or substitutes, and to suggest some future trends/areas of research.
In recent weeks, the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file police officers, warned about the release of the DWP's turf rebate information, saying it does not want officers' home addresses published on the Internet.
The Economist, which broke the story, said the row was over "corporate politics, turf wars and information withholding".
The total rental fee was £4.25m, a whopping price, considering that the Royal Academy bought the building in 2001 for a mere £5m.Insiders variously cite company politics, turf wars and information withholding rather than overspending for the divorce of Messrs Blain and Southern from Christie's.
Tennis umpires also provide official score data which is used by betting companies - and they don't want anyone else on their turf, getting valuable information from other sources.
He also brings some important partnerships, which, he contends, bode well for New Jersey at a time when the state cannot afford turf battles and information-hogging among law enforcement agencies.
August's tests, which have been conducted with an unnamed retailer in Seattle Amazonn's home turf) according to The Information, actually let the shipper leave out the external packaging that's normally used to protect shipments from the elements.
So what do we do when there is no time for hand-wringing and recriminations because aid organizations will not share information because they are protective of turf and funding?
We compiled a database of 27 TURF-reserves and collected information on the governance, management, enforcement, fishing practices, fishing rights, regulations, and design attributes for each site.
