The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee,portions of Alabama,Mississippi,and Kentucky,and small areas of Georgia,North Carolina,and Virginia. While owned by the federal government,TVA receives no taxpayer funding and operates similarly to a private for-profit company. It is headquartered in Knoxville,Tennessee,and is the sixth largest power supplier and largest public utility in the country.
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and manages the research and development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the United States. The DOE oversees the U.S. nuclear weapons program,nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy,energy-related research,and domestic energy production and energy conservation.
MCI Communications Corp. was a telecommunications company headquartered in Washington,D.C. that was at one point the second-largest long-distance provider in the United States.
The National Security Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-governmental,non-profit research and archival institution located on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington,D.C. Founded in 1985 to check rising government secrecy,the National Security Archive is an investigative journalism center,open government advocate,international affairs research institute,and the largest repository of declassified U.S. documents outside the federal government. The National Security Archive has spurred the declassification of more than 10 million pages of government documents by being the leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),filing a total of more than 50,000 FOIA and declassification requests in its over 30 years of history.
Historic preservation (US),built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK),is an endeavor that seeks to preserve,conserve and protect buildings,objects,landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philosophical concept that became popular in the twentieth century,which maintains that cities as products of centuries’development should be obligated to protect their patrimonial legacy. The term refers specifically to the preservation of the built environment,and not to preservation of,for example,primeval forests or wilderness.
The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the American Civil War,the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 through acquisition of battlefield land. The American Battlefield Trust was formerly known as the Civil War Trust. On May 8,2018,the organization announced the creation of the American Battlefield Trust as the umbrella organization for two divisions,the Civil War Trust and the Revolutionary War Trust,which was formerly known as "Campaign 1776."
Public history is a broad range of activities undertaken by people with some training in the discipline of history who are generally working outside of specialized academic settings. Public history practice is deeply rooted in the areas of historic preservation,archival science,oral history,museum curatorship,and other related fields. The field has become increasingly professionalized in the United States and Canada since the late 1970s. Some of the most common settings for the practice of public history are museums,historic homes and historic sites,parks,battlefields,archives,film and television companies,new media,and all levels of government.
Neal Potter was an American Democratic politician from Maryland. He served as fourth executive of Montgomery County,Maryland,from 1990 to 1994.
Clifford Judkins Durr was an Alabama lawyer who played an important role in defending activists and others accused of disloyalty during the New Deal and McCarthy eras. He also was the lawyer who represented Rosa Parks in her challenge to the constitutionality of the ordinance,due to the infamous segregation of passengers on buses in Montgomery. This is what launched the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott.
Richard Greening Hewlett was an American public historian best known for his work as the Chief Historian of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
James Preston Delgado is a maritime archaeologist,historian,maritime preservation expert,author,television host,and explorer.
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is a nuclear industry trade association in the United States of America,based in Washington,D.C.
Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president of the United States appoints individuals to these positions,most with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They include members of the president's Cabinet,several top-ranking officials of each executive department,the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies,and several members of the Executive Office of the President.
The Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) is a not-for-profit organization representing individuals contributing to,or otherwise supporting,nuclear science and engineering in Canada. Since 2017,the group has invested in the development of small modular reactor technology.
The National Council on Public History (NCPH) is an American professional membership association established in 1979 to support a diverse group of people,institutions,agencies,businesses,and academic programs associated with the field of public history.
The Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1990 and chartered by the New York State Board of Regents to act as stewards of the 23-acre Jay Estate,the National Historic Landmark home of American Founding Father John Jay. Jay's ancestral property in Rye,New York is considered the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District.
Elmer Boyd Staats was an American public servant whose career from the late 1930s to the early 1980s was primarily associated with the Bureau of the Budget (BOB) and the GAO. Staats was born to Wesley F. and Maude (Goodall) Staats. Staats received his AB from McPherson College in 1935,his MA from the University of Kansas in 1936,and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1939.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Jimmy Carter,from January 1,1979 to December 31,1979.
Marla Miller is an American public historian.
Mary Gregory Jewett was an American preservationist,journalist,public official,and historian who ran the Georgia Historical Commission from 1960 through its dissolution in 1973,and served as the first president of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2013,she was posthumously named a Georgia Woman of Achievement.
