USC SAE 550 Class Web Links

CLASS REFERENCE DOCUMENTS:

• Class Syllabus
• Class Content Summary, including the Political Facts Of Life
• How to Write an Abstract
• How to Write a Research Paper for this Class
• Guidelines for writing Joint Author Papers
• Common Errors in English (Research Papers hints)
• Citation/Reference Generator
• Research Paper Checklist
• Summary of PPBE Budgeting Process
• DAU Color-of-Money Briefing Summary and Detailed
• Sample Research Paper-Navy (A level, separate analysis)
• Sample Research Paper-Army (A level, in-line analysis)
• Sample Homework Template

CLASS LECTURE READINGS, SLIDES, AND GUIDANCE:

01/22/25 Lecture #2: Introduction to the Political Process and Political Facts of Life Slides, Required Reading (1 of 2) and (2 of 2)

Lectures from Fall 2024, yet to be updated

01/29/25 Lecture #3: The US Federal Government Budgetary Process Slides, Required Reading

02/05/25 Practice Case Study: A Realistic Program Scenario Slides, Required Reading

02/12/25 Lecture #5: How to do the Homework Slides

02/19/25 Case Study #1: U.S. Space Stations (MOL, Skylab, SSF, ISS) Slides, Required Reading

02/26/25 Case Study #2: U.S. Manned Launch Vehicles (Apollo, Shuttle & future) Slides, Required Reading

03/05/25 Case Study #3: V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Slides, Required Reading

03/12/25 Systems Engineering Concepts and Programmatic Risk Management Slides

03/19/25 SPRING RECESS (no class lecture)

03/26/25 Case Study #4: Ground Transportation Infrastructure (Roads, Autos, Trucks, Trains, etc.) Slides, Required Reading

04/02/25 Case Study #5: Basic Research Projects (Superconducting Supercollider) Slides, Required Reading

04/09/25 Case Study #6: Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) Slides, Required Reading

04/16/25 Case Study #7: Joint Strike Fighter (JSF/F35) Slides

04/23/25 Research Paper Workshop Slides

04/30/25 Guest Lecture

05/07/25 STUDY DAY (no class lecture)

05/14/25 FINAL EXAM WEEK (no class lecture)

RETIRED Case Study: National Aerospace Plane (NASP) (retired version, for reference only) Slides, Reading

RETIRED Case Study: The Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV) (retired version, for reference only) Slides, Reading

RETIRED Case Study: Federal Fire-Fighting Process (retired version, for reference only) Slides, Reading

RETIRED Case Study: Sardar Sarovar Dam (non-US) (retired version, for reference only) Slides, Reading

REFERENCE BOOKS

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition
by Kate L. Turabian, The University of Chicago Press, Ninth Edition (published April 2018),
Cloth Cover ($35.00) ISBN: 9780226494425, Paperback ($18.00) ISBN: 9780226430577

The following books may provide some useful information for your research.
Some of these were textbooks used in prior semesters of this class.
All are now out-of-print but may be found in your local library,
or used copies may be available through such sources as Amazon.com or Abebooks.com.

Technology and Politics edited by Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig, Paperback, © 1988 Duke University Press, Durham NC, ISBN 0-8228-0846-0

The Power Game by Hedrick Smith, Paperback, © 1988 Ballantine Books/Random House Inc., New York NY, ISBN 0-345-36015-X

The Technology Pork Barrel edited by Linda R. Cohen and Roger G. Noll, Paperback, © 1991 The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, ISBN 0-8157-1507-2

Social Issues In Technology (Second Edition) by Paul A. Alcorn, Hardback, © 1997 Prentice-Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River NJ, ISBN 0-13-459876-8

USEFUL ON-LINE LINKS

Search Engines:

• Google
• Starting Point
• Excite
• Webcrawler
• Yahoo!
• Bing

US Government Sites:

• Library of Congress Homepage
• United States Congress Links
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• The White House
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• President's Budget Requests for FY 1996-2025 (and a few earlier)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the National Debt
• U.S. Government Services and Information
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
• Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
• US National Archives & Reference
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
• FedWorld Information
• Commerce Business Daily (CBD) 1996-2001
• US Government Printing Office (GPO)
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
• NASA Search
• The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (really!)
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) (spooky!)

• USC: Von KleinSmid Center Library for International and Public Affairs
• ASU: The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO)
• Harvard: Institute of Politics
• University of Kentucky: College of Arts & Sciences-- Political Science
• University of Michigan: Political Science Resources & Internet Guides

• C-SPAN.org
• American Political Science Association
• Political Information.com Search
• FedSpending.org Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
• OpenSecrets.org Following the Money in Politics
• The Economist (Political news: Worldwide)
• The Washington Times (Political news: Washington)
• The Washington Post (Political news: Washington)
• RealClear Politics
• The National Journal (subscription service)
• Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
• RAND: Science & Technology
• IBM Center for The Business of Government

• The National Performance Review (NPR) (1993 Democrats)
• Contract With America (CWA) (1993 Republicans)
• A Blueprint for New Beginnings (2001 Republicans)
• Renewing America's Promise (2008 Democrats)
• 2024 Republican Platform and 2024 Democratic Platform and Platform comparison 2020-2024

INDEX OF PRIOR SEMESTER TOPICS:

Fall Semester 1996 (14 students)
Fall Semester 1997 (20 students)
Fall Semester 1998 (21 students)
Fall Semester 1999 (22 students)
Summer Semester 2000 (1 student)
Fall Semester 2000 (17 students)
Fall Semester 2001 (37 students)
Summer Semester 2002 (34 students)
Fall Semester 2002 (26 students)
Summer Semester 2003 (40 students)
Spring Semester 2004 (28 students)
Fall Semester 2004 (32 students)
Summer Semester 2005 (32 students)
Spring Semester 2006 (41 students)
Fall Semester 2006 (41 students)
Summer Semester 2007 (37 students)
Spring Semester 2008 (35 students)
Fall Semester 2008 (23 students)
Summer Semester 2009 (37 students)
Spring Semester 2010 (25 students)
Fall Semester 2010 (34 students)
Summer Semester 2011 (31 students)
Spring Semester 2012 (22 students)
Summer Semester 2012 (22 students)
Summer Semester 2013 (23 students)
Fall Semester 2014 (18 students)
Spring Semester 2015 (7 students)
Fall Semester 2015 (12 students)
Spring Semester 2016 (10 students)
Spring Semester 2017 (18 students)
Fall Semester 2017 (13 students)
Spring Semester 2018 (16 students)
Fall Semester 2018 (19 students)
Spring Semester 2019 (16 students)
Fall Semester 2019 (15 students)
Spring Semester 2020 (9 students)
Fall Semester 2020 (16 students)
Spring Semester 2021 (14 students)
Fall Semester 2021 (18 students)
Fall Semester 2022 (19 students)
Spring Semester 2023 (10 students)
Spring Semester 2024 (23 students)
Fall Semester 2024 (11 students)

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