12 events with tag "government"
1190
ID: 5241
Philip Augustus creates baillis - royal officials to administer justice and collect taxes, foundation of centralized state
ID: 5241
1194
ID: 5242
Royal archives established - Philip Augustus creates permanent record-keeping after losing documents at Fréteval
ID: 5242
1690
ID: 3435
Locke's 'Two Treatises of Government' - natural rights, social contract - Creates template for revolution
ID: 3435
1727
ID: 490
Pietist 'Collegium' system implemented in Prussian government - small groups personally accountable to king with moral supervision
ID: 490
1750
ID: 535
Height of Pietist control in Prussia - every government position requires Halle connections
ID: 535
1890
ID: 4219
Hollerith's electric tabulating machines process U.S. Census in 2.5 years instead of predicted 13 years - saves $5 million
ID: 4219
1906
ID: 4272
Keep Commission (Committee on Department Methods) recommends vertical filing for all federal agencies - modernizes government record-keeping
ID: 4272
1906
ID: 4273
June 1906
President Theodore Roosevelt orders all federal departments to adopt modern filing systems following Keep Commission report
ID: 4273
1912
ID: 4279
U.S. government adopts decimal classification system for documents based on Dewey Decimal System
ID: 4279
1935
ID: 4236
IBM's punch card operation processes Social Security enrollment for 26 million Americans
ID: 4236
1940
ID: 4239
U.S. Census uses IBM equipment exclusively - processes 58 million punch cards for population data
ID: 4239
1965
ID: 1820
Medicare and Medicaid programs create specialized healthcare accounting requirements
ID: 1820