Articles of Confederation and Constitution Constitution addressed a number of complaints listed in the Declaration of Independence against Great Britain's King. In addition, the Constitution cured a number of weaknesses in the Articles of Confederat Continue Reading...
National Incident Management System Theoretical Analysis of National Incident Management System (NIMS) The Federal Government established the National Incident Management System (NIMS) under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive number 5 in Continue Reading...
Financing Public and Private Higher Education Higher education in the United States consists of varieties of institutions that award degree certificates, associate certificates, and postgraduates' certificates. Data presented by National Center for Continue Reading...
Small-Business Marketing Strategy Small business Derrick Fine Foods were established in 2001 by Derrick John with the San Francisco store being the first, followed by New York branch and the Tennessee. DFF deals in various consumables hence has the Continue Reading...
Unfunded Mandate of NCLB and Title I The federal government contributes only a "relatively small share of school and district revenues" and in fact less than 10%, however, federal regulations that detail how funds are to be spent by the schools "exe Continue Reading...
FY2012 President's Budget For Health Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/about/FY2012budget/fy2012bib.pdf One of the most prominent roles of the federal government in health care is as a purchaser of health insurance and third-party payer for health Continue Reading...
Ethics, Values, Social Responsibility Bailout of Banking Industry in United States Ethical Compliance by Banking Industry It is quite common in American history that government comes for the rescue of companies and organization in the time of fina Continue Reading...
This functional definition underlies many academic definitions of 'lobbying,' if not the letter of Federal Election Commission reporting statutes. McGrath (2007) quotes what he calls "the most influential PR text yet written" (269-70), Grunig and H Continue Reading...
Northern Territory (NT) Intervention In this essay, the author will examine how the Australian Federal Government can pass legislation (as was done with the Northern Territory (NT) intervention) which is not subject to the operation of Racial Discri Continue Reading...
Police Reform in Post-Authoritarian Brazil A majority of new democracies entail an unbelievable illogicality of an immensely feeble citizenship coalesced with a stern description of the constitutional guarantees. In order to explicate this disparity Continue Reading...
US GovernmentThe Constitution of the United States establishes a federal government and defines its powers. The document also enumerates the powers that the federal government possesses. Additionally, the Constitution outlines several reserved powers Continue Reading...
Today, the Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is still struggling to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. This category 5 storm was considered to be the most destructive natural dis Continue Reading...
Hurricane Katrina - Emergency Management All discussions regarding the Hurricane Katrina need to acknowledge the fact that the primary reason for Katrina having a great impact was task scope and size, rather than human failure. While effective manag Continue Reading...
10th Amendment and how it relates to the states being controlled by the Federal Govt. On the legalization of pot.. Marijuana in the context of the Tenth Amendment There is much controversy regarding the Constitution and the power it has over the pe Continue Reading...
Medical Cannabis As of November 2012, eighteen states plus the District of Columbia voted by ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for medical use. The revolution in voter attitudes towards marijuana reflects a social, political, and to a lesser d Continue Reading...
economic situation in the U.S. As compared to five (5) years ago. Include interest rates, inflation, and unemployment in the analysis. Between 2009-2011, 6.1million workers were displaced from jobs that they held for at least 3 years. In 2012, the Continue Reading...
Disaster Management The Transformation of Disaster Management The 20th century would see an evolution in nearly every area of federal management in public affairs, with the roles, responsibilities and resources required to do the duty of the people Continue Reading...
Political Stability & National Security in Nigeria: Challenges & Prospects Method of data analysis Limitations encountered Strategies for political stability to enhance national security Political stability and national security in Nigeri Continue Reading...
5). Courchene (2004) also discusses the changing nature of relations between federal Canada and Quebec and suggests that increasing cooperation has become a new vision that is now being explored. Brown (2003) takes particular note of the actions be Continue Reading...
They then take it a step farther in what appears to directly challenge the federal government and can easily be seen as foreshadowing its later secession in which South Carolina says as a state that (we), "Do further Declare that we wil not submit t Continue Reading...
colonists - now they are calling themselves Americans -- have won their war for independence and that they are now making their own laws. That was what they were fighting for. They complained in the Declaration of Independence that they did not have Continue Reading...
Fiscal Policy The three major categories of revenue for the federal government are individual income taxes, corporate income taxes and social insurance taxes. The most important of these are the individual income taxes, which represent 55.1% of the Continue Reading...
Public Administration The ultimate aim of a public administrator is the provision of best facilities to the public and to make decisions in a way that have a positive influence on interest of the public. It is important for a public administrator to Continue Reading...
fiscal federalism on finance and budgeting in public organizations. Federalism is a political concept in which groups are bound together by a representative governing body. This is usually constitutionally divided between a central authority and po Continue Reading...
United States Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Great Compromise The Articles of Confederation was the first document attempting to govern how the newly independent states were to act together in Continue Reading...
However, it is important to realize it only protected some individuals. White business owners had their property rights changed when they were forced to serve African-American patrons. Remembering that there is generally one group that loses some po Continue Reading...
A study of e-government initiatives in Canada by Ayert, for example, found that, "Each department valued its own information system, its own database, and its own information culture. Malevolence was not involved; rather, the systemic goal was perce Continue Reading...
Local government plays a decisive role in applying the social reform in Ontario. However, national government continues to be crucial in shaping the parameters for reform. One of the most important steps for the reform of Ontario's welfare was made Continue Reading...
Politics/Presidency The most significant difference between the process of elections in the 19th and 20th centuries is that in the 19th century, politics were dominated and controlled by party to a much greater extent than they were in the 20th cent Continue Reading...
Judicial Review The most important American political institution is the U.S. Constitution. Of course, this is only a document, but it is also an institution in its own way, for it is the basis of all American political institutions and practices. I Continue Reading...
“Where Do We Go From Here?” Democracy was meant to be government by the rule of the people. Athens is most famous for being the ancient city-state to represent democratic government and in a way the city-state was best situated for democr Continue Reading...
I The institutional power that I believe to be the most important is the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States res Continue Reading...
nation's "first constitution," the Articles of Confederation, provided a framework and blueprint for American politics and government (Kernell, Jacobson, Kousser and Vavreck 24). Far more anti-federalist in nature than the Constitution, the Articles Continue Reading...
ADMINISTRATIVE DILEMMAS KETTL'S KETTL'S ADMINISTRATIVE DILEMMAS Kettl's Administrative Dilemmas Kettl introduces his book by describing the entire history and concept of public administration. The focus on the history enables him to identify admin Continue Reading...
Integrated agreements will assist in targeting the maximum federal funding at the greatest risk counties, cities and states where through the addition of more funds, security of citizens will be increased (U.S. Congress 2010). U.S. Department of Hom Continue Reading...
Illegal Immigration Cost Cost to the California Criminal Justice System of Illegal Immigration The illegal immigration debate in the United States has taken center stage recently because the President and Congress have decided that is finally time Continue Reading...
115). Congress certainly has the sole right to enact the legislation with which administrative agencies must comply. Moreover, the Congress has an oversight function, and it can and does react when people respond negatively to administrative actions, Continue Reading...
Also unlike the president, it is entitled to be part of the political party. This is an important aspect because its adherence to the party ensures its support for the political figure and for the measures to be taken throughout the mandate. This en Continue Reading...
Filburn harvested nearly 12 acres of wheat above his allotment. He claimed that he wanted the wheat for use on his farm, including feed for his poultry and livestock. Fiburn was penalized. He argued that the excess wheat was unrelated to commerce si Continue Reading...
