999 Search Results for Government Transparency
Health Care
The government should provide health care, because the economic characteristics of health care make it ripe for abuse in a market environment. Government should provide as a service to its population those goods that, for one reason or a Continue Reading...
I find this kind of manipulation reprehensible and I believe the American people deserve the truth. Although they may have been acting in the best of intentions, it would seem that history will prove this administration wrong.
Commission on the Int Continue Reading...
Big vs. Small Government
The problem of government and public administration in the U.S. today is one that affects many people. The trend in politics in recent years is for voters to voice their anger and frustration with government by voting for ou Continue Reading...
inaugural speech in 1981, his first term of being President of the United States, Ronald Reagan famously stated with bold irony, "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." While mismanaged government agencies and blo Continue Reading...
GIS Client/Server Systems
Geographic Information System (GIS): Overview
Use of GIS Client/Server Systems by U.S. Government Agencies
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Census Bureau
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Department of the Interior Continue Reading...
Supply Chain Integration
How Defining Supply Chain Standards Can Improve Integration and Performance
Supply chains by their very nature of often disorganized, lack a cohesive data model or taxonomy for sharing information and knowledge and over tim Continue Reading...
Internet Governance by U.S. Government
An amateurish video, "Innocence of Muslims," posted on YouTube in September 2012 was the catalyst for a string of anti-American protests and riots throughout the Islamic world. The short trailer, promoting an a Continue Reading...
" (p. 4) This is to make the argument that it should be seen as a practical reality of this new business atmosphere that responsibility to the social realities and standards of an operational setting will be directly predictive of long-term survival, Continue Reading...
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development Analysis
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was initiated on September 9, 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson approved the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act into law (Home Zone, Continue Reading...
Often companies find that once these guidelines are in place their internal knowledge transfer and knowledge management attain higher levels of accuracy and efficiency (McAfee, 2006).
There is also a strong relationship between the consistencies of Continue Reading...
Standardization and Priorities of Healthcare Organizations
Introduction
As Leotsakos et al. (2014) note, standardization of patient safety in healthcare organizations has not proceeded with a great deal of progress in recent years though monumental s Continue Reading...
Fraud in local government is a critical issue that undermines the integrity of public institutions, erodes public trust, and results in significant financial losses. It encompasses a range of illicit activities including bribery, corruption, embez Continue Reading...
GASB
Persons who use governmental financial reports have different needs than those who use business financial reports. These different needs are shown in the way the framework of the accounting and reporting standards are set up. The GASB framework Continue Reading...
Rights of OfficersThis literature review focuses on the Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice Management with a focus on legal rights/freedoms, rules, discipline, due process, and the politics of being a public employee, specifically law enforcement offi Continue Reading...
UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms
This is a story that has recently made the headlines on the UK law maker's consideration to probe into the transparency of mining firms. This story was highlighted by Reuters and fox bus Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. Impact on National Debt and Economic Growth:
This topic centers on the exploration of how an expansion in government bond issuance might influence a country's long-term economic growth and national de Continue Reading...
Introduction
Fraud in local government is a serious and pervasive issue that can undermine public trust, waste taxpayer funds, and damage the integrity of public institutions. This illicit activity can take various forms, ranging from embezzlement a Continue Reading...
European Economic Crisis -- Greek Government
This paper provides a deep insight into the European economic crisis and the events which eventually lead up to Greece debt crisis. It explains the causes which were responsible for the chaotic and poor f Continue Reading...
Research Proposal: How Natural Resources Exploitation and Government Instability Impact Economic Development in the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe TheoryNatural resources exploitation and government instability negatively impact economic develop Continue Reading...
Demand-Side Policies and the Great Recession of 2008
A recession can be defined as an overall downward spiral in a nation's economy. In particular, the outcome of recession is high inflation, high level of unemployment slowing down its gross domesti Continue Reading...
special interest groups have too much power in politics today? Why or why not? Do you think we should allow these interest groups to continue to function as they currently do? Why or why not? What do you think would happen to our nation if we did no Continue Reading...
Unions, HRM and Government Intervention
Unions, human resources management personnel, and government interventions all set about addressing worker rights and safety in different ways. For instance, in the early 20th century, unethical companies were Continue Reading...
Ethics Example
The author of this report has been asked to select and summarize the ethical charges against any politician in recent memory. One that is very recent in that it is going on right would be the ethical and legal mess that Hillary Clinto Continue Reading...
While U.S., New Zealand and Denmark have many differences, they are basically capitalist, consumer economies. To combat the corruption inherent in such a system, we need to protect and nurture whistle blowing. Certainly, the more eyes there are on Continue Reading...
This really depends upon which actor is selected as the begining point, the responses to the following questions will not be the same. Why is there so much beef with this website leaking information? WikiLeaks -- as it talks about on the website -- Continue Reading...
" (Assessing, Selecting, and Implementing Instruments for Government Action, 2007) Questions that must be asked are those as follows: (1) Is the issue one where government can act alone? (2) Is the issue one where external actors can act alone with s Continue Reading...
Question 1: Interest groups attempt to influence politicians and public policy in a variety of ways. Define the term interest group, distinguishing it from a political party, and briefly describe some of the ways interest groups seek influence.The ov Continue Reading...
" Over two-thirds of Haitians depend on agriculture (small subsistence farms), which is vulnerable to violent storms and erosion (deforestation). Haiti struggles economically due to "higher inflation than similar low-income countries, a lack of inves Continue Reading...
Chicago: Planning and Urban Life
Urban Sustainability
Urban sustainability revolves around many factors. This means for the area to endure, several factors have to be considered. These factors may involve engaging the local communities in order to Continue Reading...
Wiki Leaks
The whistle-blowing WikiLeaks is an online organization situated in Sweden; this organization distributed records termed "the diplomatic cables" from U.S. foreign negotiators on November 28, 2010. Upon their distribution, lawmakers from a Continue Reading...
interventionism from the perspective of realism vs. idealism. Realism is defined in relationship to states' national interests whereas idealism is defined in relation to the UN's Responsibility to Protect doctrine -- a doctrine heavily influenced by Continue Reading...
The American Dream: An Elusive Ideal
The "American Dream" is a pervasive concept in American society that embodies the aspiration for individual prosperity, success, and happiness. It is often characterized by the pursuit of material wealth, home o Continue Reading...
fictional case of Amit and his dream to sell pies out of a converted red London bus. There is apparently at least one other bus that operates in much the same way and it is operating without a problem. However, the same governing body that approved Continue Reading...
Background of Terrorist Trials in the United States
Terrorism occupies a unique liminal position, somewhere between acts of war and criminal acts. Because of this, jurisdiction, the rights of terrorist suspects, and other ethical and legal conundrums Continue Reading...
It is noteworthy that most recently the government started soliciting opinions from legal academies, interested groups and the general public when drafting a major piece of legislation, to achieve democratic lawmaking and advance further compliance Continue Reading...
Farmers are stated to have become "risk takers, created new markets, developed rural industries and migrated to urban areas. Farmers were no longer slaves to the state..." (1996)
Dorn notes the statement of Jianying Zha (1994:202) in the book "Chin Continue Reading...
Self-Interest: Is it Good or Bad for the Economy?
Self-Interest, Does it Produce Wealth and Create Jobs?
There has been raging debate amongst economists on whether or not self-interest really promotes economic growth. In 1776, Adam Smith, the fathe Continue Reading...
Federalism is a political system where power is separated between one central and several different regional governments. The basic idea is to limit the size and influence of the government by dividing the roles / responsibilities of each entity. ("F Continue Reading...
Government plays a considerable role in creating feelings of shared obligation and respect in society. People must have confidence that it will defend the public interest, since representative democracy rests on officials and the trust they provoke Continue Reading...