Debt #10 Principle #2 Interest #9 Sinking Fund #7 Pay-as-you-go #13 Mortgage bonds #15 Accounts payable #5 Unfunded pension liability #6 General obligation debt #8 Revenue debt #4 Special authority debt #17 Lease-backed debt #16 Traditi Continue Reading...
Question 3. The qualitative approach to forecasting is based on the assumption that the human brain has a better understanding of the future than do mathematical models. Humans are able to digest large quantities of information and are better capab Continue Reading...
Sustained improvement in the national and regional economies will be critical to improvement in state and local fiscal conditions (Understanding State Budget Troubles, 2003). Question 3 Distinguish between rational approaches and incremental appro Continue Reading...
Because natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other types of emergencies often do not respect jurisdictional or physical boundaries, first responders from different agencies, local, state and federal, need to quickly work together (Simay, 2009). Continue Reading...
They may not be reassigned to perform work that is substantially different from their normal occupational responsibilities (OSHA, 2003). Employers may not submit information about the employee that is intended to have damaging consequences on the e Continue Reading...
Choosing the wrong order for the communications hierarchy would also present issues. If the company had gone to the media without first consulting with regulatory and government agencies, it could have given out incorrect or incomplete information Continue Reading...
A direct contributing factor to the second determinant is the lack of energy resulting from unhealthy eating habits. Indirectly, social changes in work and economic habits result in fewer physical activities from day-to-day. A d) To encourage more Continue Reading...
The problem is however that results appear less promising in the long-term. The most effective period for weight loss occurs during the first six months, whereas weight gain once again appears after this time. While it is a good idea to implement s Continue Reading...
Public Health Study on Implications and Ethics of Syphilis Reverby, Susan. (2003) Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Studies on Social Medicine. One of the most infamous actions (or non-actions) in American medicine was that Continue Reading...
Public schools' incorporation of sexual education and family planning courses have led to a decline in teen-age pregnancies. Sexual education curriculum Background of history of school incorporation Who takes the classes What is taught Perceived Continue Reading...
Public Finance and Legislative Procedures: The Social Security Retirement System Can the Social Security Retirement System be declared bankrupt? When Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the Social Security Act in 1935, he intended to rid American citize Continue Reading...
Public Policy The process of setting congress agendas and policies has always been complex and contentious. Since some issues warrant consideration by policy makers, intense competitive exists in a position on the congressional policy agenda. This s Continue Reading...
The problems with the budget are said to arise from politicians who are unable to make difficult decisions. The problem with these laws is that they do not explicitly force politicians to make those decision. GRH provides targets for the politicians Continue Reading...
Fact Sheet. Number of Deaths for Leading Cause of Death. December 31, 2009). For Tennessee the data indicate heart disease 14,636, cancer 13, 161, and stroke 3,450 (CDC. Tennessee Fact Sheet. November 9, 2010), yet it is heart disease which strikes Continue Reading...
Nowadays, the idea that offshore drilling is safe seems ridiculous. The Gulf spill nowhere compares to drilling disasters that have occurred before including one off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. In 1969 that discarded three million gallons in Continue Reading...
Six Steps in the Budgeting Process. Bottom-up vs. Top-down Budget Plans, 2010). The budget rules that are prepared by top management are passed down through successive levels within the company. Managers at each level may make additions and offer g Continue Reading...
Though it is not often popular to say, it must be acknowledged that certain jobs in law enforcement -- specifically police and corrections officers -- attract personalities with control issues or problems with aggression. This is not meant to sugges Continue Reading...
The government of Canada has outstanding debt of approximately $550 billion. To service the debt, it issues bonds. The government has also announced previously that it is committed to fighting inflation. Please explain clearly how government debt m Continue Reading...
In this sense, globalization represented an obvious benefit to American industry, but at great cost to some of the workers who toiled away in conditions reminiscent of the first century of industrialized society in this part of the world. Several hi Continue Reading...
Public Budgeting Process The options for financing President Bush's plan to partially privatize Social Security might well be as unworkable as his plan to cut taxes five times, while increasing defense spending by starting two wars in the Middle Eas Continue Reading...
Public Administration LOCOMOTIVE PARTS CONTRACT- CASE STUDY Worldwide (W) is one of the key players in the field of locomotive parts manufacturing. The company has just been able to obtain an important contract to supply locomotive parts to Paragua Continue Reading...
Public Order Maintanence Policing Theory Of Broken Windows The "Broken Window" theory has enthused police departments in the United States while extending community policing, since its conception in 1982 by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. Th Continue Reading...
Public Health Preparedness The concept of 'public health preparedness' (PHP) has been garnering recognition worldwide, given the global-scale threats which are constantly encountered by professional healthcare organizations, including bioterrorism, Continue Reading...
This role is in response to clients' demands for a single trustworthy individual or firm to meet all of their financial needs. However, accountants are restricted from providing these services to clients whose financial statements they also prepare. Continue Reading...
Some small discounts in pricing is applied to anyone who purchases these day passes in advance, in bulk, but by and large users pay as they enter and use the roadways in central London (Santos and Shaffer 166-169; Litman 2). Within the first year, Continue Reading...
Public Finance The inability of the general population to govern themselves have relegated this group to the subjection of the government and those who have the power in society. It is blaringly obvious that people in general have very little compet Continue Reading...
Like Bowman, Silver quotes poll results to indicate the public opinion. What is particularly interesting here is that he has quoted the fourth credible poll in eight months to indicate the same majority result, specifically with 51% in favor of and Continue Reading...
" (Rosen, 1) in a regard, community health falls within this purview and is a subset to the broader topic of public health. c. Differences in roles of public and community health nurse and nurse in an acute care setting The role which is given to t Continue Reading...
This system is stated to be flawed as "The school board members have a vested interest in the success of the existing local school system and are reluctant to introduce a competitor into the marketplace, said charter school supporters." (O'Donoghue, Continue Reading...
Her salary should logically be more than what Public Relations Department pays normally to an Administrative Assistant. Such changes would increase the morale of the staff members and they would be more inclined to working harder and more efficientl Continue Reading...
CIV S-90-0520 LKK JFM P, 2009 WL 2430820 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 4, 2009). (2010). Harvard Law Review, 123(3), p.752-759. This article discusses the civil rights case Coleman v. Schwarzenegger wherein the plaintiff sued California Governor Arnold Schwarze Continue Reading...
This essentially means breaking large jobs down into tiny jobs done by expert people. Frederick Taylor's scientific management methods called for optimizing the way that tasks were performed and simplifying the jobs enough so that workers could be t Continue Reading...
They would do so in a fashion ideally, so as to not merely prepare students to take the test in rote fashion, but to make the new information a vital part of the extant educational process. (SEDL, 2004) Such instructional leadership is subject to q Continue Reading...
301). Even a casual observer of American politics over the last several years would recognize the theater to which Bolman and Deal refer as it applies to organizational processes. IN Congress, for example, elected representatives devote tremendous Continue Reading...
This leads to the inability to compare financial statements reliably with each other (Seay & Ford, 2010). A second concern is that the income statement will reflect increased volatility due to fair market writeups or writedowns. The third concer Continue Reading...
As with the Gallatin Plan, the 1908 Roosevelt vision exercised its influence over the long-term, eventually drawing on new technologies like the regional electric power grid and the automobile superhighway to achieve its ends" (Fishman, 2007). This Continue Reading...
Public Policy The Canadian welfare state arose in the 1930s as a response to the poverty of the era, and was bolstered in the subsequent decades to include numerous elements of the social safety net. Prior to the development of the modern Canadian w Continue Reading...
