Republicans construed Obama as suggesting government bailouts for new industries, or at the slightest a more lively federal government function in generating or supporting jobs -- concepts abominations to a lot of conservatives. The Obama campaign Continue Reading...
(Vancketta, 1999) The 'Changes' clause enables the Government "to make unilateral changes to the contract during performance, so long as those changes fall within the contract's scope." The Standard 'Changes' clause utilized in fixes price supply Continue Reading...
Government Shutdown A shutdown furlough takes place in case of a lapse in appropriations, mostly at the commencement of a fiscal year, where funds have not been appropriated for that year, or when continuing resolution expires, or failing to pass a Continue Reading...
Perhaps this will always be an issue for the U.S. federal government because under the existing political system there are few substantial options for making policy decisions that can extend across political elections. Situations that represent a pr Continue Reading...
A micro considers the interests and rights of the individual company as the primary concern. Both of these views are valid depending on the lens that one wishes to use. The problem arises when the government is forced to develop policies regarding p Continue Reading...
Someone can file a discharge petition, or the House can use a "Calendar Wednesday" process, which allows the House to bring up any bill for special consideration if it was reported the previous day. Then, the bill goes to the floor for action. The Continue Reading...
Government Web Site Analysis Doing Business With the Government Because of the size of federal government, there are often opportunities for businesses to work fiscally with the government. When businesses research the possibility of doing business Continue Reading...
Government Regulations and Hospice Government Regulations Affecting Health Care in Hospice Hospice Regulations Affecting Health Care in Hospice Impact of rules on Hospice services Annotated Bibliography This paper focuses on how government regu Continue Reading...
He consistently mentions how important it is to throw off geographical boundaries and beliefs, and unite in a common goal of freedom and liberty. He also notes that the Constitution is meant to be amended, but it must be treated with respect, rathe Continue Reading...
Agency's Law Ethics Hiring a Diverse Workforce Laws Affecting the Agency The first law of robots: robots should not injure or cause harm to human beings or even allow human beings to experience harm. The second law: robots should respect orders giv Continue Reading...
Government Created a Committee An electronic health record is a digital record of a patient's health information generated from every medical visit a patient makes. This information includes the patient's medical history, demographics, known drug al Continue Reading...
Government Subsidized Student Loans Have Economic Costs but Political Benefits Higher education has become increasingly important in the contemporary world scenario today where globalization has led to a higher need for a skilled labor force that is Continue Reading...
The bill will also raise the liability cap for companies from $75 million to $10 billion. Lawmakers may also consider raising taxes on the oil and gas industry. For example, the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund tax will be raised from 8 cents per barr Continue Reading...
Additionally, after 9/11, "the FAA engineers and scientists addressed the flammability of fuel tanks by developing a practical inerting system, eventually resulting in a regulation that mandates flammability reduction in systems," (Dorr 2008). The F Continue Reading...
It is the largest of all federal agencies with a budget that accounts for one- quarter of the federal budget allocated to all federal agencies. In addition to maintaining approximately 300 HHS programs, the USDHHS also administrates numerous other Continue Reading...
Government Performance Results Act The General Accounting Office (GAO) may be one of most essential agencies in the federal government, because of its investigative oversight, but to the average American citizen, it may also be among the lesser know Continue Reading...
Government Solicitation Developing a Federal Acquisition Team: Reverse Engineering a Standard Forestry Project to Determine Team Requirements FAR Provisions The selected project is controlled by the Forestry Department, which is part of the Depart Continue Reading...
As a part of this initiative, the EPA works with local communities to: establish the optimal use of the cleaned up sites, it provides relevant information to the potential buyers / developers and dispenses advice on technical needs for re-utilizatio Continue Reading...
("Bender," 2010) Evaluate how Public Policy Decisions Affect the Receipt of Revenues Politics and attitudes about where the various revenues should be spent can create heated amounts of debate. In the case of the Department of Defense, this can me Continue Reading...
There is also a procedure for appeal that the recipient can follow in the event that the outcome of the hearing is undesirable or inconclusive. Adjudication orders issued without a hearing, except in cases specifically provided, are invalid. The re Continue Reading...
Structurally, the Project's functions and the roles of each member seemed to be clear and well-defined. However, taking part into the daily activities and interactions of the Project staff made me observe specific irregularities on how the Project Continue Reading...
): Oversight Board: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board was created to oversee the audit of public companies. Auditor Independence: Auditors now have a list of non-audit services they can't perform during an audit. Financial Disclosure: Continue Reading...
What they did not anticipate was the levees breaking nor were they aware of the level of immediate need of the people. He also says that with Hurricane Andrew, about two million residents were evacuated and only about 10% we left homeless whereas wi Continue Reading...
Government Budgeting for Kelsey: Budget Changes Needed to Better Protect and Serve the Community "We're not going to use the budget as an excuse. We're not crying about it. But I'm going to push as hard as I can to get as many people on the streets Continue Reading...
The impact of government spending onto the overall economy is a highly debated topic, with some arguing the advantages, whilst others pointing out the limitations. A most relevant example of positive effects is given by the recent implementation of Continue Reading...
The role of municipalities, especially city managers, in the expansion of the cities and towns is very crucial and important in today's framework when urbanization is moving at a very rapid pace. The city managers in spite of their efforts are ofte Continue Reading...
Thus, as the issue of terrorism has become an increasing problem, the Internet has become a reliable means of communication. In this sense, "extremist sites advocating violent ideologies or asserting the right to use violence in general and terroris Continue Reading...
Some of the key budget components for the FY 2015 include, but they are not limited to, administration of non-Stafford Act disasters, allocations to the Office of Advocacy and the Office of the Inspector general, and funding for business loan subsid Continue Reading...
Government Accounting Office in America (GAO) This is an examination of the Government Accounting Office in America. The writer discusses the history, purpose and background of the GAO as well as the duties that the office is charged with performing Continue Reading...
Security is, as expected, extremely tight, and because of this, the Pentagon also houses shopping facilities, banks, a bus and subway station, and numerous restaurants (Johnson). Employees do not need to leave the building once they arrive each day, Continue Reading...
It now applies to a wide range of generation technologies, including but not limited to solar thermal electric, photovoltaics, wind, and geothermal electric (DSIRE). For solar systems, the credit is "equal to 30% of expenditures, with no maximum cre Continue Reading...
The State of Nevada and Clark County appear to have a different manner of meeting budget deficiencies. The Office of Budget and Management has an amount of finances reserved for supplemental and emergency funding, at a total of $153.1 billion dollar Continue Reading...
Finally, this sub-component also recognizes the growing problem associated with diversion of prescription drugs into the illicit black market. The policy provides funding for methods to redress that issue by improved tracking of prescriptions for c Continue Reading...
S. - Canadian border. And what makes it all even worse is that even U.S. Border Patrol Agents need to sleep every once in a while so less than a third of the 1,000 are on duty at any one moment. The real number is secret but a safe guess could be tha Continue Reading...
8). The federal government's recent decision to shift to fixed-price contracts is intended to protect the government from overcharging by contractors and from assuming the potentially enormous losses that are involved when projects, especially high- Continue Reading...
Weber and Spencer took this further and say the need for government control over some aspects of society, but not those that removed decisions and rights from the individual. Thus, as adults and citizens the government should offer structure and gui Continue Reading...
Integrated Public Service Introduction PPPs, as they have come to be popularly referred, are methods of procurement by governments where there is a larger number of stakeholders involving the government, the private sector, and the general public is Continue Reading...
The protester then has an opportunity to file written comments on the report. Utilizing Debriefings to Prevent Bid Protests Officially, Post-Award debriefings are meant to provide transparency to the unsuccessful candidates. Although the prescribe Continue Reading...
The Political Nature of the Federal Budget Process Introduction The federal budget process is overseen by US Congressmen, who are fundamentally immersed in the political nature of government. As Elwood (2008) notes, members of Congress are influenced Continue Reading...
INTRODUCTIONFinancial management is one of the most important and complex responsibilities that governments must face today. With pressure to maintain fiscal health and sustainability, governments have to carefully balance the need for revenue with s Continue Reading...
