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U.S. Transportation Policies, 2008.
An exploration of the evolution of public policy initiatives in the transportation field in the United States.
3,827 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 105.95
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The paper considers the historical background of the public transportation network in the US and focuses on the public policies that President Roosevelt and other leaders established. The paper explores the needs of the public transportation policy today and proposes where improvements are needed.
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"The United States is considered to be one of the most modern states in the world. It represents a symbol of democracy, technology, and innovation. At the same time however, it has often been envied by more traditional societies and nations with a longer history for its sense of evolution and the rapid growth of the nation, particularly starting from the end of the American Revolution. However, it must be noted that the status the US enjoys at the moment as the end of a cultural road and the destination place for most of the people in the world is in fact the result of historical development and a constant desire to improve the conditions of its citizens as well as for any inhabitant of the US. These attempts are visible in all walks of life, taking into account the constant desires to improve the legislative framework; in this sense, the Constitution was modified on several occasions precisely to ensure equal rights to the people living in America and to its citizens. On a similar note, there are legislative acts which have tried to ensure similar equal status for people, regardless of their race and color in areas such as health care, education, and even transportation. These have taken the form of public policies which try to improve the quality of life in all its respects."
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Settings for Public Health Practice, 2008.
This paper looks at the power of legislature and the directives and laws in the US that have been passed to govern and enforce public health.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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In this article, the writer notes that public health concerns lie in the realm of no man's land, and the state has to step in first to provide the framework, dealing with the issues in public health, and secondly making it mandatory. The writer discusses that federal laws must be made universally applicable and state laws abrogated so far as health issues are concerned. It is evident that public health questions affect the very security of the country and must be treated on par with the defense of the country. The writer concludes that just as it is legal for the federal defense laws alone to be implemented all over the country, the public health and health enforcement must be a sole federal subject so that much of the confusion and the various state legislations that create anomalies and interstate and inter-department rivalry can be avoided.
Outline:
Introduction
Legislation and its Need
Health Care Agencies and Their Relationships
Conclusion
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"The legislature while dealing with public health issues had to consider the legal validity of the legislation, ethical and sometimes the political issues involved. Human rights, laws regarding restraint and individual freedom all are part of the principles that ought to direct the framing of the issues in the law. Public health became a point of concern and the public health authorities had to be given more powers delegated to them on account of the spread of communicable diseases and terrorist action, especially biological warfare. There is a need, to collect data, and share it with the law enforcement agencies, and the need to enter private property for inspection, and control property as a means of regulating health care. This would not be possible unless they were empowered by legislation. Individuals may also need be detained, investigated and controlled with compulsory physical examination, vaccination and the like and such infringement on the civil liberties also requires authorization in the form of law. Public health providers thus have to be armed with sufficient authority derived by legal and statutory provisions to perform their duties without hindrance in today's society where many activities of companies in biotechnology, pharmacy are sought to be controlled and inspected. "
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Canadian Healthcare System, 2008.
An overview of the Canadian healthcare delivery system and its principle of universal healthcare.
1,472 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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The paper lists the five conditions the Canadian Health Act imposed on individual provinces and territories to qualify for funding for healthcare services. The paper discusses how funding for the provision of public health services is derived and points out the advantages the Canadian system has over the US system. The paper then identifies the problems and controversies with the Canadian Medicare system, notably, the increase in health expenditures, depleting funds for healthcare and the resultant long waiting list for healthcare services. The paper concludes that only time will tell if Canada can withstand financial pressures and continue to deliver its promise of universal healthcare without discrimination to every Canadian citizen.
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"Since the 1940s, Canada has succeeded in giving universal healthcare to all Canadians. Everyone, regardless of race, income, age or gender, or preexisting condition, is qualified for healthcare coverage. The Canadian healthcare system was promulgated province per province. In 1947, Sasketchewan was the first province to institute a publicly financed healthcare plan (Chua and Fellow, 2006). Ten years later, the Canadian government passed the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Service Act to share the cost of these expenses (Clement, 2007). By January 1971, all ten provinces and two territories have had public health insurance plans for all citizens. The Canadian healthcare system, also called Medicare, aims to guarantee all Canadians to receive necessary medical and hospital services, free of charge."
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The Relationship of Musuems with the Community, 2008.
A analysis of of the role a museum plays in the community.
5,054 words (approx. 20.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 127.95
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This paper analyzes the part that museums play in communities and the new roles and responsibilities the museums in communities are adopting. The author discusses the collaborative relationships museums have with the communities in which they are located and how museum collections and exhibitions define and reflect the identity of a community. The paper also examines how a museum might build on the intellectual potential of their collections and also how museums can vest collections with new meanings and make them relevant to a modern audience.
Outline:
Objective
The Controversy of a Museum Display
Historical Review of Museum
Authority of Restrictions and Regulations in Museums
Definition of a Museum & Refinement of Collections
The Museum's Power of Representation
Systematic Disenfranchisement
Museums Should be Affirmative in Diverse Perspectives
Reappraisal of the Museum Required
Standard Practice of Field Museum
Museum: Contemporary Marketplace
Examples of Contemporary Museum Archive Collections
Conception of the Digital Museum
Summary and Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Boyd has related how controversy is necessary in framing the exhibitions in a museum and he has related that due to limitations in exhibition resources that historically and traditionally limit a continual and ongoing updating of exhibitions. This however, has been addressed and reported in the work of Bennett and Sandore who relate the progression of the DCHC project in a collaborative and cooperative digital database project archiving this information. This project has created a new model and a framework upon which today's museums may create and develop collaborative initiatives to further the essential archiving necessary for preservation of social history and provides a model and framework that is within the reach of affordability for the museums."
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Criminal Justice, 2008.
A discussion on mitigating both crime and overcrowded prisons.
919 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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This paper reviews the criminal justice system in the United States and critiques the the prison system, speaking of problems such as overcrowding and dehumanizing conditions. The author discusses means to combat this problem; rehabilitative and preventive measures to mitigate both crime and overcrowded prisons. The paper suggests preventive and education programs in schools to discourage children from criminal activities at an early age so that they understand that there are consequences for such actions, and that society is being harmed if crimes are committed.
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"All these factors result not only in overcrowding in prisons, but also in the concomitant factors of disease, a lack of reform, a lack of opportunity to reenter society, and more police officers to patrol the prison system in an increasingly dehumanizing way. This substantiates the concept that simply building more correctional facilities will only exacerbate the problem, as it will probably fill up even faster than it can be completed."
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Disasters, 2008.
A review of the critical infrastructure and disasters that occurred recently in the United States.
1,108 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper discusses how the twenty-first century brought with it some challenging disasters; man made, technological, and natural. The paper notes that the worst of these in the minds of the public starts with Hurricane Katrina, and its devastating effects on the Gulf region and the City of New Orleans. There was, too, the technological "blackout" of much of the eastern seaboard in 2003, when circuits overloaded and crashed, leaving millions of people without electricity during one of the worst heat waves of the summer. The paper continues and looks at what has become the most visible and lasting disasters, a man made one, when the events of September 11, 2001, unfolded in New York City, Washington, D.C., and in Pennsylvania. The paper looks at how each of these events tested and tried the existing infrastructures of the places where the events took place. This paper examines whether or not American infrastructures have improved and are better prepared to deal with these kinds of events today.
Outline:
September 11, 2001
Hurricane Katrina
2003 Blackout
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"Looking at the events of September 11, 2001, beginning in New York City; two commercial jetliners bound for destinations outside of New York were commandeered by terrorists, who then turned those passenger jets into flying weapons of mass destruction. Two planes hit the north and south towers of the World Trade Center, igniting jet fueled fires that completely destroyed both towers "
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The Impact of Disasters to Infrastructure, 2008.
An examination of three disasters to show the impact of disasters on infrastructure in a networked world.
1,596 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses the impact that disasters have on infrastructure in a networked world. It analyzes disasters that are technological such as the 2003 Blackout, intentional such as the September 11th terrorist attacks and natural such as Hurricane Katrina. The paper shows, through these disasters, how the networked nature of our critical infrastructure systems has made disaster planning and preparation that much more difficult.
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"The critical infrastructures in the world, and in the U.S. in particular, have become increasingly dependent on one another. Disasters that singly affect one critical infrastructure will have cascading negative effects for all of the other interdependent infrastructures. In those cases in which energy infrastruc-tures are damaged from the outset, the impacts on the rest of the network of in-terdependent systems and infrastructures are especially dramatic. Without ac-cess to energy, recovery after any disaster is difficult and since all infrastruc-tures depend on energy inputs in one form or another, the collapse of an energy infrastructure can be especially devastating. Nonetheless, the important lesson to retain from these disasters discussed above is that all of our existing critical infrastructures are increasingly dependent on each other to operate and, as a re-sult, increasingly susceptible to collapse and damage as a result of seemingly unrelated disasters."
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The Underclass versus the Overclass, 2008.
An examination of the impact of policies to distribute funding to the underclass of society.
3,367 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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This paper discusses the underclass of society versus the overclass. It discusses how policies are created distributing subsidy funding to try to improve the problems encountered by the underclass, but that this often results in a fear and distrust of members of the underclass. It questions whether these policies ameliorate or perpetuate the crime and behaviors of what has been termed this underclass of society.
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"The conflict theory views society itself as several separate groups, many with conflicting and contrasting viewpoints and values. In this view the state is perceived as representing the interests of the overclass. In this justice system, laws are enacted in order to protect this class and their powerful and elitist interests. Punishment here is often based on more fungible variables and is inconsistent with a fixed system and more in line with a prejudicial overcompensating rule of law that uses variable such as race and social class to further exacerbate the punishment not truly fitting the crime. (Sampson, and Laub) The conflict viewpoint seems to fit the current situation more precisely."
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Funding for Education, 2008.
A report on the funding and related issues affecting the US primary and secondary education system.
1,978 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses funding for education in the United States. It incorporates a paradigm shift in American education, one which gives the image of choice to parents and children, and reduces schools from their current large, monolithic, bureaucratic and procedures-oriented paradigm to a small, diverse, experimental and self-directed paradigm. The paper calls for a fundamental shift in education thinking. Rather than a coercion model, in which children are obligated to attend a certain school, the model will be a "demand-pull" paradigm, in which children and their parents choose to send their child to a certain school for the specific advantages that that school offers.
Outline:
Introduction
Changing the Meme
The Historical Meme: Education was a Bulwark of Democracy
Paradigm Shift: Failure of one meme
Paradigm Shift: Rise of another meme
Vouchers
Home Schooling
Charter, Magnet and Other Schools
Conclusion
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"The theories of the central role of education in our democracy has been expanded upon by John Dewey and his followers in the early 20th century. Dewey argues that education plays a key role in open-mindedness. Prior to making humans more efficient and effective, it is important to ground their moral and intellectual capabilities. Dewey felt that the functions of education were to produce moral, thinking and curious individuals who could engage in discussion (preferably face-to-face) with others. Such dialogue was necessary to analyze current political events, to convince other individuals and groups of the 'rightness' of one's cause, or to change one's mind in case of a better-realized solution, and to implement new ideas through political consensus based on an open discussion of the need for change and how to arrive at it "
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Small Business Administration, 2008.
A look at the Small Business Administration's (SBA) assistance to individuals in starting new businesses.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper provides an overview of the aid provided by the Small Business Administration for the start-up of small businesses. The paper then conducts an interview with Steve Preston, SBA administrator, who speaks about how SBA has been discharging its role in supporting individuals to start new ventures. The paper details the questions and answers about loan programs, qualifying for a SBA guarantee, how the loan works and finally, some of the achievements of SBA loan program.
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"The recognition of small business as a separate entity dates back to 1950s with Congress extending the Small Business Administration -- SBA for two years in 1955 and, after a one-year temporary extension in 1957, converted the SBA as a permanent agency in 1958. In that year, Congress also initiated an important new program to extend equity and long-term capital for small business that, similar to the programs authorized in 1953, continued to be constituent of the SBA's aid portfolio during the 1990s. (Anglund, 41) "
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The NYS Public Authority Accountability Act, 2008.
Looks at the New York State (NYS) Public Authority Accountability Act, which was created to counter corruption and mismanagement in public organizations.
3,500 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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This paper examines the New York State (NYS) Public Authority Accountability Act, the S-OX Rule 404, a related report by the NYS Comptroller and a report by the Attorney General and the State Isnpector General, requested by NYS Governor, which addressed the sale of certain land rights bordering the Erie Canal. The author explores the factors contributing to the passage of the NYS Public Authority Accountability Act, its intent , the ways this act addresses legislative concerns and its potential to succeed. The paper includes a synthesis of the NYS Public Authority Accountability Act's particular provisions. Figures are included with the paper.
Table of Contents:
Revealing Operations behind Closed Doors
The "Act" Itself
Specific Provisions of the Public Authority Reform Act
SOX Rule 404
Rule 404 of the SEC
Opening Closed Doors of "Internal Control"
Discussion of Amendments Implementing Section 404
Acts in the Interest of the People of NYS
Senate Passes Legislation to Reform Public Authorities
The Value of Values
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"Internal control encompasses more than a company's accounting functions. A number of definitions of the term "internal control" primarily focus on "clarifying the portion of a company's internal control that an auditor should consider when planning and performing an audit of a company's financial statements." This, albeit, did not improve the level of understanding of "internal control", nor satisfactorily provide the guidance that auditors sought. In time, successive definitions followed and increased understanding."
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Transporting Hazardous Cargo, 2008.
Discuses FAA regulations and policies for transporting hazardous cargo.
1,690 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains the importance of strict control and regulation of hazardous goods and materials given the large number of reported possible infractions relating to the hazardous goods and materials regulations. The author stresses that the FAA acts and regulates in close conjunction with other governmental bodies and agencies. Many of these hazardous substances requiring transportation are fuel, farming and medical applications and materials related to manufacturing, mining, and other industrial uses, which are essential to the running of the economy. The paper relates that the three policy principles of the FAA dangerous hazards policy can be summarized as regulation, research and outreach.
Table of Contents:
Introduction and Overview
Policy, Regulations and Procedures
Conclusion
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"Other substances are also referred to according to a four-tier system of identification and regulation. These refer to the identification of certain dangerous goods by name - those goods or materials that are known to be hazardous. The second category is the identification of hazardous materials by hazard class and subdivision. In other words, this refers to certain subdivisions of the classes of dangerous materials that are known to cause fire or explosions. The third level of identification refers to the identification and restriction pf goods according to quantity."
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Hurricane Katrina and Human Geography, 2008.
An analysis of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on human geography in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama.
713 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper discusses how Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi, Alabama and central Florida at the same time that it hit New Orleans and while each of the oceanfront states faced significant damage, none encountered the same loss of life as New Orleans. The paper explains that this extreme damage was due to natural factors, New Orleans is situated under sea level, as well as to ineffective government behavior. The paper includes a color photograph and map.
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"The events of Hurricane Katrina exposed a new generation to the dangers of living at or below sea level in a hurricane-prone area. Unlike other hurricane-prone "disaster areas," like coastal Bangladesh, there are fewer pressures for population to gravitate towards the Gulf Coast. New Orleans's position at the mouth of the Mississippi river delta has made it an important seaport for the past 300 years, representing a way to access the exports and imports of the giant Mississippi and associated drainage areas, from the Ohio river delta in the East to the Missouri river delta, extending to Montana."
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Natural Disasters in Turkey, 2008.
A discussion of how Turkey can improve its reaction to natural disasters to minimize future damage.
1,091 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses the ability of Turkish authorities to cope with natural disasters that occur in the region. It looks at how they reacted to the 1999 Marmara sea region earthquake and the 2000 flooding and discusses how these events challenged the power of the Turkish state to properly ensure the security of its population. The paper then looks at the areas Turkey must improve in order to prevent such massive loss of lives and damages from occurring again.
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"Overall, taking into account the serious conditions facing Turkey in terms of natural disasters, it can be said that the authorities have acquired an important and useful experience from the past. The 1999 earthquake and the 2000 floods proved the devastation natural disasters can produce and their tragic impact on the human society. Therefore, in order to reduce to the minimum the impact natural disasters have on the human security in Turkey, more action and initiative must be taken in terms of a functional early warning system, as well as in the area of improving the conditions of rivers and their banks."
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Social Order and the Justice System, 2008.
This paper explores the maintenance of law, order and democracy within the justice system.
1,523 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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The paper refers to the book "Why People Obey the Law" by Tom R. Tyler, which addresses the writings of various authorities who question the tie between law, democracy, government policy and behavior. The paper shows how the theories of government are crucial to the successful administration of public policies and the compliance of the people to the law. The paper discusses how the public tends to resist overly exercised deterrent measures but, if there is trust that the judges administer justice equally, the public adheres to the law willingly.
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"Laws were designed to control public behavior. There are many theories of how compliance with the law can be achieved, but most use threats or the use of punishment. The idea of deterrence, Tyler points out, has been widely utilized since the 1980s and has remained the predominant way social order has been maintained into the twenty-first century. The values of the normal populace are based upon voluntary deference to authority, because doing so is part of their obligation to and respect for their leaders. However, the way that a local government manages social order among its residents does not apply to how nations might maintain social order among other nations in the world, which is something the U.S. has had to contend with this century."
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Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, 2008.
This paper describes the role of disaster medical assistance teams (DMAT).
2,341 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The paper relates that disaster medical assistance teams are invaluable in providing medical assistance at the sites of various types of disaster. The paper focuses on the South Florida disaster medical assistance team, South FL DMAT-5, that is particularly successful in disaster response.
Outline:
Introduction
South FL DMAT-5
Hurricane Charley
Preparation
Duties of the DMAT
Hurricane Katrina
Conclusions
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"Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) are defined as 'a group of professional and paraprofessional medical personnel designed to provide emergency medical care during a disaster or other event' (McEntire 156). They are utilized when a disaster or other event results in local medical professionals being overwhelmed by the situation. The system was set up by the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) in 1985 as a result of a meeting between local and state experts. There are currently 80 DMATs in the NDMS, with more than 7,000 medical and support personnel taking part."
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INTEL Reform Over the Past 100 years, 2008.
An overview of the intelligence community in the USA.
2,964 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper discusses the importance of information gathering and intelligence, and highlights the crucial points in the history of the US intelligence community, having in mind the initial goals of the system, the steps taken to increase its efficiency and new means of dealing with emerging threats. The author also explains how the recent evolution of the legal framework under which the intelligence community conducts its activities can be seen as an important step in identifying and countering the new challenges facing the United States.
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"There has been a lot of discussion over the tradition the US has in dealing with intelligence. Unlike other nations, the history of the US Intelligence Community is considered to be of recent date. Some authors see as the early signs of a coherent intelligence apparatus to emerge following 1947. This is largely due to the specificity of the American foreign policy which had conducted a relatively isolationist external behavior. This in turn did not encourage the expansion of a professional and modern structure of data gathering and analysis. Up until then, there were particular services for espionage, especially during the war, which conducted data gathering and interpretation for different sectors of the government, such as the Army or the Navy. However, the end of the Second World War drew the United States in what would be the Cold War. In the conflict against the USSR, information on the communist enemy was deemed essential and vital for the survival and supremacy of the American democracy. In this sense, a new, coherent, and unitary structure was considered essential."
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Economic Circumstances and the Welfare System, 2008.
This paper discusses the creation of the welfare system and its implications on the economy.
3,297 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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This paper discusses the economic circumstances that initiated the creation of the welfare system and how the welfare system has influenced today's economy. The research is conducted through a review of relevant peer-reviewed literature and uses a methodology that is qualitative in nature.
Outcome:
Statement of Purpose
Expected Outcomes of Research
Significance of Research
Methodology
Review of Literature
Statement of Findings
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"Quite clearly, good intentions and high ideals originally brought about the creation of the welfare system. However, the creation of the welfare system also created a perpetual state of welfare when the system suddenly snatched the supports from beneath the many who were dependent on this system without placing supports that would aid those who were dependent in finding true independence and ultimately has perpetuated the need for assistance throughout the United States that extends into several generations of individuals."
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Disaster Recovery Centers, 2008.
A look at the work of disaster recovery centers.
2,483 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper explains the purpose of a disaster recovery center (DRC) facility and how it is utilized whenever there is a disaster. Some services that a DRC might offer include guidance relating to disaster recovery, clarifying correspondence, information relating to assistance for housing and rental resource, resolving problems and referrals to other agencies and providing status of the applications being processed. The paper also provides different examples of how these facilities are utilized.
From the Paper
"One example of a typical disaster recovery center is that of the HyperTec Group, a Canadian VAR. This company has decided to take disaster recovery to the next level of functioning, in which the initial idea of building an enormous business continuity and disaster recovery center has been implemented with great success. This BDCR centre is located in Montreal, and it will purportedly be able to provide office accommodation for more than 3,500 workers, while at the same time providing 40,000 feet of high availability, all in the eventuality of a disaster in which the original data of the company may be lost. HyperTec manages and also monitors all the workstations and network switches so that its clients would be able to start working in these premises almost immediately after a disaster, both man-made and natural. According to Bob Novek, his team and himself are all fully aware of the importance that they would play if there is a disaster, and the company, albeit unfortunately, loses its valuable data. They also realize the importance of downtime, he states, and "...they've seen the need that they can't afford to go down". (Hickey, 2006, Oct)"
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