Federal Emergency Management Agency

financial institution and will serve as a map if the institution does go under. Information and Technology Auditors must review and check for adequacy and completeness of this plan and all other contingency plans that must be executed by IT Upper Management. The Dodd-Frank Act also now put more stress on the role Information and Technology Auditors conducted their work. There are some new rules implemented by the Dodd-Frank Act that have a direct impact on what Information and Technology…

movement is being tracked which not only avoids fraudulent activities and behavior but also ensures patient safety. The concept of health information exchange was around for almost two decades; however, HIE project was supported and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) in 2004, under the supervision of President George W. Bush. The purpose of HIE is to ensure quality care, reduced costs, ensure fewer errors, decreased duplicate tests and records, more accurate and…

Once the suicide bomber(s) pulled the pin on the device, in a spilt second after the two masses collide creating an uncontrolled chain reaction as the masses once together become a supercritical mass, the explosion releases energy in the form of a blast wave, thermal radiation, and nuclear radiation. A tremendous amount of energy released in a nuclear detonation, temper­atures of tens of millions of degrees develop in the immediate area. At these temperatures, everything near ground-zero…

The Civilian Conservation Corps sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. This removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, and provided money for families. [ (New Deal Programs) ] With the creation of this program President Roosevelt brought together the nation’s young men and the land in an effort to save them both. [ (Civilian Conservation Corps CCC) ] President Roosevelt proposed to recruit thousands of unemployed…

in most homes, both parents and single parent families are working full time or two jobs. Thus, making it hard to find child care for their children, especially when their infants, toddlers or preschoolers. Meanwhile, there are parents and those of society that visually see this as an opportunity to start a child care business. When starting a business such as a child care center, there are policies and guidelines you must follow. I must also inform you that it will not be a simple task. However…

Improvement Healthy People 2020 have over 22 evidenced-based resources and interventions available on their website to address their leading health indicator on adult obesity. For example, Identify obesity in adults: screening and management, is an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded project that was completed in June 2012. The intervention focuses on screening adults for a body mass index greater than 30kg per m2 then referring them for intense multicomponent behavioral…

themselves into three priority based geographical taskforces. Amistad, Falcon, and Gulf, each corresponding to their geographical agenda. “The Four-State Regional Workgroup has four co-chairs: one from each of the two federal environmental agencies, and one from a state environmental agency on each side of the…

As our society changes, counselors will find themselves increasingly called upon to assist individuals in crisis. These services could occur in a variety of locations ranging from private practice settings to major incidents and disasters, such as terrorist attacks, school shootings, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Consequently, counselors will find themselves facing legal and ethical dilemmas, as well as engaging in roles outside of the traditional counseling setting. In order to provide an…

businesses failing to shut down and lack of state and federal assistance. He also should not take accountability or responsibility for his failure to assist people in the Superdome and the convention center. He blamed these on situational factors and other people. The actor-observer bias shown here is that the media blames mayor Nagin for the failure of people to evacuate, but Nagin blames the government for the lack of a timely rescue effort from federal assistance programs. If Mayor Nagin made…

contaminants to provide bacteriological quality of the water to other public health agencies; (5) Solid Waste Program; (6) Certified Unified Program Agency/Hazardous Materials Program; and (7) Recreational Health public pools and spas handles complaints and reports of illness related to water recreational facilities and the compliance of public pools to safety structural standards (County of Ventura Resource Management Agency,…