Public administration

TERMS OF REFERENCE For Mid-term Evaluation of the UNDP funded project Sexual and Reproductive Health in Lao PDR BACKGROUND Organizational Background Pathfinder International (PI) is a leading international non-profit organization engaged in the area of sexual and reproductive health. PI with its mission ‘to ensure that people everywhere have the right and opportunity to live a healthy sexual and reproductive life’ believes that the reproductive health care is not only a part of basic human…

Mireille Paquet’s article “The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada” published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science issue. 47, September 2014. Speaks about the institutional changes between 1990 - 2010 in the Canadian governments immigration and integration of policies between the federal and provincial government. Paquet is a professor in the social science department at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and has written many articles regarding immigration. Her…

Dear Members of the Committee on Ways and Means: Since the last major tax reform in the U.S. nearly 30 years ago, significant changes have taken place in the composition of taxpayers, businesses, and the economy. The tax code has added over 30,000 pages, the U.S. corporate tax rate has become one of the highest in the world at 39.1 percent, and credits, loopholes, and deductions have seen a 44 percent increase. While there is little debate among Americans that major tax reform is needed, the…

States. National Transportation Safety Board, 2010). In the wake of the accident loved ones of the deceased, in an unprecedented effort after a plane crash, successfully lobbied Congress to create new regulation requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to craft new laws that required better training record keeping, improved rest rules, and set minimum piloting experience required to be an airline pilot. This new legislation required a complete, industry-wide restructuring in regards…

health care system embrace the following: (1) personal health care services for individuals and families, available at hospitals, clinics, neighborhood centers, and similar agencies, in physicians ' offices, and in the clients ' own homes; (2) the public health services needed to maintain a healthy environment, such as control of water and food supplies, regulation of drugs, and safety regulations intended to protect a given population; (3) teaching and research activities related to the…

countries with universal health coverage spend more money on health care. With the exception of Switzerland, the U.S. spends significantly more per capita than any other country. At this time, publically funded health care in the U.S. is: Veterans Administration, Indian Health Services, Medicare (seniors and the disabled), and Medicaid (state and federally…

The public consistently criticizes this new form of drug policy because instead of prosecuting the individual drug use and distribution at electronic music events, the liability of drug usage has been expanded beyond direct drug involvement. The owners and promoters…

The Influence of Literature Banning books for specific ages should be supported to prevent youths from being exposed to harmful content. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, as well as other sources, include several incidents that impact both children and adolescents in a negative way. Reducing the amount of literature that is available for young aged children can positively influence their behavior in any situation. Although The Secret Life of Bees exhibits the freedom of speech and tools…

of the elderly, reaching 65 years of age and older. Current policies are directly seeking to identify, address current issues, and challenges in planning to oversee the health maintenance system in creating or adopting implementation needed for new public policies (Wilson, Osei-ware, Hewitt & Broad, 2012). This report will offer an overview of provincial and territorial governments in Canada, as it sets out to influence new policies to address the needs of the elderly population exceeding its…

Entry 1: Today we discussed the public sphere. In summary, we discussed the emergence of the “mass audience”, the low/high culture binary, and determining where the idea of “the public” comes from. We have a conception of the public sphere from the bourgeois class. The set ideal is that of a private (civil society) and the public (state-mediates crises). This public sphere is formed and operated through the norms of publicity. There are five norms that make up publicity: status as person is…