Right to Information Act

The USA Patriot Act was passed just a short six weeks after the 9/11 attacks which revealed great haste and secrecy among the federal laws. The act has riddled with flaws and has greatly compromised out fundamental freedoms. According to the Virginia Bill of Rights Coalition, they feel that “the Act may constitute a greater danger for America;” but what does that mean for our future? The USA Patriot Act was passed in 2001 after the 9/11 bombing attacks of the Twin Towers and was mainly…

look at private academic information acted immorally. Student’s applying to Harvard found instructions on how to hack into he school’s databases to look at unreleased admission information due to curiosity. These students who hacked into Harvard acted immorally. Although, Harvard invited the “hackers” to explain there motivates to justify their break-ins. Their motives for acting unethical states, that all information should be free. The students believe the the information is for the public,…

law the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”) to limit the power of the Executive Branch for the secret surveillance activities. Hence, to protect citizen privacy, FISA requires the government to attest that "the objective" of the surveillance is to gather foreign intelligence information. However, the difference between electronics surveillance conducted for national security and law enforcement purposes erected a “wall” in information sharing amid Intelligence Community. There…

Sharifian GOVT-2305-71430 20 , Sep. 2017 Civil Liberties v Civil Rights Assignment The preservation of civil rights and liberties act hand in hand to protect American citizens and uphold the standard of the American dream. Civil rights and civil liberties are two terms that often get confused with each other. Civil rights are simply everyone’s basic rights that are created to control equal treatment against discrimination. Civil rights also aid in protecting minorities and people based on…

Many times it seems as though history is being left out of our textbooks. There is an abundance of information that can be written down about a certain event. It is difficult to understand why only certain events or pieces of information are considered worthy to be inserted in a textbook. However, historical information that applies to any of the following categories is considered significant in history: social, political, religious (cultural), intellectual, technological, and economical. In…

life at school will encounter situations where they have disagreements with their peers. In my role it happens quite a lot and even thought the children are mainly non verbal, they do have a good understanding of following instruction and, understand right/wrong in a lot of situations. If a child takes a toy or game from another child without asking, a disagreement will occur, especially with autistic children. Thereâ€TMs quite often pushing, shoving, loud screams, itâ€TMs up to me to resolve…

protection of global human rights. Together, IGOs and NGOs have devised several methods for the monitoring and enforcement of human rights throughout the world. However, these methods have proven to be limited in their efficacy and scope. According to the former Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada, the successful monitoring of human rights depends on the ability to gather information, provide documentation to authenticate the information, report the information, and use those…

children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more.” One major Act that needs to be delegated as a crucial factor in prosecuting pregnant drug abusers is the Child Abuse Prevention Act. This Act was developed in…

It is important that we are aware and think of the principles and values such as the UNCRC when working with children along with The children's act 2004. The UNCRC focuses on the rights of the child and the children's act 2004 gives us clear guidelines of how social workers and other professionals are expected to deal with issues relating to children, practitioners must ensure that they promote equality, diversity and inclusion. Under the UNCRC we must treat all children equally, this does not…

broad. While a clear business need exists to protect proprietary information, employers should also be careful not to exceed their bounds and attempt to prevent employees from organizing and voicing their opinions on work conditions. If an employer attempts to prevent employees from organizing to voice opinions on current working conditions the company’s social media policy would violate of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. While employers have been successful at winning lawsuits…