Rulemaking

Some notable boards are not on this list, because they do not meet the Dental Examiners requirements. For example, the State Board of Technical Professions regulates a variety of professions including engineering, architecture, and landscape. While, the board has members involved in all of those professions, no single profession represents a majority of the board. So while four members of the board are engineers, they make up only a portion of the thirteen-member board. Therefore, this type…

It is reported that one in five women and one in 71 men have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives. Being a victim of sexual assault is one of the most traumatic types of criminal acts against a person. Victims find it difficult to discuss being a victim and it is important that victim resources be available for them. For many victims the trauma is greater than a physical attack but an emotional and spiritual attack on a person. It is important for investigators and higher…

Analysis of the Crash The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the likely cause of the crash was that both pilots were fatigued (NTSB, 2010). Both the pilot and first officers failed to respond and correct a stall during snowy weather that the airplane could not recover from. Other contributions to the accident were the flight crew’s failure to monitor airspeed in relation to the rising position of the low-speed cue, the flight crew’s failure to obey sterile cockpit procedures,…

Members of Congress are tasked with many important duties and responsibilities. The three primary duties of Congress are to write laws, oversee the implementation of laws, and serving the needs of their constituents. The lawmaking process is affected by filibusters, committees, such as House Rules and Conference, oversight, and casework. A Senate filibuster occurs when a Senator speaks indefinitely on the Senate floor in order to cause a delay. This delay can be a delay of action or…

Paula Price was fired for “whistleblowing” dishonest practice, and is suing her former employer, Automative Research & Testing (ARTI), for violating the whistleblower protection provisions of the Automobile Manufacture Integrity Act of 2014 (AMIA). Price was a contractor for Ford Motor Corporation (FMC). The primary focus of this case is the interpretation of the word “employee” in § 114(a)(1) of the AMIA and whether it includes contractors. Before analyzing the interpretation of the statute…

overturned are you prepared to tell your constituents that their water will be less safe to consume and their air more polluted than before? By subjecting the Stream Protection Rule to congressional review we stand not only to undermine the federal rulemaking procedure, but also places the interests of corporate profit above the safety and health of the health of our citizens. The health of the public must supersede the maximization of profit-margins. I am not alone in my stance. Over 70…

mandated the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to update the regulations outlining which white collar workers are protected by the Federal Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime standards. As a result, DOL published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, where three main changes are being proposed. First and foremost, their aim is to update section 13(a)(1) exemption's salary level requirement which has been unchanged since 2004. Second, the Department has proposed to update the total…

The independence of regulatory agencies indicates that they can operate without political interference and this ‘independence’ means protection from interference from the political power, particularly from the executive branch through ‘for-cause removal protection’ or through specified terms of tenure with their independence granted by legislation or the Constitution and mechanisms such as collegial membership . For Brown and others: The key characteristic of the independent regulator model…

Following America's triumphant victory over Great Britain, it was noted that something needed to unify this newly independent nation. In 1777 we adopted the articles of confederation, a weak form of governing that gave most of the power for individual rulemaking to the states, this however made the process very difficult when trying to establish a law or rule that applied to all of the thirteen colonies. Rules could only be made if unanimously all the states agreed on the policy. This system led…

In “Courts, Rights, and Democratic Participation,” author Rachel Cichowski breaks down the possible connection between courts, the changing nature of democratic participation and rights. The author believes there are ways institutions in addition to rights shape the courts serve as public participation arena, subsequently courts are essential for citizens to have more power in their democracies. The author says, “courts are increasingly give the powers to constrain, shape, and dismantle…