United States Department of Transportation

Problems The 1920s was a step into the modern age with developments like refrigeration and penicillin that many took advantage of. However, the target of 1920s innovation was how we used aviation to excel transportation and communication within the country using a surplus military airplanes that no longer served a purpose. With this different approach for shipping goods came difficulties soon after takeoff, pilots struggling to keep up, find their way, or stay airborne. The beginnings of…

It is a logical choice that police departments want drones…

According to Todres (2013), human trafficking is “the recruitment, transportation,” or transfer of people, using fear, coercion, or deceit, “for the purpose of exploitation” (para. 3). In other words, human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Although human trafficking is a global problem, labor and commercial sex trafficking is practiced domestically in the United States, which is influenced by consumer choices and the anti-trafficking policies of corporations. In 2000, the Trafficking Victims…

protection. “The Department of Homeland Security has a vital mission: to secure the nation from the many threats we face. Our duties are wide-ranging, but our goal is clear - keeping America safe.” The Department of Homeland Security is charged with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States divided into 22 divisions that respond to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters. Perhaps the most significant of these divisions is the The United States Secret…

“According to a Florida Department of Education survey more than 21,000 drivers illegally passed school buses on a one day survey.” In a 180 day school year that is already 3,780,000 violations. Imagine how many lives are affected by this number. A major problem in the United States today is that drivers will not stop for school buses because of too many unreasonable excuses such as not knowing when, why, or how to stop for a school bus. Buses have signals that people don't pay attention to…

civil liberties we enjoy. According to the UNSC (United Nations Security Council), one of, if not the, main objectives of the attack was to instigate a global state of chaos by trying to influence…

scoring to each factor on the Pareto chart will receive inaccurate results. For example, say the company's shipping manager conducts a Pareto analysis on problems within his department. He wants to see where the most problems occur within the shipping process. If the scores reflect that the problem lies in the transportation section, when the real problems stem from packaging and preparing items for shipping, the manager will focus on the wrong problem while the real issue…

exists “To safeguard America's borders thereby protecting the public from dangerous people and materials while enhancing the Nation's global economic competitiveness by enabling legitimate trade and travel” (CITE http://www.cbp.gov/about). The United States of Border Patrol (USBP) has had a long and extensive history as our nation’s first line of defense against unauthorized entry. The USBP’s main mission is to detect and prevent the entry of terrorists, weapons of mass destruction and illegal…

of the United States’ economy. Oil was used for oil lamps and kerosene lamps. In oil machinery, oil was used as fuel for industrial heating and power, which caused an oil industry boom during the Industrial Revolution. However, the wide distribution of oil was available due to one man, John D. Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, a company that controlled the all oil production, processing, refining, marketing, and transportation in the United States.…

Minimum wage is the lowest wage allowed by law. According to the United States Department of Labor, least wage has been around since 1938. Yet, small town business pay minimum wage. Moreover, Minimumwage.org testifies that the Louisiana minimum wage for 2014 is 7.25 an hour. Most businesses allow their employees to make a largest amount of forty hours a week. Therefore, an individual’s income for a week before taxes is 290 dollars and 1,160 dollars a month. Sounds like a lot of money, until…