Centralized Nuclear Waste Storage Introduction Approximately twenty percent of the electric power in America is generated through a nuclear reaction, and as a result of the production, high-level nuclear waste is created. Imperatively, the nation must find a way on how to store its nuclear waste. Yucca Mountain in the state of Nevada was identified by the Department of Energy and subsequently approved by both the Congressional and the Executive branches of government as a repository site for nuclear waste. However, Nevada State Politicians, in a desire to get elected, provide ample proof that nuclear waste has disadvantages, Department of Energy and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission research on nuclear waste storage and economic advantages…
The Federal budget is applicable to set the order of the amount of money available to spend. The health care act was a topic introduced to the committee to figure out their plan of action to satisfy citizens, businesses, and the economy. For example, Donald Trump wants to replace Obamacare for an even better health law. He believes his health care act will help insure everybody with health insurance. Donald Trump motives can affect America for life. To have insurance available for everyone…
The future has many aspects in store in term of white-collar crimes. The first characteristic of white-collar crime the future has in store is that if it continues to cost the United States billions of dollars each year, the U.S. justice department will develop new ideas and techniques to combat it. The second aspect the future also has is that Wall Street top executives will be held responsible for crimes committing within their corporation with or without their prior knowledge in the future…
designed for business rooftops. In 2009, the Department of Energy provided Solyndra a $535 million dollar loan guarantee supported by President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provided billions of dollars in loan guarantees to green energy companies (factcheck.org). Supporting clean energy businesses was supposed to create jobs and cut America’s reliance on foreign oil. However, Solyndra was a failing company Solyndra ended up declaring bankruptcy two and a half years…
Service (DFAS) was established in 1991 by the Secretary of Defense to standardize accounting and financial operations and reduce costs associated with these services (“Agency Overview,” n.d.). DFAS is the official finance and accounting arm of the Department of Defense, therefore, it is a federal government agency. Located around the globe, DFAS has over 12,000 employees. The majority of employees work at one of the five primary sites located in Indianapolis, Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio;…
options. Venezuela is located in South America. The capital of Venezuela is Caracas. According to the CIA, Venezuela lies between Columbia and Guyana. It has many beautiful feature such as the Andes Mountains and the Maracaibo Lowlands (CIA 1). Almost half of Venezuela is forest, given that there is a big mountain range running through the country (CIA 1). Venezuelan government has had problems. According to the CIA, there current government is a Federal Presidential Republic. A Federal…
or State of Virginia governments. Let 's say for a moment everything was indeed automated, the issues then becomes that most governments, including the USA, tend to lack experience with new technologies so laws, procedures, and rules don 't exist to protect access to the information. Indeed, I remember hearing a story many years ago on how the login screen came about in Microsoft 's operating system. True or not, it was said that when a hacker succeeded in accessing the Pentagon 's computer…
intergovernmental relations. Furthermore, all these developed a deep tension between these two great governmental agencies. Where September 11 raises a fascinating issue for homeland security as well as the states’ fiscal crises. Therefore, also providing some sufficient description of the analytical prediction events that offer practical advice to the thousands of pubic of governmental officials and same to private and non-private agencies who bring changes in federalism and intergovernmental…
Solyndra failed to abide by an employment law in the state of California and was therefore sued by the employees and settled for $3.5 million to be paid to the employees that were laid off without 60-day notice, as required by the California law. Additionally, Solyndra has also been involved in a federal criminal investigation regarding whether or not the executives of the company knowingly misrepresented their financial situation in order to secure the government guaranteed loan. It was…
As technology evolves, so will the methods that criminals and terrorists utilize to achieve a personal gain. In the United States and throughout the most countries, technology plays a significant role in the way our economy operates, how cities obtain power, and how information is shared. If technology was used to disrupt this state of living, this could lead to a detrimental chain of events that could cripple the very existence of how we live. The technology we rely upon has numerous…