United States federal executive departments

framework which caused the state level not to response in a timely manner, in terms of effectively mobilizing additional resources. As a result, “Governor Blanco refused to declare martial law, and declined a proposal from the White House to put National Groups troops under the control of the federal government” (Luo 2005; Shane, Lipton, and Drew 2005). According to Nossiter, 2007, her decision were described by the media as “shell-shocked” and “bewildered”, and federal officials characterized…

I assume that the money came from what was produced at the other factories and since workers from Watertown were working there the profit was dispersed to them as well. Also, since volunteer community work took place, the government, such as the state, provided some money for the workers possibly. Insurance that would have been available would have been what was provided by Johnsonville to employees since they were still employed with the company. This would include “comprehensive and…

during the Flint Water Crisis, as she describes in her article “A Functioning Government Could Have Prevented the Flint Crisis” (2017). She attributes the poisoning of Flint residents to the incompetence of government officials at both the city and state level. Puchalski outlines the five different ways in which the government failed the people. First, she says, they made decisions based on what would be quick and cheap rather than what would be safe and beneficial to the well-being of citizens.…

Anwar Ahmed: Lead consultant: Anwar has over 40 years of experience in energy efficiency projects from energy audits, technical feasibility studies, business case development, project execution, measurement and verification. Anwar is the founder of Enman which was formed over 30 years ago and worked as leading energy consultant for government and private organisations in Australia and overseas. Anwar has been trained for measurement and verification and conducted M&V for many organisation such…

available to nonprofit agencies, we really need to include governmental rules, regulations and guidelines, and the examples they set in fiscal management. This is a valuable resource that many overlook. In order to consider the viability of state and federal grants, we could begin by taking the reporting aspects into consideration. I worked in local government for five years, and learned a few things relating to financial reporting that have helped me in nonprofit management over the years. I…

accounts for the flow of assets. For example, the state collects sales tax funds on behalf of a city. These funds are considered agency funds – the state acts as the custodian for these funds, which are labeled for eventual transfer to the city. Agency funds have to equal liabilities since there are no revenues, expenses or fund balances. The assets do not belong to the reporting agency and must be zeroed out at the end of the fiscal year.…

this class, state governments are often comparable to the federal government. In some ways these two institutions are alike, and in other ways they are very different. The same can be said for the office of the president and the state governor. Although there are many differences between president of the United States and Texas’ state governor, the biggest is the level at which they serve. The president is the chief executive of the federal government. The governor is the executive head of…

Security Homeland security (HLS) is an expansive enterprise that includes many agencies and departments at all levels of government. As such, it has been defined in many different but similar ways. For example, in their book Understanding Homeland Security, Noftsinger, Newbold, and Wheeler (2007) define homeland security as “a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, minimize the damage, and recover from…

Summary: FEMA should remain as an agency incorporated within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Since 1979, FEMA has gone through many changes from being an executive level agency to being incorporated into another agency. FEMA’s missions have changed over the years based on political influences instead of the mission outlined in Executive Orders. According to the FEMA Website, FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation, we work together…

of cohesive with intelligence, law enforcement, and emergency management contribution. Not only did it bring public awareness it revealed that the federal government was on the hook for helping state and local governments before and after the event it showed where they fall short. President Bush restructured the federal government with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) along with adding the National Response Plan (NRP) and the National Response Framework (NRF) (Rubin, 2012). With the…