1.       Describe what it means to say that our nation has a bicameral legislature. Identify the two houses of Congress, and describe how each state is represented in each house. Use this information to explain how one state may be represented by fewer than five persons in Congress while another may be represented by more than 50. Describe the terms of office in each house […]

In Week 3, you chose a topic area (Homeland Security) and problem or challenge within that area. Throughout this course, you have researched the dynamics of the problem. The final piece of your project is to develop a viable solution that considers resources, policy, stakeholders, organizational readiness, administrative structures and other internal and external factors, as applicable. Using the papers you have written throughout this […]

We aren’t all alike in appearances, thoughts, backgrounds, ages, beliefs, etc. That is not to say we can not try to understand each other and realize that our United States of America, in the perfect ideals of the Founding Fathers, was established as a place of freedom for all as Americans. Interestingly enough, the statistics say that more immigrants have come to America than all […]

During this course, you will develop materials that support the human resource process from acquiring, developing, and leveraging on employee strengths. This project is broken into four separate assignments due in Topics 2, 3, 5, and 7. While you are only required to submit each assignment in its respective topic, you will submit a reflection assignment that provides a brief overview of the learning outcomes […]

 A theory has been advanced for what is called “Disaster Diplomacy.”  Its premise is that international disaster response can be a form of diplomacy.  Its primary feature is that disaster aid can serve to overcome political differences and create an atmosphere of cooperation between countries that previously were adamantly opposed on most issues.  Do you feel this is a realistic concept?  Or is it idealistic […]

Identify potential online open sources that may be used by both the protection professional and the aggressor to perform intelligence assessments, and in the case of the protection professional, threat assessments. Provide an example (that has not already been posted by another student). Lastly, describe the components of the Design Basis Risk Management/Assessment Model. 

Hi there, the essay is an expository essay in any contemporary issue affecting the army in one of 3 categories: leadership, operations or management. I think one good topic could be how equality in the military is a double edge sword. And how leadership is failing to identify and address these issues. Such as sexual harassment cases, the new physical fitness test, promotions etc. I […]

Search the latest issues of a policy studies journal in the discipline (e.g. Policy Studies Journal, Poverty and Public Policy, Critical Policy Studies, Policy Studies) and find an article on the topic of education policy.  Critically analyze the article by (a) identifying the public problem the article attempts to address, (b) summarizing the article’s main policy proposal(s) as solutions to that problem, and (c) evaluating […]

In this module, we explored a number of broad forces that have significant influence on business, government, and society. In this assignment, you will focus on environmental issues and sustainable development as a growing force in business and society today. Decision makers integrating environmental and social issues and concerns with economic goals can face conflicting costs and benefits among these three elements of sustainable development.

Well folks, you know sooner or later we’d be discussing aspects of recent and upcoming elections, from the purely political perspective. To clarify, chapter 3/21 was about groups and PAC’s–which exist for politics, but also have social and economic benefits. Chapter 4/22 was about voting and elections, which are government and administrative events. Chapter 5 and more chapter 22 is up next, about political parties in Texas. Sigh… Unlike the previous […]