Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) facilitate the execution of disaster response and recovery efforts in that they “house” the personnel, equipment, and resources used during the operations. Certain disasters emerge rather spontaneously while others take a while to develop. As such, installing and opening up an EOC varies from disaster event to disaster event. Nevertheless, the function and structure of an EOC is vastly critical to […]

Find an Op-Ed that discusses any law enacted by the Texas Legislature in the last six years. Find an interesting, controversial law that generated a good deal of discussion. Especially look for law that could affect your life or the lives of those you know. Read the Op-Ed. What does the law call for – what will be its effect? What is the argument made by the […]

Unit IV focuses on the different types of local government as well as their functions. For the Unit IV assignment you are tasked with researching and preparing a report on your local government or a subunit/department of your local government.  Your report should:   Identify key facts such as population, budget, and type of government structure.   Include an organization chart with comments on the […]

Part One- The Preliminary Report: Choose a Senator you would like to profile. Find online sources for information about that Senator, including the official website of their campaign. Based on these sources, outline Senator’s positions on major issues in a brief of around 1000 word This component of the project must be filed in the assignments area of the classroom so I can grade and comment […]

I believe that rebuilding the lives of an established community helps victims rebuild their trust in the civic leaders to help restore what was lost of their lives.  However, I must  argue that,  placing  families back into the path of destruction is irresponsible. In contrast,  I can’t help but recall the devastation of Joplin, Missouri on May, 22, 2011 when an EF-5 tornado destroyed a […]

In this assignment, you are required to create and present an essay that addresses a real-world scenario regarding the anticipation of a devastating crisis emergency (student selected), and you must make an assessment of the necessary technology (software or hard technology) to mitigate, resolve, and restore normalcy. The scenario may be of a terrorist attack, a natural phenomenon (hurricane, tornado, earthquake, flooding, etc.), a school […]

You are a counterintelligence officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assigned to the Critical Technology Protection Division. Your division is responsible for providing counterintelligence support to research, development, and acquisition (RDA) missions. To accomplish this mission, your team has been asked to provide a counterintelligence threat briefing to a major defense contractor responsible for the research and development of critical U.S. defense technology. The […]

The National Security Act of 1947 established the legal framework for the United States Intelligence Community (USIC), including U.S. counterintelligence. The main purpose for this framework was to create a coordinated and centralized intelligence effort for the United States. When the Act was established, the USIC was relatively small, but it continued to grow and expand not only in size but also in responsibility. Over […]

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. DiplomacyDue Week 9 and worth 175 points This paper will be a revised and expanded version of the first research paper. Based on your instructor’s feedback, you will first revise the first paper.  Write three-to-four (3-4) […]

You have finished your investigation at the Triton Corporation involving the employee with the USB device and the cell phone that was allegedly looking at child pornography. You found 112 images of child pornography on the USB device. You found text messages that had embedded images of child pornography and numerous images and videos of child pornography on the cell phone.