There are 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives and members serve two-year terms. In most recent election years, only 30-40 of the 435 seats have been identified as competitive. In the other 400 or so “noncompetitive” districts, victors routinely win by landslides and often run unopposed. Should we be concerned that most of our U.S. House elections do not involve any meaningful competition? […]

For this project, you will be required to develop a PowerPoint presentation to answer when, who, where, what tactic employed, what definition, and the specific and broad type of terrorism related to any terrorist event that has occurred anywhere in the world from “14 days prior to the start of the course” to “one week prior to your assignment being due at the end of […]

Submit an annotated bibliography by no later than Sunday of week 3. Late submissions of this assignment will not be accepted. Be sure that you collect a minimum 3-4 peer reviewed sources (published within the last 10 years) from the APUS online databases for the annotated bibliography. The annotated bibliography must be relevant to your ‘working title’ of your research proposal. Please note that each […]

The article I have read deals with Austin’s city council voting to defund their police department by moving funds to other places rather than training and adding men and women to their police department. I have never been to Austin and have wanted to go until they did this. Safety should be #1 for anyone. Whether it is the city you live in or cities […]

 The first step is to identify a public safety issue. An issue could be an identifiable gap in existing services resulting in inefficiency or liability, or a recommended improvement to add value to existing services.  Next you should conduct library research to determine what has already been researched and written about this topic. For Step #1, you will prepare an annotated bibliography of at least […]

As referenced in the Syllabus a research and writing assignment is required of all federal and Texas government students. The due date for this assignment is not later than Monday, April 20, and must be submitted on eCampus under the tab Term Paper. Students may use either style of paper they prefer; however, I would like a title page and bibliography page and a paper of at least […]

You are the head of a Homeland Security Investigative Task Force assigned to mitigate threats or possible terrorist attacks against the port area of San Diego. This includes numerous U.S. Navy vessels as well as a number of oceanic freighters, local fishing vessels, and pleasure yachts. You have received a threat from an unknown source stating that coordinated attacks are going to be launched against […]

Read the Campaign and Election Security Policy: Overview and Recent Developments for Congress(file uploded below)On pages 23 to 27 you’ll find a list of policy issues and options.  Choose ONE policy issue that you are interested and analyze ONE policy option among the Selected Policy Options. Use the the diagram(picture uploaded below) below to guide your thinking, and answer each linkage question. Post your responses to the […]

Texas political culture and politics have produced a unique constellation of public policies. Some (not surprisingly a fair number of Texans) have held Texas up as a model for the rest of the country citing its robust record in economic growth compared to the rest of the country. Critics have countered that Texas’ public policies are hopelessly mired in the values of an era that […]

  Under each heading the following information should be including into paragraph form. Make sure to cite your work using APA style 7th edition. NO PLAGIARISM!! Make sure to include a reference page. Please put into your own words. Should be a total of 4-5 page not including title and reference page . Please label  the heading in paper in BOLD. Make sure to include all […]