Provide a detailed description of the difference between Economic vs. Industrial Espionage analyzing the risk formula for countering threats. As part of your response discuss how international hotel rooms are the enemy’s gateway to economic and industrial espionage, providing examples. Include a discussion on how US citizens traveling abroad continue to be the target of foreign intelligence collection activities. 

 Both the Walsh and the Spencer readings posit a symbiosis between the media and terrorists. Explain that symbiosis. What does each party give the other? The Spencer article, in particular, considers the merits of limiting freedom of the press to cover terrorist attacks. What are the pros and cons of such an approach in a democracy? Is that a valid means of mitigating democracies’ vulnerability […]

For your final discussion, and since you are now well-versed in Texas Government, you need to tell the legislature what law they need to pass.  Come up with a new law or tweak an existing law – there are only a few restrictions.  First, it has to be constitutional – no “banning Republicans/Democrats” or “chop off someone’s hand for a misdemeanor” laws.  Second, since we have […]

Chapter 9 discussed the importance of stakeholder engagement in policy-making. The author presented several benefits and an analysis of five cases in which stakeholder engagement added value to the policy-making process. If you were leading a project to develop a comprehensive policy for managing pedestrian traffic flow in a popular downtown metropolitan district, what measures would you take to engage stakeholders in that project? Your answer […]

The Constitution states, “The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States…” (Art. I, Sec. 2). Contrast this with the original constitutional language for the other house of Congress, “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years…” (Art. I, […]

You are the emergency manager in a city with a population of 250,000 in the northeastern United States. The fire chief asked you to draft a brief research paper for the new fire service recruits explaining critical infrastructure. He wants you to focus specifically on the key assets that the fire service recruits may deal with during their fire service careers.

Textbook models suggest how members of the House of Representatives may fulfill their constitutional duty to “represent” – the delegate model, the trustee model, the oversight model, and the service model. A weakness of these models is that they ignore the pervasive influence of interest groups, partisanship, and political money (campaign contributions) on the behavior of congressional reps. To what extent do these factors interfere […]

In a recent lecture at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cautioned that while most citizens assume that judicial review is an enduring part of American government, judges should not take it for granted. He advises that if judges wish to preserve this undemocratic power they should follow a judicial philosophy that will “build confidence in the courts” (Breyer, 2011). Justice Breyer goes on […]

Case Study 4: Bin LadenDue Week 8 and worth 50 points  In May 2011, President Obama held a press conference to inform the nation that Osama Bin Laden had been killed and his body seized by U.S. Armed forces. In some minds, this event provided justice for the attacks of 9/11; for others, the fear of threat increased. Review the post-event speeches by President Obama, […]

Short Essay – Policy-making in the Federal System The U.S. government’s expansive role in public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents. On the one hand, popular expectations about government’s responsibility to solve problems often exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond effectively. On the other hand, policies developed at the national level may not sufficiently reflect the great diversity […]