On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the bill that led to the Medicare and Medicaid. The original Medicare program included Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance). Today these 2 parts are called “Original Medicare.” Over the years, Congress has made changes to Medicare. At first, Medicaid gave medical insurance to people getting cash assistance. Today, a much […]

The student will complete a research assignment on covering the primary components involved in emergency management recovery. The following headings will be included: recovery overview, how the recovery phase fits in the emergency management process, disaster impact and assistance, issues involved with recovery – fraud, environment, historic, and future mitigation, challenges such as communication and coordination, decision making, transportation and logistics, special needs populations, politics, […]

The student will complete a research assignment based on a major disaster/emergency and will provide a comprehensive critique of the event regarding the use, or lack thereof, and effectiveness of mitigation and preparedness as both related to said event. First, the student will describe the event in detail. The student should use his or her first two research articles to evaluate the results or actions […]

 Overall I think the federal government has the greatest impact on American citizens. The federal government controls the actions of local and state governments. The federal government sets majority of funding for state and local governments. The federal government gets majority of its money from employment taxes. Federal spending makes up for more then half of all government expenditures.  While the federal government takes our […]

 You will find a current event related to topics in Texas government: state and local politics. Whats a summary analysis, you say? The grandaddy of all political science, Harold Lasswell, is known for defining Politics. , Ideological values, beliefs, and opinions, aside, when it comes to government and politics, his definition of the word (ironically) is probably the only thing that all mankind can agree […]

I have to write a 100+ word peer review for a thesis statement writing on foreign policy and domestic policy. Please look through the thesis statement provided below and give any feedback that are constructive and helpful. It has to bring new insights and perspectives onto her writing. Do not write anything like “I really enjoyed reading your paper, it was very well written” Because […]

Member Associations within the Critical Infrastructure (CI) Sectors. For years, member associations have been leveraged by owners/operators to improve the efficiency and reliability of their operations. Member associations add great value and  have  been instrumental in advancing critical infrastructure initiatives like Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and Critical Infrastructure Assurance (CIA) Member associations are different from PPP’s in that they are funded from member fees. INSTRUCTIONS: […]

If you are caught up on all outstanding assignments you can do this assignment for 5 points extra credit. Please review the proposed voting machine described HERE and in this accompanying video. Based on this description and what you learned in readings, write a short analysis of the system. Describe at least 5 problems with usability, accessibility, integrity, ballot secrecy, or other important properties. Please […]

Managing risk is a vital part of creating a secure and resilient infrastructure. Since there are limited resources available, an organization must prioritize risks in order to determine how to best use its resources to minimize risk. This is accomplished in part by identifying potential threats, and then using a formula to calculate the potential risk of given threats. (this will provide a prioritized list […]

Students will take part in 4 Discussions in which you will conduct a case study of an observed study in a public administration context.  The analysis will be based upon the concepts you learned and discussed in the previous module’s essay assignment, writing 450-500 words in the initial thread.  For the case study, students are welcome to cite a scholarly source, but if they do, […]