Obama's Failed Attempt To Close Gitmo: Why Executive Orders Can't Bring About Systemic Change, 2011 University of New Hampshire School of Law
Obama's Failed Attempt To Close Gitmo: Why Executive Orders Can't Bring About Systemic Change, Erin B. Corcoran
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “In the lead up to the 2008 Presidential election, there was broad bipartisan support for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. President Bush was quoted as saying, “I’d like it to be over with.” John McCain and General Colin Powell echoed similar sentiments for ending detention at the naval base. In addition to prominent Republicans calling for closure, public opinion began to support finding alternative solutions for prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.
Barack Obama wasted no time once sworn into office executing his central campaign promises. On January 22, 2009, two days after becoming the forty-fourth President of …
Territorial Sovereignty And The Evolving Boumediene Factors: Al Maqaleh V. Gates And The Future Of Detainee Habeas Corpus Rights, 2011 University of New Hampshire School of La
Territorial Sovereignty And The Evolving Boumediene Factors: Al Maqaleh V. Gates And The Future Of Detainee Habeas Corpus Rights, Luke R. Nelson
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “In November 2010, the U.S. government prosecuted in a civilian federal court an accused terrorist detainee housed since 2004 at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center (Guantanamo Bay). The Obama Administration considered this trial a “test case” for prosecuting accused terrorist detainees in civilian federal courts. Of the more than 280 charges against the detainee defendant, a civilian jury convicted him of one count and acquitted him of the remaining charges. Yet, the defendant received a life sentence without parole.
This “test case” is one example of a changing landscape in international armed conflict and detainee rights jurisprudence following September …
Assessing The Anti-Corruption Strategies. Theoretical And Empirical Models, 2011 National School of Political and Administrative Studies
Assessing The Anti-Corruption Strategies. Theoretical And Empirical Models, Ani Matei, Lucica Matei
Lucica Matei
The preoccupations about conceiving and promoting efficient anti-corruption strategies exist in most states, especially in
the developing countries.
The opportunity of such strategies derives from the direct link, demonstrated theoretically and empirically, between the
effects of the anti-corruption strategies and government performance, translated both in the economic and social results
and living standard, welfare etc.
In the last decades, the transnational actors – UN, World Bank, OECD, EU etc. - have affirmed as promoters of own
anti-corruption strategies, directing the states’ efforts, conferring adequate levels of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency
or sustainability.
The South-Eastern European states incorporate own anti-corruption strategies in …
Resende, Erica. A Crítica Pós-Moderna/Pós-Estruturalista Nas Relações Internacionais. Senhoras, E. M.; Camargo, J. F. (Orgs). Coleção Relações Internacionais, Vol. 2, 2011 Federal University of Roraima (UFRR)
Resende, Erica. A Crítica Pós-Moderna/Pós-Estruturalista Nas Relações Internacionais. Senhoras, E. M.; Camargo, J. F. (Orgs). Coleção Relações Internacionais, Vol. 2, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras
Elói Martins Senhoras
No abstract provided.
Providing Shelter For The Homeless: Faith-Based Organizations As Instruments Of The Public Good, 2011 Boise State University
Providing Shelter For The Homeless: Faith-Based Organizations As Instruments Of The Public Good, Elizabeth D. Fredericksen, Stephanie L. Witt
Research and Reports
Networked public service delivery requires attention to accountability and implementation in the public interest. Using the case of transitional housing in a western US community, we review the challenges of goal incongruence between network members and the resulting management problems. In addition, this case illustrates the role that local governments may play in promoting the primacy of one network member over others through collaborations, contract arrangements and nonmonetary resources and the resulting political and judicial difficulties. The complexity of networked service delivery is compounded when the individual missions of network members supersede public policy goals. In many communities, FBOs, as …
The Role Of The State In Idaho Land Use Planning, 2011 Boise State University
The Role Of The State In Idaho Land Use Planning, Stephanie L. Witt, Carole Nemnich
Research and Reports
Prior to the recession of 2009-10, Idaho was the sixth fastest growing state by population in the country. Even as the economic downturn reduces the pressures of growth, Idaho's diverse cities and counties continue strive for thoughtful planning that will reflect their community values and needs. This White Paper will examine the role of the state in local land use planning by (1) comparing Idaho's structure to those of states with a more pronounced role in land use planning and (2) discussing the attitudes of Idaho city officials, planners and members of the real estate and development communities about the …
The Silver Spark For Nevada, 2011 Nevada Institute of Renewable Energy Commercialization
The Silver Spark For Nevada, Walt Borland, James A. Croce, Richard Seline
Publications (E)
The SILVER Spark for Nevada: Sustainable Innovation Leading a Vital Economic Renaissance
Nevada. A State of stark contrasts, with historic booms and devastating busts experienced throughout its modern history. A State frequently forced to reinvent itself as ever-evolving circumstances have demanded. A State that has been driven to the edge time after time and, yet again and again, has managed to discover another way to prosper. A State that now finds itself in a precarious position as the “Great Recession” hit it harder than any other and has left it struggling to recover.
As you will conclude by reading The …
Mine Action And Development: Why Should We Become Mad About It?, 2011 James Madison University
Mine Action And Development: Why Should We Become Mad About It?, Humanity And Inclusion
Global CWD Repository
There is no right way or wrong way to use this position paper. It sets out the background and reasoning about the advantages of linking mine action and development that led to the four-year pilot project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and goes into detail on some of the sources of information that were used in the development of the concepts behind the pilot project.
Landmine And Land Rights In Conflict Affected Contexts, 2011 Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Landmine And Land Rights In Conflict Affected Contexts, Gichd
Global CWD Repository
This policy brief describes the important linkages between land rights and landmines in conflict-affected contexts. Its purpose is to deepen awareness within the broader mine action and development communities about these linkages, and provide guidance on how to effectively mainstream land rights issues into mine action operations.
The Topper (March 2011), 2011 Western Kentucky University
The Topper (March 2011), Veterans Upward Bound Program, Western Kentucky University
Veterans Upward Bound Publications
THE TOPPER is published three times yearly by the Veterans Upward Bound Project at Western Kentucky University. VUB is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (Fiscal Year 09-10: $278,881). The opinions expressed within this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of either the U.S. Department of Education or WKU, and no official endorsement should be inferred. Printed with grant funds provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
Tls Newsletter Volume 5, Edition 3. March, 2011, 2011 University of North Florida
Tls Newsletter Volume 5, Edition 3. March, 2011, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society
Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter
Inside the Newsletter: In the Know--UNF T & L Flagship Program Case Competition News. TLS General Meeting March 23rd. Life after Graduation with Rebecca Bratcher, CTL. Important Upcoming Dates. Get to Know Lynn Brown
The Emergency Department As A Potential Intervention Recruitment Venue Among Vulnerable Rural Residents, 2011 Georgia Southern University
The Emergency Department As A Potential Intervention Recruitment Venue Among Vulnerable Rural Residents, Yelena N. Tarasenko, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Keisa L. Bennett
Yelena N. Tarasenko
Meeting the health care needs of rural residents is complicated by their substantial medical burdens that frequently outstrip patient and community resources. Nowhere is this more evident than in central Appalachia. Preventive procedures are often sacrificed as patients and providers attend to more pressing medical issues. We report the results of a pilot study designed to explore the need for and appropriateness of a potential intervention placed in an emergency department (ED), with the eventual goal of using the ED to link traditionally underserved patients to preventive services. We used a convenience sample of 49 ED patients to explore their …
The Essential Health Benefits Provisions Of The Affordable Care Act: Implications For People With Disabilities, 2011 George Washington University
The Essential Health Benefits Provisions Of The Affordable Care Act: Implications For People With Disabilities, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Joel B. Teitelbaum, Katherine J. Hayes
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
In establishing minimum coverage standards for health insurance plans, the Affordable Care Act includes an "essential health benefits" statute that directs the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services not to make coverage decisions, determine reimbursement rates, establish incentive programs, or design benefits in ways that discriminate against individuals because of their age, disability, or expected length of life. This issue brief examines how this statute will help Americans with disabilities, who currently are subject to discrimination by insurers based on health status and health care need. The authors also discuss the complex issues involved in implementing the essential benefits …
Feminism And Democracy, 2011 University of Denver
Feminism And Democracy, Louis Edgar Esparza
Human Rights & Human Welfare
After work on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks walked onto a bus that was to take her home that night. She ended up on a trip to jail instead, for refusing to give her seat to a white passenger. The event triggered resistance to bus segregation, the founding of the Montgomery Improvement Association, and the election of the then-unknown Dr. Martin Luther King as its leader. The success of the campaign is an integral battle in our historical retellings of the US African American Civil Rights Movement. Fewer recount the sexual harassment against black women by white …
Torch (March 2011), 2011 University of Southern Maine
Torch (March 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project
Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Analysis Of The Essential Programs And Services Systemwide Cost Components: System Administration Operations And Maintenance, 2011 University of Southern Maine, Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation
Analysis Of The Essential Programs And Services Systemwide Cost Components: System Administration Operations And Maintenance, David L. Silvernail Phd, James E. Sloan, Amanda Bailey
School Funding - Essential Programs and Services (EPS)
In the original work of the EPS task force, the members concluded that the actual expenditures for these two systemwide EPS components were adequate. Thus, they set the cost of the two components to be actual expenditures. Accordingly, expenditures for these two components have been inflated each year using a CPI, and these cost figures have been used in establishing yearly EPS allocations.
As required by the statute, the System Administration and Operations and Maintenance EPS components were reviewed and updated in 2007-08. But these cost figures were revised as part of the school district reorganization law. The system administration …
The Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: Summary Of Fourth Year Reports, 2011 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The Comprehensive Longitudinal Evaluation Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: Summary Of Fourth Year Reports, Patrick J. Wolf
School Choice Demonstration Project
The eyes of the nation were on the state of Wisconsin, as Republican policymakers locked horns with the teachers union over reforms. The Republicans needed just one Democrat to break ranks in order for them to pass far-reaching policy changes. They finally got their wish when Representative Annette “Polly” Williams (D, Milwaukee) came over to their side. Surprised? That’s because the year was 1990, not 2011, and the farreaching policy reform was the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP).
Mpcp Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Fourth Year Report, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mpcp Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Fourth Year Report, John F. Witte, Deven Carlson, Joshua M. Cowen, David J. Fleming, Patrick J. Wolf
School Choice Demonstration Project
This is the fourth-year report in a five-year evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). This report features analyses of student achievement growth three years after we carefully assembled longitudinal study panels of MPCP and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) students in 2006-07. The MPCP, which began in 1990, provides government-funded vouchers for low-income children to attend private schools in the City of Milwaukee. The maximum voucher amount in 2009-10 was $6,442, and 20,899 children used a voucher to attend either secular or religious private schools. The MPCP is the oldest and largest urban school voucher program in the United …
Review Of: "Escape From The Ivory Tower: A Guide To Making Your Science Matter", By Nancy Baron, 2011 Western Washington University
Review Of: "Escape From The Ivory Tower: A Guide To Making Your Science Matter", By Nancy Baron, Mark W. Neff
Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications
Collectively, ecologists produce a staggering amount of information each year. Using the Web of Science Journal Citation Reports subject classification to define the field of ecology, our discipline comprises 129 ecology-specific journals that in 2009 published an astounding 14 280 articles. How much of that information is being used by policymakers? How much is potentially useful to those audiences? The message in Nancy Baron’s new book, Escape from the ivory tower: a guide to making your science matter, is that all of it could be taken up by the media, publicized, and utilized by policymakers if only we could …
New Start: The Contentious Road To Ratification, 2011 Project on National Security Reform Case Studies Working Group
New Start: The Contentious Road To Ratification, Elizabeth Zolotukhina
Journal of Strategic Security
Senate ratification of the New START treaty re-established effective bilateral inspection and monitoring of American and Russian nuclear holdings and has the potential to further enhance U.S.-Russian cooperation on key issues, including containing the Iranian nuclear program, and further reductions in the two countries' arsenals. Although the accord was widely heralded as a foreign policy success of the Obama administration, the contentious Senate ratification may impede future progress on arms control.