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Devolution: The Retreat Of Government, Judith Kurland

New England Journal of Public Policy

Devolution as practiced in much of the world is decentralization of program authority and responsibility to achieve greater administrative efficiency or program standards. Devolution as practiced by the Bush administration and the Republican Congress is not that, nor is it a diminution of federal power and the strengthening of states’ rights. Rather, it is a radical restructuring of government to prevent the expenditure of funds for traditional Democratic programs of the New Deal and the Great Society, and to prohibit states from being either more generous in social programs or more stringent in regulating industry than this administration desires.

State Civil Procedure Plea, William R. Slomanson

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Re-Examining Public Policy: A Case For Conditional Fees In Singapore?, Gary Chan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Conditional fee agreements are currently prohibited in Singapore. The Singapore courts still adhere to the public policy considerations expressed in the English common law which proscribe maintenance and champerty. However, the United Kingdom as well as Ontario (Canada) and Australia have recently ‘departed’ from the old system prohibiting conditional fee agreements. It is thus timely for Singapore to re-examine the public policy arguments against conditional fee agreements and inquire whether a conditional fee based system ought to be introduced. Apart from the above jurisdictions, lessons will also be drawn from the problems and issues faced by the US and the …

Private Lands Conservation In Papua New Guinea, Sonja Klopf, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

35 p. ; 28 cm

Private Lands Conservation In Guam, Craig Corona, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

93 p. ; 28 cm

Private Lands Conservation In The Solomon Islands, Craig Corona, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

69 p. ; 28 cm

The Indigent Defense System In Nebraska: An Update

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

The Nebraska Minority and Justice Task Force was created as the joint initiative of the Nebraska State Bar Association and the Nebraska Supreme Court in October of 1999 to examine issues of racial and ethnic fairness within the Nebraska court and legal systems. The Task Force focused on four priority areas: Access to Justice, Court Personnel, Criminal and Juvenile Justice, and the Legal Profession. The results of the Task Force’s investigation, along with recommendations, were published in a report in January of 2003 (available on-line at www.nebar.com and www.unl.edu/ppc).

The major recommendation of the Final Report was to establish …

Race And Justice In Nebraska— Why Prosecutors And Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Care, Mark Young, Dennis R. Keefe

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

“And now it’s just as bad for young black women or women of color as it is for men . . . to . . . have a public defender who is so unprepared, uncaring, and really, unsuitable, to stand before a judge, and then you have a prosecutor who comes in . . . and they sit at their table and the snickering, the way the
attitude that they go and handle a case (shows) no respect for the individual or for the system.”

The above quote comes from public hearing testimony before the Nebraska Minority and Justice Task …

The Nebraska Minority And Justice Implementation Committee Progress Report

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

The Nebraska Minority and Justice Task Force was formed in 1999 by the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA) to examine issues of racial and ethnic fairness within the Nebraska court and legal systems. Through two substantial grants from the State Justice Institute (SJI), administered through the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, the Minority and Justice Task Force undertook a two-year research project, which culminated in a 200-page final report (the Final Report is available on-line at www.nebar.com and www.unl.edu/ppc). The report investigated topics as diverse as potential bias in criminal prosecution, sentencing, jury …

Back To The Future: The Future Of Long-Term Care In Massachusetts, Deborah H. Thomson, John J. Ford

Gerontology Institute Publications

The state of Massachusetts, like the rest of the United States, is facing an approaching crisis in long-term care. Over the next few decades the number of Massachusetts residents age 65 and older will soar. As these numbers increase, so will the need for long-term care.

Massachusetts is ill prepared to provide the services that will be needed. Our current system of health care benefits leaves many elders with gaps in coverage. Those individuals who need long-term services often impoverish themselves and their spouses before the state pays for their care. Others languish on waiting lists to receive services. Our …

Economic Impact Of The Nebraska Legal Services Corporation, R. K. Piper, Jerry Deichert

Past Publications

The Nebraska Legal Services Corporation (NLSC) believes that it is increasingly necessary to provide funding sources, such as the Nebraska State Legislature and other potential contributors, with factual-information that is critical in making funding decisions. To meet this necessity, NLSC contracted with the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR) to conduct an economic impact study.

Fisheries Statutory Management Authority Inquiry Background Paper, H. G. Brayford

Fisheries Management Papers

The objective of this paper is to provide factual background to the issues that are likely to be relevant to the Advisory Committee’s considerations and to the interests of stakeholders. It also pulls together relevant reference material and experiences from within WA and from other fisheries jurisdictions in Australia.

Preliminary Evaluation Of The Lancaster County Indigency Screener Project, Alan Tomkins, Elizabeth Neeley

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

In January 2001, a three-year Indigency Screener pilot project was initiated in Lancaster County for the purposes of assessing:
1) The advisability of a uniform rule developed to clarify defendant eligibility for courtappointed counsel.
2) A standardized form for documenting eligibility for appointed counsel.
3) The use of dedicated county court staff to obtain financial information from a defendant and verify the information submitted by a defendant in support of his/her claim of indigency.

This report is a Preliminary Evaluation of the project. The Preliminary Evaluation is based primarily on information obtained from interviews with key stakeholders, courtroom observations of …

Real Choice Data Team Recommendations On Creating A Statewide Information Resource For Human Services

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Information and referral services are an important point of entry for persons seeking appropriate human services options. Across Nebraska, several key initiatives have begun laying the groundwork for statewide collaboration in data collection, sharing, and promotion activities. Consensus is emerging that developing a comprehensive, collaborative, statewide, health and human services database is both desirable and feasible.

Under the aegis of a Nebraska Health and Human Services System Real Choice grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the state convened a working group to help envision the elements that should comprise a statewide resource database. The working group, the …

The Nebraska Minority And Justice Task Force (Final Report)

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Table of Contents:
Inside Cover
Quote
Table of Contents
Minority and Justice Task Force
Chairs
Members
Research Staff
Acknowledgements
Definitions
Executive Summary
Access to Justice
Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Court Personnel
Legal Profession
General Recommendations
Introduction
Study Design
Implications
Chapter 1: Access to Justice
Chapter 2: Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Chapter 3: Court Personnel
Chapter 4: Legal Profession
Chapter 5: Research Methods
Summary of Recommendations
Citations
Case Citations
Literature Citations
Statute Citations
Appendix A: Survey of the Nebraska Public
Appendix B: Survey of Selected Jurors
Appendix C: Survey of Court Personnel
Appendix D: Survey of Nebraska State Bar Association Members

Surviving Against The Odds: Families’ Journeys Off Welfare And Out Of Homelessness, Donna H. Friedman, Tatjana Meschede, Michelle Hayes

Center for Social Policy Publications

Homeless families face complex challenges when making the transition from welfare to the workforce. By focusing on the experiences of homeless families participating in a Boston-based welfare-to-work program, the multimethod, longitudinal study described in this article explored factors contributing to more successful transitions as well as barriers faced by families having a harder time making the transition.

Nearly 90 percent of the families that were studied left a shelter with a housing subsidy and retained it 6 to 12 months later. Successful employment outcomes after exiting a shelter were more evident for families whose head of household was older, two-parent …

“Head Start Works Because We Do”: Head Start Programs, Community Action Agencies, And The Struggle Over Unionization, Eloise Pasachoff

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In the summer of 2002, the city of Boston watched a fierce battle unfold between low-wage workers who provide child care and the social service agencies that employ them. Boston requires its city contractors to pay more than twice the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour to their employees, according to the terms of the city's "living wage" ordinance. The social service agencies, which receive government subsidies to run their child care programs, claimed that they could not afford to pay this rate. These agencies mounted an intense legal and political campaign, arguing that they would be forced to …

Two Cheers For Gentrification, J. Peter Byrne

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The very word "gentrification" implies distaste. Advocates for the poor and ethnic minorities see affluent whites bidding up the prices for urban housing to levels that force poor families out, depriving them of affordable housing, perhaps rendering them homeless, and changing the character of a neighborhood from one that reflects distinct ethnic and class needs and cultural traditions into a bland emporium for expensive consumer goods. Sometimes historic preservation laws are indicted as particular culprits in setting this dynamic in motion. A result of these perceptions is that the legal literature on gentrification, in general, and historic preservation both reflect …

The Structure Of Legal Education And The Legal Profession, Multidisciplinary Practice, Competition, And Globalization, Mary C. Daly

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Industrial Activity In Cleveland, Robert Sadowski, Ziona Austrian

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

This report has four primary objectives. First, survey industrial activity in the city of Cleveland using employment and payroll data for the period from 1993 to 2000; report on key findings related to industry sectors and industries at the two-digit standard industrial classification (SIC) code level; and compare the city of Cleveland to suburban Cuyahoga County and the remainder of the Cleveland primary metropolitan statistical area (PMSA). Second, identify those industries in Cleveland that reported substantial employment levels, average annual wages, employment growth, and wage growth during the study period (high performing industries). Third, discuss the status of previously identified …

Erisa Health Plans: Key Structural Variations And Their Effect On Liability, Phyllis Borzi

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

From Their Lives: A Manual On How To Conduct Focus Groups Of Low-Income Parents, Helen Ward, Julie Atkins

Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Books

No abstract provided.

City Club Of Portland Report: Measure 7 And Compensation For The Impacts Of Government Regulation, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Nonprofit Compensation : A Study And Comparison Of Nonprofit Agencies In Onondaga County, Syracuse University. Maxwell School. Community Benchmarks Program, Linda Lopez, Martha Roberts, Yusuke Tanno

Community Benchmarks Program

This report is a comparative study of the salary and benefits compensation packages of nonprofit executives in Onondaga County. The local data collected is contrasted to information presented in four similar studies of nonprofit organizations across the country. Three of the research studies were national in scope; one examined nonprofit agencies in New York City.

The Judicial Transformation Of Social Security Disability: The Case Of Mental Disorders And Childhood Disability, Jennifer L. Erkulwater

Political Science Faculty Publications

A full account of the judicial influence on Social Security disability programs would require a book-length, perhaps even encyclopedia-length, treatise and would take us far afield from our present concern. This article focuses narrowly on the activities of Legal Services attorneys, mental health reformers, and children's advocates. Although mental health reformer groups are only one of many antipoverty organizations involved in advocacy efforts on behalf of the disabled poor, they have been among the most persistent, the most active, and the most successful in using a litigation strategy to achieve their larger policy goals. According to one Social Security official, …

Community Foundations In West Virginia, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This report is part of an ongoing investigation of the support of neighborhood associations by community foundations in three states – Michigan, New Mexico and West Virginia. The findings are primarily negative: There is no evidence that the 22 community foundations of West Virginia have provided support for the development or continuation of neighborhood associations in the state.

A Crosswalk Between The Final Hipaa Privacy Rule And Existing Federal Substance Abuse Confidentiality Requirements, Brian Kamoie, Phyllis Borzi

Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs

This Issue Brief provides an overview of and crosswalk between the Privacy Rule and the federal Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records statute, 42 U.S.C. § 290dd-2, and its implementing regulations at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 ("42 C.F.R. Part 2"). The crosswalk is intended to highlight the differences between the requirements of the Privacy Rule and 42 C.F.R. Part 2. In addition, this Issue Brief addresses the Privacy Rule's applicability to special populations and psychotherapy services provided by substance abuse paraprofessionals.

An Overview Of Legal Developments In Managed Care Caselaw And Selected Case Studies Of Legal Developments In State Contracting For Managed Behavioral Health Services, Sara J. Rosenbaum, D. Richard Mauery, Joel B. Teitelbaum

Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs

This analysis provides an overview of recent legal developments in managed care case law. Three types of cases are reviewed: claims brought by managed care enrollees against managed care companies and health plans; cases related either directly or indirectly to managed care and brought by both beneficiaries and managed care organizations against state Medicaid agencies and other public agencies engaged in the purchase of managed care; and cases brought by individual health professionals against managed care organizations.

The Development Of Boston's Seaport District: Employment Opportunities And Community Strategies, O. Steven Quimby

Gastón Institute Publications

The development of Boston's Seaport District will create thousands of full-time employment opportunities over the next decade. To ensure equitable access to these opportunities for Boston's communities of color, it is imperative that organizations offering employment-training programs begin to take these opportunities into account now in their training efforts. The Center for Community Economic Development (CCED) at the University of Massachusetts Boston has prepared this report, The Development of Boston's Seaport District: Employment Opportunities and Community Strategies, as a step in becoming informed about these opportunities.

This study examines employment opportunities to be created in three industries projected to be …

Agenda: Two Decades Of Water Law And Policy Reform: A Retrospective And Agenda For The Future, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Patrick & Stowell, P.C., Perkins Coie Llp, The William And Flora Hewlett Foundation

Two Decades of Water Law and Policy Reform: A Retrospective and Agenda for the Future (Summer Conference, June 13-15)

1 v. (various pagings) ; 29 cm

"Sponsors: Hydrosphere Resource Consultants; Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A.; Patrick & Stowell, P.C.; Perkins Coie LLP; The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation."

Conference speakers, moderators and/or panelists included University of Colorado School of Law professors Gary C. Bryner, Douglas S. Kenney, Sarah Krakoff, Kathryn Mutz, David H. Getches, Lawrence J. MacDonnell and James N. Corbridge, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references

The conference will examine the agenda for reforming and improving water law that has developed during the past two decades in the West, assesses what has (and has not) been accomplished by …