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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dawnbreaker Vol 56 No 1 (Fall 2008), Dawnbreaker Staff
Dawnbreaker Vol 56 No 1 (Fall 2008), Dawnbreaker Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Model Identity Theft Policy And Facta Compliance, Josh Jones
Model Identity Theft Policy And Facta Compliance, Josh Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
Includes background information on FACTA, model identity theft policy, and resolution.
Your Municipal Code: Adopting It And Keeping It Up-To-Date, Steve Lobertini
Your Municipal Code: Adopting It And Keeping It Up-To-Date, Steve Lobertini
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This guide explains code adoption and requirements and how to keep municipal codes current.
Purchasing Guide For Tennessee Municipalities (2008), Rick Whitehead, Ralph Cross, Mike Tallent
Purchasing Guide For Tennessee Municipalities (2008), Rick Whitehead, Ralph Cross, Mike Tallent
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This guide is designed to answer questions about purchasing and to save cities money. Includes sample forms and ordinances.
City Recorder Certification Update (2008), Margaret Norris
City Recorder Certification Update (2008), Margaret Norris
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
In 1994 Chapter 648 of Public Acts of 1994 added a law that required municipal clerks and recorders to become certified by completing 100 hours of education. The legislation also required that the certification be maintained by obtaining 18 hours of continuing education every three years.
Organizational Credibility Counts, Christine G. Springer
Organizational Credibility Counts, Christine G. Springer
Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications
As economic stressors increase and voting participation decreases, it is important for public administrators to find ways to minimize the negative consequences of distrust in government and to rebuild credibility by making the necessary changes to organizational culture, improving business practices, working with the media to build new more positive relationships, and by accentuating the good news about progress made. Events like Hurricane Katrina tragically teach us how long lasting one negative event can truly be because it is truly a disaster not only for those directly affected but also for those indirectly involved due to its negative affect on …
Empowering The Public Health Service, Louis Graham
Empowering The Public Health Service, Louis Graham
Louis F Graham
An Economic Development Plan For Boulder City, Mel Barosay, Amber Z. Cunningham, Dollinda Fields, Silas Prince
An Economic Development Plan For Boulder City, Mel Barosay, Amber Z. Cunningham, Dollinda Fields, Silas Prince
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Boulder City is rich with natural resources such as abundant land, 50% of Hoover Dam's power generation at cheap rates, and a high priority right of Colorado River Water. In addition to low utility rates, Boulder City residents have the lowest property taxes by far compared to other cities in southern Nevada. Unfortunately due to needed infrastructure replacement and new expenses facing Boulder City, such as paying for a portion of the third intake at Lake Mead, revenue is no longer covering the city's expenses.
Through the previous group's (grad students of the Spring 2008 Semester) research, we combined both …
Hot Topic: Public Chapter 779 Water And Sewer Rate Study, Randy Gustafson
Hot Topic: Public Chapter 779 Water And Sewer Rate Study, Randy Gustafson
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
MTAS will be assisting the Water and Wastewater Funding Board in surveying cities about water rates, sewer rates, and tap fees, as well as sanitation and recycling efforts, following the MURTS format.
Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2008), Sharon Rollins
Finding Money For Municipal Water, Wastewater And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee (2008), Sharon Rollins
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This guide provides an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.
Confronting Fiscal Stress In Municipal Governments: Support By Michigan Residents For Eight Common Strategies, Jered Carr
Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation
This report discusses findings from a survey of 660 randomly selected Michigan residents in winter 2007. The survey examined attitudes of Michigan residents toward eight strategies to resolving situations where current revenues are inadequate to support local services at past levels. The strategies examined fall into two broad categories. The first set (tax increases, state and federal aid) seeks to increase local revenues available to support services at previously existing levels and quality. The second set of strategies focus on reducing the costs of providing services with the objective of maintaining previous levels at a lower cost. This set includes …
Book Review 16 Wellness Leadership: Creating Supportive Environments For Healthier And More Productive Employees By Judd Allen, Ph.D., William C. Mcpeck
Book Review 16 Wellness Leadership: Creating Supportive Environments For Healthier And More Productive Employees By Judd Allen, Ph.D., William C. Mcpeck
William C. McPeck
This is my personal review of Wellness Leadership: Creating supportive environments for healthier and more productive employees by Judd Allen, Ph.D. which was published in 2008 by Healthycultures.com.
Technical Bulletins: Interviewing And The Law (2008), Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Interviewing And The Law (2008), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Congress provided Federal legal enforcement for equal employment in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with strengthening amendments added in 1972.
The Competitive Cable And Video Services Act: Increasing Competition And Diminishing Local Authority, Melissa Ashburn
The Competitive Cable And Video Services Act: Increasing Competition And Diminishing Local Authority, Melissa Ashburn
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This legislation is part of the national trend to diminish or eliminate the franchising authority of cities by granting cable companies the right to provide services without negotiating agreements with local governments.
Municipal Personnel Report: Recruiting And Selecting Management And Professional Personnel, Warren Nevad
Municipal Personnel Report: Recruiting And Selecting Management And Professional Personnel, Warren Nevad
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This publication provides local governments with basic information and a general framework for recruiting, interviewing, and selecting managerial and professional personnel.
August Roundtable: Introduction
August Roundtable: Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
"Still knocking, as the doors close." The Economist. June 19, 2008.
Sustainability Evaluation: Development And Validation Of An Evaluation Checklist, Daniela C. Schroeter
Sustainability Evaluation: Development And Validation Of An Evaluation Checklist, Daniela C. Schroeter
Dissertations
Sustainability permeates many levels of human activity. Interest in sustainability is grounded primarily in the sustainable development field which is concerned with the survival of humans on planet earth, and with the growing demands of meeting people's long-term needs. In the North American evaluation literature, however, sustainability is primarily thought of in terms of continuing program activity beyond initial funding cycles via diversification of funding streams or institutionalization.
Two distinct perspectives for evaluating sustainability were identified. The first is concerned with micro-level issues related to the continuation of programs, policies, and other types of human action. The second is a …
Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness, Wesley A. Martz
Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness, Wesley A. Martz
Dissertations
If organizations are to survive and achieve long-run viability, they must be effective. Yet organizational effectiveness evaluation has been limited by a variety of factors--especially the ambiguity surrounding the concept of organizational effectiveness itself. The long-established approaches used by organizational theorists to define organizational effectiveness have emphasized different perspectives with respect to the organization type and degrees of importance of the various constituency groups comprising the organization. Moreover, definitions of the organization and organizational effectiveness have focused primarily on the dissimilarities among organizations and their constituencies, conceding efforts to identify commonalities . This has led to increased fragmentation of the …
Cooperative Federal Structure: A Workable Political-Economy Approach For A New Nepal, Alok Bohara
Cooperative Federal Structure: A Workable Political-Economy Approach For A New Nepal, Alok Bohara
Himalayan Research Papers Archive
The two main ethnocentric proposals for a federal structure –9 ethnic enclaves [CPN (M)] and the 1000 KM long east-west narrow corridor(s) [e.g., Madhesi parties’ demand for a single Terai state] as state(s)— are the two formal proposals that have drawn much attention of the lawmakers. Many, including this author, are of the view that the restructuring of the state needs to go beyond the cultural sentiment to incorporate many other issues such as: ecological interdependence, economy of scale, ethnic harmony, and comparative resource endowments. To that end, a cooperative federal structure proposed here takes the twelve ethnic regional enclaves …
Technical Bulletins: Considerations For Any City Thinking About Developing A New Sewer System, Sharon Rollins
Technical Bulletins: Considerations For Any City Thinking About Developing A New Sewer System, Sharon Rollins
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Ask lots of questions and get answers you can live with before building a centralized sewer system.
Hot Topic: New Reporting Requirement For Traffic Courts, Rex Barton
Hot Topic: New Reporting Requirement For Traffic Courts, Rex Barton
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The purpose of the law is to create a database of traffic offenders who have had their traffic offenses dismissed upon completion of a driver improvement class or traffic school.
Hot Topic: Flsa Reminder: Congress Increased Minimum Wage (2008), Richard Stokes
Hot Topic: Flsa Reminder: Congress Increased Minimum Wage (2008), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The FLSA has been amended to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps.
Technical Bulletins: How To Conduct A City Council Meeting Based On Roberts' Rules Of Order, Melissa Ashburn
Technical Bulletins: How To Conduct A City Council Meeting Based On Roberts' Rules Of Order, Melissa Ashburn
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
A guide to conducting city council meetings that includes the duties of the mayor and the city recorder, handling of motions, and keeping the minutes.
Who Benefits? : A Multilevel Analysis Of The Impact Of Oregon's Volunteer Mentor Program For Postsecondary Access On Scholarship Applicants, Alisha Ann Lund-Chaix
Who Benefits? : A Multilevel Analysis Of The Impact Of Oregon's Volunteer Mentor Program For Postsecondary Access On Scholarship Applicants, Alisha Ann Lund-Chaix
Dissertations and Theses
Despite four decades of national policy interventions, equal access to postsecondary education has not been achieved. Though gains have been made, students of color, low-income students, and first generation students are still excluded from postsecondary participation. Early intervention programs and privately funded scholarships are among the many public and private voluntary responses to this problem.
Oregon's state-supported, school-based, volunteer mentoring program for equalizing postsecondary opportunities grew out of a long-standing partnership between a state administrative agency and statewide community foundation. Key program features reflect its origin: open eligibility for any student who wants to participate and reliance on a primary …
A Public Policy Institute Year Of Discovery: Building Capacity For Citizen Dialogue, Gary Petree
A Public Policy Institute Year Of Discovery: Building Capacity For Citizen Dialogue, Gary Petree
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
“A year of discovery” best describes the first year of Public Policy Institute (PPI) activity at the University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS).
Hot Topic: Federal Mileage Rate Increase Effective July 1, 2008, Dick Phebus
Hot Topic: Federal Mileage Rate Increase Effective July 1, 2008, Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The optional standard mileage rate increased to 58.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008.
Managing The Future: Why Some Ontario Municipalities Are Not Engaging In Succession Planning, Jessie Carson
Managing The Future: Why Some Ontario Municipalities Are Not Engaging In Succession Planning, Jessie Carson
MPA Major Research Papers
This paper examines why some Ontario municipalities choose not to engage in succession planning, which ensures continuous staffing by identifying how positions will be filled. A survey of members of the Ontario Municipal Human Resources Association was conducted. The findings reveal that most Ontario municipalities are not engaging in succession planning because other immediate organizational challenges take priority.
Women In Municipal Politics: Barriers To Participation, Carol Down
Women In Municipal Politics: Barriers To Participation, Carol Down
MPA Major Research Papers
This paper examines the barriers to participation that women face when attempting to enter municipal politics based on a review of the programs and recommendations made by three initiatives that have been developed by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Equal Voice, and the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities to increase the number of women in municipal government. The findings reveal that the barriers to participation can only be removed through major political and cultural changes and the deterrents to equal participation, such as systemic discrimination, sexism, power gender imbalances, and the marginalization of women and minorities, must be addressed …
Monitoring Contracted Provider Service Delivery In The Hollow State: Understanding Barriers Preventing Proper Use Of Service Monitoring Tools, Kristina T. Lambright
Monitoring Contracted Provider Service Delivery In The Hollow State: Understanding Barriers Preventing Proper Use Of Service Monitoring Tools, Kristina T. Lambright
Public Administration Faculty Scholarship
The article discusses the barriers that prevent a contracted provider from using service monitoring tool, any source of information used by a government agency to monitor service inputs, outputs, and outcomes that a contracted provider is required to give to a government agency. A motivation barrier exists when the contracted provider is unwilling to use the tool properly. In addition, an ability barrier exists when the contracted provider lacks the resources or skills to use to tool.
The Relationship Of Patient Falls To Prevention Policies In Hospitals: A Case Study, Cornelia Branzan
The Relationship Of Patient Falls To Prevention Policies In Hospitals: A Case Study, Cornelia Branzan
Master in Public Administration Theses
There have been a lot of studies over the past decade on patient falls, risk factors, and strategies for preventing the falls. However, these studies provide answers for long term care; acute care and community hospitals need more specific interventions. Falls and their consequences are important for patients and families, health care providers, insurance companies, state agencies, hospital accreditation, and others. Furthermore, they are causing psychological and physiological injuries among the patients, take a greater time to recover, prolong hospitalization [15 days in Switzerland, Sweden, USA, Western Australia, Province of British Columbia and Quebec in Canada www.stopfalls.com )] and increase …