The Supreme Court is a powerful legal and political institution in the United States. In decisions such as Bush v. Gore, Roe v. Wade, Brown v. Board of Education, McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, and Miranda v. Arizona, the Court has determined the outcome of a presidential race, declared women have the right to abortions, struck down segregation, upheld campaign finance reform laws, a…
This study addresses the issue of the Information Technology (IT) Governance frameworks and standards that respond to different levels of operational risks, especially those caused by the information systems and technology infrastructure. A requirement analysis regarding Basel II is conducted, a gap analysis between the Information Control Models (ICMs) is performed, and the aggregated IT c…
Requests for temporary assignment of vehicles shall be made on an FM-2, signed by the proper agency supervisor and presented to the dispatcher at the assigning motor pool. In cases where a temporary vehicle is being assigned while a permanent vehicle is being repaired, no supervisor signature is required. Forms shall be provided by MFM to all requesting agencies. Vehicles dispatched from the …
In the past, the world’s ecosystems were able to absorb the ecological damage resulting from extensive industrialization and development. However, the rapid increases in human population, as well as in technological and economic expansion has put increasingly greater demands on the Earth’s natural resources, such as fresh water supplies, which in turn has made it more diffi cult to sust…
Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the longrun performance of a corporation. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic or long-range planning), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. The study of strategic management, therefore, emphasizes the monitoring and evaluating of exte…
Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the longrun performance of a corporation. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic or long-range planning), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. The study of strategic management, therefore, emphasizes the monitoring and evaluating of exte…
Efforts by the international community to promote development and reduce poverty have traditionally concentrated on rural regions, thereby overlooking the urban factor. It was not until the turn of the third millennium that this imbalance was recognized, and then addressed through conferences, reports, and forums on urbanization and the state of the planet’s cities. In the meantime, the …
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Pennsylvania were acts of war against the United States of America and its allies, and against the very idea of civilized society. No cause justifies terrorism. The world must respond and fight this evil that is intent on threatening and destroying our basic freedoms and our way of life. Freedom and fear are at…
This book has been written to help business managers, and the IT teams supporting them, understand why effective enterprise-wide search is essential in any organization, and how to go about the process of meeting user requirements. This could be by improving the existing search application(s) or by specifying and implementing a new search application. Search technology is not easy to understand…
It is becoming evident that a “digital divide” is developing between those who are in a position to take advantage of information technology (IT) enabled opportunities and those who are not. This disadvantage can be caused by the lack of access to information and communication technologies (ICT) or by the lack of skills, experience, motivation, support and awareness that are necessary for m…
The Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law was prepared by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The project arose from a proposal made to the Commission in 1999 that UNCITRAL should undertake further work on insol- vency law, specifically corporate insolvency, to foster and encourage the adoption of effec- tive national corporate insolvency regimes. An exploratory m…
MOST of the chapters in this book are studies of economic develop- ment and policies in -various fields in the years 1945-50. The chapters which now constitute Part II were, however, designed as a background, describing the structure and principal characteris- tics of the British economy. There were obvious disadvantages in splitting up the …