In this case, federal cabinet ministers misused their public authority, and were not upholding the doctrine of ministerial responsibility. ... In fact, the 2011 federal election recorded the second lowest voter turnout at 53.8 per cent (Unknown, 2012). Inevitably, the public's stance of the government has been negative. ... The government directs a senate, which is not idealistic for a stronger democracy. ... To illustrate, the Conservative party are currently in the process of making revisions to the Federal Accountability Act (Torres, 2004). ...

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The increase in minimum wage had been attempted by the federal government and multiple states throughout the country attempting to meet the objective of assisting the lowest waged worker in the hopes of fixing the economy and reducing the rates of poverty. ... The attempt by the federal government and state was found only beneficial to certain minimum waged paying employees and was unsuccessful to the goal of reducing poverty proving to be a poor system. ... This explains one of Mankiw's Principles on "The cost of something is what you give up to get it" (Mankiw) because decision makers ...

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The federal government did not make Marijuana illegal until they passed the Marijuana Tax Act in 1937. ... One year later, the federal government passed the Marijuana Tax Law of 1937, which made the possession of Cannabis illegal, except for medical purposes. ... For the first time the federal government fails to acknowledge any medical uses of Marijuana, even though the government used Marijuana for pain management through several wars. ... The State of New Mexico was the first state to re-acknowledge Marijuana having medical value; the federal government contracts with different universi...

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In short, it stipulates the structures and powers of government and between government and the citizen" (Jones et al. 1994, 279). ... Suspicion of Executive power was tempered by the requirements of political order within the Federal system. The central, of federal government comprised of an institutionally separated Executive in the form of a single elected President, a bicameral Legislature or Congress, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Judiciary or the federal courts which are headed by the Supreme Court. ... The structure provides politicians with the...

• Word Count: 1942
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The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) identified four major users of federal financial reports to be citizens, Congress, federal executives, and federal program managers[FAS93]. However, the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) identified citizens and their elected representatives, such as legislatures, other oversight organizations, and creditors, as the primary beneficiaries of the information in governmental financial reports [GAS13]. ... In order for the DoD Comptroller to achieve these goals for the major end-users, the DoD utilizes the GAO's Standards for...

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Budgeting in the public sector is the most diagnostic process any modern governmental body will undertake. This intricate process is how various priorities are determined upon towards allocating finances to specific public services that help benefit the individuals or constituents they represent in a local, state or federal area. ... In the state and federal level, the process is more formal. ... These limitations are considered when competing governments compare one another. ... It is expected to be a publicly available document that encompasses all funds and accounts controlled by the govern...

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(Dahl (1971) Page 2) Since it is almost impossible for a government to be responsive to all of its citizens, Dahl calls our everyday conception of democracy Polyarchy. ... Dahl's purpose of Polyarchy is to determine conditions favor or impede a transformation into a political regime in which opponents of the government can openly and legally organize into political parties in order to oppose the government in free and fair elections. (Dahl (1971) Page 2) Now considering the political Regime of Nigeria, I can say that it presents a struggle to institutionalize stable governments. In the ...

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Even by trying to correct the lack of skilled workers through mobilization measures, the labour reserve of the GDR was behind the demand of the East German national economy, and, most importantly, far behind the economy of the competing Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). ... Minor economic growth and the rising populations increase caused a constantly rising number of unemployment, so working abroad seemed to be the only solution to the Vietnamese government. ... In addition the study is confirmed by the 'Bundesinstitut für ostwissenschaftliche und internationale Studien', the Fede...

• Word Count: 1950
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This may be handled by either a government or non-government organisation. ... It is Federal legislation introduced to bring various financial services and products under one licensing regime. ... As part of this, state and territory governments have adopted the National credit code, which improves consumer protection for a wide range of credit activities by requiring: credit transactions be standarised across Australia, responsible lending to ensure that consumers are not enticed into credit contracts they can not afford, information to be presented in a clear and easy to-understand format, l...

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More loosely, it alludes to the entire range of democratic reforms that proceeded alongside the Jacksonians' triumph "from expanding the suffrage to restructuring federal institutions. ... The Jacksonians' basic policy thrust, both in Washington and in the states, was to rid government of class biases and dismantle the top-down, credit-driven engines of the market revolution. ... Under the Jacksonians, government-sponsored internal improvements generally fell into disfavor, on the grounds that they were unnecessary expansions of centralized power, beneficial mainly to men with c...

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Corporate social responsibility is the organization's commitment to run in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner while simultaneously acknowledging the interests of its stakeholders, that is, consumers, shareholders, employees, community, government and the environment. ... Some of the laws that Juanita's company include federal guidelines of EEOC, job discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity laws and market forces laws. ...

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Issues that are very contrast between both candidates are the Economy, Health care, the federal debt, social security, education, role of the government and foreign policy. ... The federal debt is another key controversial issue between the candidates; Romney sees it as not only an economic issue but a morale one. His argument is that it is morally unjust to pass on such troubles to the next generation, lines like this is where Americas would be persuaded to agree with Romney, because it is a statement that everyone is able to understand and it simply and smartly undermines Obama suggesting th...

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Third, WHO treaty will be legally binding, it's intended that the treaty will be passed into national law and compliance is enforced by national governments. ... The WHO treaty will be legally binding, it's intended that the treaty will be passed into national law and compliance be enforced by national governments. ... Political entities will view this cooperation as a positive step because it will lower monetary costs that the government pays out each year in smoking-caused incidents, therefore improving valuations for the tobacco companies... $7.1 billion is the annual health c...

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In recent months corporate America has found itself placed under the microscope of scrutiny and interrogation in regards to their chosen behaviors surrounding selected accounting practices and ethical standards regarding violations opposed to federal accounting laws enforced by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). ... The indictment focused on the sale of ImClone stock days before the federal government released their judgment, rejecting the approval of their new cancer drug which was in the later stages of development. ... This budding inconsiderate and arrogant attitude towards the ge...

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Amid the growing dangers of online fraud and cyber attacks, the government of the United States has been struggling to deal with the contentious issues surrounding the concept of internet neutrality (Roson, 2005). ... On the April of 2011, the America's House of Representatives unanimously voted to barricade a "Federal Communications Commission (FCC) net neutrality ruling approved in December 2010 that banned ISPs from blocking traffic on their networks, but allowed providers to 'reasonably' manage their networks and charge consumers based on usage" (Access.org, 2011,...

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There have been various studies on diversity management in the federal government; much less is recognized at the state and local level. ... Frequent recommendations for diversity initiatives at the federal stage comprise: management responsibility, an assessment of organizational formation and processes, consideration to diversity representation, preparation and mentoring programs, recognition and encouragement of nontraditional groups, and an importance on shared values (Wyatt-Nichol & Antwi-Boasiako, 2012). ...

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