Essays on Federal Agency

The Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) is the statute that allows for the recovery of damages against the United States (Cann 487). This Act allows prisoners of the federal government and pretrial detainees in federal correction facilities to file lawsuits against the United States if a federal officer injures them. The Federal Torts Claims Act enables a litigant to sue the federal government over torts committed by its employees (Cann 487). The United States has no qualified immunity under this Act. It is important to note that the Act does not limit a noncitizen from suing the federal government. ...

Primary Audience

The primary audiences of Mayo Clinic are people searching for information on clinical healing for themselves or their loved ones. On the other hand, the CDC’s primary audience is general public, media and medical professionals. CDC works to provide information of latest public health issues and safety via controlling and preventing diseases, disability and injury. The audience who visit Mayo Clinic are searching for information on diagnosis or prevention of diseases or the ways to treat diseases. The primary audience at CDC is aware that articles and information shared on the site would help them to remain aware ...

Regulation at all federal levels plays a vital role in healthcare and health insurance coverage. Overall, different regulatory available aim at protecting members of the public from health-related risks. They also offer numerous programs through which local, state and federal agencies adhere to health and welfare related activities. Currently, many of these agencies develop and implement regulations that target only federal but also private organizations (Field, 2008). Therefore, regulation is necessary to ensure health promotion and compliance as well as offer safe services to consumers. The relevant agencies achieve this through facility monitoring, safety promotion, and information provision activities. ...

Question 1

The Environmental Protection Agency was created through an executive order by President Richard Nixon. The Federal Agency was created for the purposes of enforcing the environmental statutes enacted by the Congress. Just like any other federal agency, the Environmental Protection Agency has the powers associated with the three arms of the government. It can legislate, administer and adjudicate. The regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency have to be published in the Federal Register. If they are positively receipted they gain the force of law after 90 days. The Agency uses fines ...

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Bonds are an attractive investment assets and are appealing for any investor because of fixed interest income option which is not available in stocks. Furthermore, certain bonds as Treasury and Federal Agency bonds also offers tax advantages to the investor. Thus, such distinctive feature makes bonds an appealing investment class.

Some of the bonds which are currently available are:

- Treasury Bonds - Agency Bonds - Municipal Bonds - Corporate Bonds

Below are some common investment objectives that can be fulfilled through investment in Bonds:

i) Fixed Income Security: Since bonds are fixed income securities, they are known to offer a certain interest income depending on the type of bond purchased by the investor. This feature is not available in ...

Central Financial Protection Bureau: Roles and Functions

Central Financial Protection Bureau is one of the new federal agency created during 2011 after its concept was included as part of Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act. In the wake of financial crisis of 2007-08, where many investors were left bankrupt after they invested in risky products without even understanding the nature of the investment, it was important for the federal government to establish an agency that could regulate financial products and also have supervisory powers to protect the consumers. CFPB has the responsibility to oversee financial products and services being offered to the consumers. Infact, CFPB ...

The History and Modernization of Poultry Inspection Systems in the United States and the Food Safety Hazards that are Being Diminished because of Those Systems

Abstract

The accessibility, health benefits and low cost have kept the demand for poultry consumption up and poultry slaughter production plants moving forward; however, up until recent years there has been a lack of quality inspection standards leading to an increased amount of food safety issues. The pathogens that contaminate raw poultry products for human consumption are an issue in the United States. There have been new advances in technology which has led to an improvement ...

Question 1 Executive Order 10340 by President Harry Truman

Summary of the Executive Order Executive Order 10340, which was issued on April 8, 1952 by President Harry Truman, directed the Secretary of Commerce to take possession of all steel companies and their corresponding properties and facilities listed in the EO. The EO listed more than 80 steel companies located all over the country. The Secretary was also directed to operate or cause the operation of such facilities with the help of any entities, public or private, as he may designate. The EO further directed the Secretary to do the following: determine the terms and conditions of employment ...

This paper will focus on the laws and ethics that the agency implements so that they may hire a workforce that is diverse. The introduction briefly explains about the ethics and laws that the agency puts in place to achieve this task. An analysis of three court laws and decisions that affect the management of the personnel in the agency will be given. The system’s goals and the practices based on diverse workforce recruitment will follow. There will be an evaluation of the approaches that the agency has put in place about the ethics and training programs made available ...

The eventual goal of any proposal is to attract and convince potential funders. These funders, however, are hard to come by .One has to research about all potential funders that can associate with the mission of the drafted proposal (Frey, 2008). Several techniques have been established for individuals to effectively track or locate, contact and in the end cultivate funders for a project. This paper will objectively try to investigate and note techniques that encompass three core activities; location of grant funders, researching the donor and presentation of a funds requisition letter. There are several ways of identifying potential funders ...

Memo to Report Inappropriate Behaviour

Memo to Report Inappropriate Behaviour

SUMMARY

The main purpose of this memo is to express distaste and report an uncomfortable behavior from an employee who has gone against the work policies that emphasize on the maintenance of a peaceful and respectful work environment. The employee exhibited an inappropriate form of behavior towards her supervisor in a federal agency at her supervisor’s office. It is important and of crucial significance to make sure that the hostility from the employee is reported and an appropriate disciplinary and counseling measure is taken. Disciplinary actions are necessary measures that have to be taken in the ...

Facilitator:

Abstract Sexual harassment has been a recurrent issue that has haunted the federal and government agencies for a long time. It involves undesirable sexual advances in the workplace. Efforts have been underway since the early 1990s to regulate sexual harassment. However, cases seem to be on the rise despite the concerted efforts to eliminate it. The federal agencies and courts considered the need of declaring sexual harassment illegal to contain the practice. Through proper rules and regulations that are well implemented and government involvement, sexual harassment can be tamed. Employers need to secure policies against harassment of their workers. Furthermore, ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Prior to the first space missions that enabled the world to see beyond the planet, the public had many misconceptions over what is out there in the universe. There were a few mentions of space people that are bent in destroying mankind or even technologies that could only be seen in the future. Some also speculated that there is a different kind of world out there that is waiting to be discovered, and there were also a few who believed that once man sees the world outside Earth, a lot of unanswered questions would be brought to light such as the beginning of ...

Introduction

The federal government system functions with hundreds of federal agencies and administrative offices. These federal agencies have specific purposes and were formed through enactment of congress. Congress has been given the mandate to create such agencies and these agencies are answerable to congress at any point in time. Some agencies are formed under cabinet departments while others are independent agencies. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is one such federal agency. The DEA, as the name suggests, is cabinet agency formed in response to the drug menace that has hit the country in the 1970s. Its sole purpose is to ...

Risk management cycle and strategy of disaster

Introduction Hurricane sandy is one of the major disasters ever to hit North America. The storm caused devastation in parts of the Northeastern United Sates, mid-Atlantic, and the Caribbean. Other parts of the region also experienced effects of the storm but the severity was mild. The storm is linked to the impact of climate change experienced in the globe. Scientists have argued that increased emission of greenhouse gasses is causing one of the major environmental risks of global warming and climate change. Some of the major disasters witnessed in the world today are a direct result of increased emission ...

Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team (PRO-V-DST)

The Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team is a program that facilitates a network of professional building inspectors, structural engineers, and architects who form damage survey teams (FEMA, 2000). These teams can be employed by the local governments and state agencies to evaluate the structures and survey the extent of damage to buildings following a disaster (FEMA, 2000). This is important step that need to be carried out and often neglected or taken too much time to carry out.

The PRO-V-DST is an effective method of networking and bringing together the professionals. The program originated in the state of Texas. The participating professionals ...

The concept of consumer protection can to be summarized as all efforts in developing structures and legal responses to outrage and crises developed by consumption of substandard products. Americans have in the past been subjected to consuming products that are a dangerous to the health. Once the dangerous nature of such products is known to the public, public outrage is usually the first response and such outrage is usually directed at any form of government, either federal or state. To this end, several government agencies and bureaucracies have been developed to address protection of consumers. These agencies have either federal ...