When Politics Trumps PolicyI would respond by justifying the programs and providing hard data showing why they work, why they are important, and what would happen if they were canceled. A new governor has a right to know what is going on in the prisons, and a director of a prison system has a duty to make him informed. Therefore I would not capitulate. I would instead reach out to

Informed decision-making is an integral part of the government. Without informed decision-making, life-changing policies and laws may be enacted that could negatively impact a country, a state, a municipality because of lack of foresight, lack of statistics, and lack of knowledge on a key issue. So how does Information Technology play a role in informed decision-making? Information Technology allows policy makers and politicians to gain a better perspective on issues

Policy Analysis Abstract This paper focuses on a bill currently going through Congress that would restrict the right of Americans to voice their support for the oppressed and marginalized Palestinian people by joining in the BDS Movement. This paper discusses why this issue is important to social welfare policy and shows that the bill would deny people the right to advocate by using social, political and economic means. The opposition towards the

S. President George W. Bush. Thus, when the blast in Bali, at the southern point of Indonesia, directed the fury of 9/11 at a popular attraction to Australian holiday-makers, Australia became a nation motivated in foreign policy by the apparent threat of global terrorism. This would be demonstrated by its unwavering willingness to follow the United States even into its poorly-informed and ill-advised invasion of Iraq, providing combat troops and civilian military aid. During the lead- up

783). Gore sees a parallel between the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, after the attack upon Pearl Harbor and the treatment of Arab-Americans in the wake of the Bush Administration's fear-mongering and validation of public prejudices against Muslims. (This attitude conveyed from the top also fostered prejudice amongst ordinary citizens: A commonly-cited complaint of some airplane passengers is that too many 'non obvious' suspects are subject to routine

Introduction Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September 2017, just two weeks of Hurricane Irma had passed through. The Category 5 Maria was bad enough—but the fact that it came on the heels of Irma, also a Category 5 storm made it all the more devastating. Puerto Rico had not even had time to recover from Irma, which had set it up against the ropes, when Maria entered and put