Submit  a 5 to 7 page paper detailing a major program that has been managed,  via the acquisition process, over the past decade, focusing on the  T&E acquisition process.

Submit  a 5 to 7 page paper detailing a major program that has been managed,  via the acquisition process, over the past decade, focusing on the  T&E acquisition process. The content of the paper should demonstrate  your understanding of the acquisition test and evaluation processes  discussed over the past eight weeks.

On  format, double-spaced your paper in Arial or Times New Roman font with  standard 1-inch margins. Do not skip lines between paragraphs and  include a reference or bibliography page in APA format with at least  three sources. Internet sources are acceptable but NOT Wikipedia. Do not  include the separate title page or references/bibliography page in your  page count and cite your sources within the text following APA format  (NOT footnotes).

The paper must be in APA format and must include any references that you use to develop your findings.
Submission Instructions:

•Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
•APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
•Length of paper: typed, double-spaced pages with no less than 5 to 7 pages.
•Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
APA GUIDELINES
University of California Berkeley Library APA Style Citation http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/APAstyle.pdf
Purdue University APA Formatting and Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/#resourcenav
RESEARCH and WRITING
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PLAGIARISM
Avoiding accidental and intentional plagiarism
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RUBRIC

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Analyze three to four (3-4) of the major components of the agency’s human resource system, processes, and performance evaluation plan for hiring and retaining a diversified workforce.

Assignment 4: Evaluation of Agency’s Human Resources Management
Due Week 8 and worth 240 points
As a consultant, you need to develop an in-depth analysis and evaluation of the selected agency’s human resources management system and processes and then provide recommendations for improvement. Therefore, you will conduct interviews with agency representatives and research related academic sources and Websites. The analysis will be read by the VP of Accounts and Client Support as well as by the leaders of the agency for whom you are working.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze three to four (3-4) of the major components of the agency’s human resource system, processes, and performance evaluation plan for hiring and retaining a diversified workforce. (Title this section Human Resource Processes.)
2. Analyze and describe the implications impacting the agency’s current employment trend, growth, and delivery of its products and services. (Title this section Implications of Human Resource Workforce.)
3. Recommend two to three (2-3) managerial and professional skills and competencies required to improve the agency’s workforce by explaining each recommendation, providing reasons each recommendation would bring about improvement, providing two to three (2-3) ways the agency could implement programs in preparation for those skills not visible within the agency’s workforce as a method of promotion and advancement for current employees. (Title this section Succession Planning for Human Resource Management.)
4. Describe the consultant position you are performing by (a) giving it a title; (b) explaining two to three (2-3) major specifications required of the job and how each will be measured in a performance evaluation; and by (c) explaining two to three (2-3) ways this position will be used within the various departments of the agency and for meeting the specific goals / objectives of the agency. (This job description will be provided to the Agency Director who has requested it. As a resource, you are to use the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, located at http://www.occupationalinfo.org/ and published by the U. S. Department of Labor located at www.usajobs.gov. (Title this section Job Analysis and Design.)
5. Provide proof of one to two (1-2) interviews submitting the completed interview form with a list of questions for and responses from each interviewee. (Put this in the Appendix under Interview Forms.)
6. Provide four to five (4-5) relevant and credible outside resources that support the content of this assignment. (Include no more than one (1) non-government Website.)

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The sections must have appropriate titles. The cover page, reference page, and appendix pages are not included in the required assignment page length. The assignment must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recommend ways to improve specific areas of public administration.
• Analyze the major components of the system, processes, and methods for effective human resource management in the public sector.
• Assess external organizational and employee conditions, trends, and implications of these factors for human resource management of the private sector.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
• Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.

Who would be designated as the incident respondent and what are the responsibilities of that person?

Scenario: Imagine you were hired to provide security at a large international church. You are scheduled as the Supervisor on Duty for a particularly crowded service, with the congregation at over 1000 patrons. While patrolling the west side parking lot of the church you are approached by a group running towards you screaming that a man has a gun inside and is shooting.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that addresses the following:

• Who would be designated as the incident respondent and what are the responsibilities of that person?
• Who would the incident commander need to contact immediately?
• What elements of training or preparedness would be vital in this situation?
• Once the situation has ended and the scene has been cleared, what are the responsibilities of the incident response team?

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Discuss one recent real-world example of balance of power, and explain the impact of it.   

Reflect: The U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of our federal government. The Constitution establishes a basic operational framework that enables the three branches of government—executive, legislative, and judicial—to interact and function as a unit. Embedded in this operational framework are two key principles: separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. Think about how these branches interact and the importance of these checks and balances and the separation of powers.

Write: In your initial post, please fully and directly respond to the following:     Explain the difference between checks and balances and the separation of powers, and explain why they are important to our democracy.

Discuss one recent real-world example of checks and balances, and explain the impact of it.

Discuss one recent real-world example of balance of power, and explain the impact of it.

Discuss one recent real-world example of how the Constitution directly protects individual and group rights.

Your initial post must be at least 300 words. If you are citing statistics or outside sources for your examples, please list the website or the reference entry.

Assess a real-life company or organization’s use of Lean, Agile, DFSS, or Design Thinking.

Assess a real-life company or organization’s use of Lean, Agile, DFSS, or Design Thinking. Provide evidence of their processes and outcomes.  Comment on where the organization may find new opportunities to use a methodology covered in this course :

Should be in APA format

Analyze and explain how you interpreted the report in relation to course content.

Unit II Essay

For the Unit II Essay you will need to:

1. Go to the National Governor’s Association website. a. http://www.nga.org/cms/home.html

2. Find the report “Making” Our Future: What States Are Doing to Encourage Growth in Manufacturing through Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Investment”

3. In a maximum of 500 words summarize the report and outline how the report is an example of inter-governmental relations.

a. Analyze and explain how you interpreted the report in relation to course content. Your assignment must:

 Be a minimum of 500 words.

 Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations

and references must follow APA format.

Include a cover page containing the tile of the assignment (Unit II-Essay), the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Based on the current economic indicators, which fiscal policy tools should the government use to reach their economic goals?

I can Analyze economic indicators to determine which fiscal and/or monetary tools to apply to the economy.

1. The president and congressional leaders are currently looking over economic data to decide the appropriate fiscal policy for the upcoming year. Their goal is a 3% average GPD growth rate and an unemployment rate to be below 4%. Current economic indicators are showing that the economy is experiencing an average GPD growth rate of 2% and an unemployment rate of 5.5%. Based on the current economic indicators, which fiscal policy tools should the government use to reach their economic goals? In 3–4 sentences use evidence from the text to justify and explain your answer.

2. Federal reserve board members are analyzing current economic data to decide monetary policy. Their target goal for the economy is for the average god growth not to exceed 4% and for inflation not to exceed 2%. Economic indicators are showing that the current economy is experiencing an average GPD growth for 4.5% and an inflation rate of 4%. Based on current economic indicators, which monetary policy tools should the federal reserve use to reach their goal? In 3–4 sentence’s use evidence from the text to justify ur answer.

How can you justify being prejudiced? 

 need to complete at least two responses (the “Final Posts”) of at least 200 words each to classmates by the dates shown in the course schedule.

First Post:

Business owners or any government official shouldn’t be empowered to deny service to same-sex couples on the basis of their sincerely-held religious beliefs. I never really got the point of being prejudice against them. Are they really bothering you? I mean if you don’t like what they’re doing or how they dressed, you can just look the other way.  I feel like being a business owner you should leave your feelings and judgments at the door. Business should just be about business. If you stop every opportunity that walks through your door, how would you ever make money? Why should you lose business based on what gender or what sexuality they claim? I understand that religion is what causes the disagreement despite that their still human, just like people who like opposite-sex. The way we treat the LGBT community is like how African Americans were treated during segregation. That’s not right and we shouldn’t stand for it.  Whether if it was legal or not, we should all treat each other with respect. Nowadays people are mixing their feelings with their opinion and blowing it out of proportion more than it needs too. I’m not saying you have to support them or anything, but bullying them and being hateful towards them doesn’t solve anything. We shouldn’t shame them for being themselves. They just want to express themselves and not have to hide who they are. So just because your choice of religious belief that doesn’t make it okay for you to belittle someone because of their choice of sexuality.

Second Post :

I am a firm believer, as an American and being raised with an understanding the diversity and mixed cultural values in our society is something that sets the United States apart from most countries. There are many people that have cultural differences or a social value system that is very different from mine, but as I strive to be a productive, law abiding and tax paying citizen I have an obligation to respect the decisions of lifestyles or choices which other people make that are not in violation of the laws.

It is wrong and degrading to discriminate against people for their religious or social beliefs as long as they are operating and living within the legal guidelines of our society. Each day I have to be mindful not to prejudge or look at various people with a biased opinion. Personally, it has taken me many years to understand that I need to be careful in mixing up my feelings about someone’s lifestyle with respecting them as a human being.

I do not believe that any business or government agency should be permitted to provide service to anyone based on their beliefs and values as long as they are not in violation of the law.

My question to those who are of the belief that it is your right or privilege to discriminate against law abiding people who might have different political, social, religious or sexual values vs the individual that comes to your business to patronize with you, but behind closed doors, he is a pedophile, wife beater or a tax cheater.

So where is the argument of discriminating any different?

How can you justify being prejudiced?

An explanation as to how and to what extent this provision has changed the legal landscape

Call to Reconsider Patriot Act

Key Assignment

In October of 2001, the United States enacted the United and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act. This new legislation was an effort to update and strengthen laws governing the investigation and prosecution of terrorism.

Contained within this act were 16 sunset provisions or statues within the law that would expire at the end of 2005. These provisions were all contained within Title II of the act and dealt with enhanced surveillance procedures for use by U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Although these provisions were set to expire in 2005, most of these provisions have since been extended. These provisions include the following sections:

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203(b)

203(d)

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Assignment Guidelines

For this assignment, you must write assessments on 2–3 of these provisions. This assignment is more than just a summary of the chosen provisions and should include an analytical assessment of the provision.

Address the following in 2-3 pages:

Include the following for each of your selected provisions:

An explanation as to how and to what extent this provision has changed the legal landscape

A summary of how U.S. law enforcement and intelligence have used this provision to protect the U.S. homeland.

An analysis of criticisms and controversy over this provision

Recommendations for changes or improvements to this provision

Be sure to reference all source using APA style.

Discuss the common elements of a county-wide EHR.

In this assignment, you will design a plan for the implementation of a new public health informatics process and prepare a researched report on the implementation for the stakeholders.

Review the following scenario:

Centervale County is migrating from a paper-based health records system to an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system within the next five years.

Using scholarly research, design an 8–12-page plan for the implementation of the EHR in a specific organization within Centervale County that includes the following:

Overview

1. Discuss the common elements of a county-wide EHR.
2. Describe one specific organization (e.g., a community clinic, a hospital, the county health lab) that would use the EHR. Make sure to describe its purpose, what type of organization it is, the mix and demographics of the clients, types of services provided, local resources, and other information to help thoroughly understand the data needs of the organization.
3. Describe how the EHR would be used by the organization.
4. Describe the type of data that the organization collects and propose a simple informatics system (data set) to manage this type of data. Give a tabular example of at least five variables in this data set.

Risk Management Plan

1. Identify and explain the interoperability (technology), confidentiality, and security issues of such a system.
2. Propose recommendations to address the interoperability, confidentiality, and security issues and explain how these recommendations, if implemented, will mitigate problems.

Communication Plan

1. Identify and assess the internal and external stakeholders and leadership that influence the system’s development, implementation, and evaluation.
2. Describe the communication plans for working with leadership and stakeholders.

Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.

Assignment ComponentsMaximum PointsDiscuss the common elements of an EHR.8Describe one, specific organization that would use the EHR (e.g., a community clinic, a hospital, the county health lab). Make sure to describe its purpose, what type of organization it is, the mix and demographics of the clients, types of services provided, local resources, and other information to help thoroughly understand the needs of the organization.12

Describe how the EHR would be used by the organization.

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Describe the type of data that the organization collects and propose a simple informatics system (data set) to manage this type of data. Give a tabular example of at least five variables in this data set.

20Identify and explain the interoperability (technology), confidentiality, and security issues of such a system.20

Propose recommendations to address the interoperability, confidentiality, and security issues and explain how these recommendations, if implemented, will mitigate problems.

28Identify and assess the internal and external stakeholders and leadership that influence the system’s development, implementation, and evaluation.28

Describe the communication plans for working with leadership and stakeholders.

16Standard ComponentsOrganization
Write with clear organization, appropriate to required format, including introduction, thesis/main idea, transitions, and conclusion, when appropriate.12

Usage and Mechanics
Write using proper grammar, spelling, usage, and mechanics appropriate to the required format.

12APA Elements
Include proper attribution, paraphrasing, and quotations of all sources.12

Audience and Communication
Write specifically to key audience, using terminology and tone appropriate for the format, audience, and assignment.

12Total:200