Microeconomic Influence and Governments' Budget Constraints
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A 7 page paper discussing the implications of increasing budgetary restrictions on government at all levels. The effects of greater accountability and still-increasing budgetary restrictions is that governments are expected to operate more as businesses. A business can cease to exist if it fails to serve its customers and make sound economic choices for its own operation, a fate unlikely for government agencies. However, the trend remains toward greater microeconomic influence in government operation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSgovtBudget.wps

Mitigating Shoreline Erosion
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A 3 page paper presenting a preliminary consultant's report to Cypress Cove, CA about shoreline erosion factors and what the town can do to both restore lost beach area and plan for the long term. The paper reviews five possible approaches and recommends that the town undertake mechanical intervention now (sand nourishment) as well as implementing long-term strategies such as dune protection, planting sea grass and using sand fencing to trap and retain blowing sand. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSenvShorEros.rtf

Modernising UK Planning
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This 3 page paper is written in 2 parts. The first part considers if 1 the UK government’s modernization programme deliver a more effective planning system and the second part looks at what the main aims of the current modernisation efforts of UK planning may be from a central government perspective. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEplanmodern.rtf

National Security in the Year 2010
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This 5 page paper examines national security in the United States. What it might be in 2010 is discussed. Various topics include airport security, security at nuclear plants and Internet security. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA509010.rtf

Negating Supply and Demand
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A 2 page paper evaluating the statement, "prices ought to be equal to marginal cost." Without the provision of equal access, public goods can all too quickly become club or even private goods that have been provided at the expense of all taxpayers while not being available to all taxpayers. Prices need to be equal with marginal costs so that the public entity neither loses in or inordinately profits from either the provision or the maintenance of the public good. Otherwise, the good can become exclusionary and therefore not a truly public good meant for the benefit of all taxpayers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSnegSupply.wps

Neo-Liberalism in Australia’s Social Support System
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Before the mid-1990s, public policy was based on a welfare state in which the government was viewed as the answer to all societal ills. For example, in the circumstance where a person was without employment, that person would be assisted by the government with financial support. This changed with globalization, the end of the Cold War and the global market economy. Emulating their new fiscal outlooks, governments began applying “fiscal restraint” to all government policies and programs, which has become one of tenets of the neo-liberal discourse. Bibliography lists 12 sources. jvNeolib.rtf
Filename: jvNeolib.rtf

New Orleans Police Department Corruption
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A 5 page paper that begins with a Table of Contents. The paper discusses the corruption and brutality evident in the New Orleans Police Department. The essay is comprised of numerous examples of the malfeasance and other crimes, including murder, committed by police officers in this department. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGnolpd.rtf

Nuclear Energy - A Viable Alternative
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A 10 page paper that begins with an introduction in which the writer comments on the need and desire for inexpensive energy and also explains the Kyoto Protocol. The essay then provides a brief explanation of the general operation of a nuclear power plant, the number of plants in the world, the two major accidents at nuclear reactor sites. Safety measures that are in place are explained followed by a short discussion on nuclear waste and cooling and disposal process. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGnucpw.rtf

Organizing & Administering Programs For Families & Individuals
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A 10 page paper that deals with the technicalities in starting a nonprofit organization emphasizing the need for an overall strategic plan. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: NonpOrgs.rtf

Perceptions of Risk and Organizational Security Operations
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This 13 page report discusses the fact that the ways in which an organization and its leaders perceive the various risks it faces cannot help but have an impact on how that organization focuses on security issues. There are important elements of fundamental strategic planning processes that should be a part of the effort in order to assure that the best possible, long-term, and effective security program is created. This is as true for governments as it is for Fortune 500 corporations, small businesses, institutions for higher education, or not-for-profit organizations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWpersec.rtf

Performance and Accountability in Public Services
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This 17 page paper looks at issues of performance measurement and accountability, specifically in the public sector in the UK. The paper is divided into four parts. The first considers the need for a stakeholder approach to decision making with the interests of the wider environment and non primary goals to be included. The second part of the paper examines the use of league tables in ranking public service performance. The third part of the paper considers how the NHS is accountable and compares it to local authorities, and the last part of the paper then considers how statistics can be used from a league table and showing what can be ascertained form the tables, and also demonstrates the limitations of performance tables. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEaccuntbty.rtf

Performance-Based Monitoring
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Performance monitoring refers to a system or process for measuring the results achieved by public programs. In this 1 page paper, the writer thoroughly explains the concept, performance indicators, and the role of feedback. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Perfbase.wps

Planning for Sufficient Public Housing
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A 7 page paper discussing considerations for the city council of a fictitious city of 250,000 as the council embarks on a five-year study of zoning to control urban sprawl in the economically healthy and rapidly-growing city. The paper uses the example of the decay of downtown Detroit and sprawl into outlying suburban areas as an example of what to avoid. The paper discusses how changes in zoning laws and allowing private developers downtown areas could have benefited the city, using Portland, Oregon as a positive example. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSurbanHous.wps

Policy Analysis / Paying Teens Money to Avoid Pregnancy
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In this 6 page case analysis, the writer evaluates a plan proposed by Denver, Colorado's Planned Parenthood Chapter to pay certain teenage girls a dollar a day for avoiding pregnancy. The social ramifications of this controversial idea are assessed and the writer takes the position of the National Board for this esteemed association in deciding whether to support or ex-communicated the Denver Chapter for actually implementing the idea-- one that is in direct violation of Planned Parenthood's stated goals and ideology. All sides are considered and recommendations are made. Based on case handout.. no longer available. No Bibliography.
Filename: Policywr.wps