Local Public Agencies

Continued part 1, part 2 of ebook "Tourism: Politics and public sector management" provides readers with contents including: management at the local level; public management and the private sector; management of tourism control; conclusions and the future;...

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A notice by the Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) was published on December 14, 2014 regarding the revised “Draft Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews”.

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This book was first written following the tsunami in December 2004. The massive and sudden arrival of volunteers and non-government organisations into affected areas needed to link closely with local and government agencies and a „tsunami‟ of meetings was set up. Some meetings had unclear objectives, others were uncertain of the participant list or who should initiate the assembly; yet others were hampered by the damaged infrastructure and communicating systems. So this publication was produced by ...

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Fiscal records pertain to the financial transactions of the agency, such as budgets, ledgers, allotments, payrolls and vouchers. After some records have served a basic administrative function, they may still have sufficient fiscal value to justify additional retention to protect the agency against court action and/or audits. Some records will also have enduring value because they reflect significant historical events or document the history and development of an agency. Others contain accumulated data that can be useful for both scientific and genealogical research.

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The goal of Florida’s Records Management Program is to provide professional assistance to state and local government agencies in managing the records and information required to take care of the business of government in an effective and cost-efficient manner. This is a particularly challenging goal in the 21st century. Florida public agencies generate and process information on an unprecedented scale, hastened by the rapid advance of technology.

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This handbook is intended to assist the creators and users of electronic records, information technology (IT) staff, records management (RM) staff, and agency managers in managing electronic records in an effective, cost-efficient manner that also accommodates their public records responsibilities. The handbook emphasizes the crucial role of records maintenance and disposition in managing electronic records and is designed to be used in conjunction with the Department of State’s Basics of Records Management handbook. Available at http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/handbooks/basics.

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Special events often bring attention and significant economic benefits and opportunities to local communities. These could include an influx of revenue into the local community, such as the hotel and restaurant industry. Local event planners must not sacrifice public safety for the sake of economic benefit. Certain businesses in a community may be adversely affected by certain requirements of the special event, such as closing streets in a commercial area or increased traffic in residential areas.

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The promoter or sponsor must be involved in all of the planning phases to ensure a successful event. Often, the promoter is interested in monetary gain more than he or she is interested in public safety. If this appears to be his or her primary goal, local agency participation is essential. You may encourage the promoter to cooperate by linking attendance at planning meetings with the permit process and issuance. For example, the permit to host the event may require the promoter’s presence at the initial planning meeting. Teamwork promotes successful events. One way...

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The lead agency must also coordinate with other agencies and review security plans for infrastructure and utilities that could threaten event security (local water supply, water treatment facilities, electricity supply, communications grid, sewer system, computer systems, etc.). At some special events, manhole covers have been welded shut near the event venues. Often, newspaper dispensers and public trash cans are removed before an event (they can be hiding places for bombs and can be used as missiles to harm law enforcement or destroy property). When such measures...

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Intelligence functions—before, during, and after an event—are critical for event security. In addition to drawing on local and state intelligence resources, many law enforcement agencies receive support from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) and Field Intelligence Groups (FIG). he Secret Service may also assist with intelligence on dangerous subjects who have threatened public oicials. With respect to intelligence functions during events, the guidelines report briely discusses practices related to intelligence gathering, communication, and management (e.g.

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The abolition of the Audit Commission will also impact on the audit arrangements for local health bodies. Currently, the Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts are audited under the Audit Commission framework. The Health and Social Care Bill, currently before Parliament, aims to abolish Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts and provides for all NHS Trusts to become Foundation Trusts by 2014.

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The proposed new local audit regime would continue to provide Parliament with the assurances it needs on public spending. The National Audit Office would prepare the Codes of audit practice, which prescribe the way in which auditors are to carry out their functions, and which would continue to be approved by Parliament, and associated guidance. The National Audit Office would also continue to audit Government departments providing funding to local public bodies and will continue to receive Whole of Government Accounts returns.

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.The research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community under Contract DASW01-01-C-0004. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Davis, Lois M. Combating terrorism : how prepared are state and local response organizations? / Lois M.

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An infrastructure bank could be particularly effective at leveraging additional investment because it would be able to make such investment more attractive to private investors. A federal bank could help inexperienced states and localities develop attractive public-private partnerships and could connect willing private partners with these investment opportunities.

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Millions of adults in the U.S. report that they speak limited English, and English language ability appears linked to multiple dimensions of adult life, such as civic participation and workforce participation and mobility.

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The participants generally preferred to use and recommend materials that are in the public domain and not subject to copyright, and most of the organizations they represent want their information to reach the public unhindered. Materials produced by or funded by the Federal and most state and local government generally can’t be copyrighted and are in the public domain. Increasingly, such materials are posted on the Internet. In addition, a participant stated that if an agency is producing something with outside support, they should be required to make it freely available.

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We find that the market capitalization of railroads (SIC 4000) in the CRSP population is 12 percent of the total. We find that the market capitalization of public utilities, including electric, gas, and sanitary services (SIC 4900), as well as communications (SIC 4800) and local and interurban passenger transit (SIC 4100) accounts for 17 percent of the total market capitalization of the CRSP population of companies. The remaining 71 percent is considered to be in industrials.

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The creation of quick jobs, as opposed to training, often results in the creation of too many bricklayers, often of not very good caliber. So that when the fund goes, people are no more able to get a good job than before. Sometimes there is a contradiction between building quality projects and using local labor, because when asked, municipalities often want quality projects. And yet bilateral and multilateral agencies say they want local labor to be employed. Finally, there are some environmental issues.

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The Enforcement Division is responsible for the investigation of all consumer complaints and statutory reports referred from the Data Repository Committee. The Consumer Protection Unit of the Enforcement Division coordinates the initial review of all complaints as part of its “triage’’ process. Complaints with allegations of substandard care are reviewed by experienced clinical nurses from the division’s Clinical Care Unit and then sent to outside expert reviewers.

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The HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan has three parts, the first two of which are contained in this document. Part 1, the Strategic Plan outlines federal plans and preparation for public health and medical support in the event of a pandemic. It identifies key roles of HHS and its agencies in a pandemic and provides planning assumptions for federal, state and local governments and public health operations plans. Part 2, Public Health Guidance for State and Local Partners, provides detailed guidance to state and local health departments in 11 key areas.

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