... Almost half of the country’s children under five are classed as chronically malnourished, and more than a third of Indians aged 15 to 49 are undernourished, according to India’s National Family Health Survey in 2006, the latest data available. Who it affects: The bill, if passed, would provide subsidized food grain to 75% of India’s estimated 833 million rural population and 50% of an estimated 377 million urban population. Under the program, beneficiaries can get a total of five kilograms of subsidized rice, wheat and coarse grains a month. These can be bought at prices ranging from one to three rupees (approximately two to five U.S. cents) a kilogram, far cheaper than market rates of 20 to 25 rupees. How it works: The state-run Food Corporation of India will distribute subsidized grains through a nationwide network of “fair price shops.” In 2011, the latest year for which government data are available, the FCI ran more than 505,000 fair price shops in India. Cost: The government says it will spend about $4 billion a year on the program. More In Food-Security-Bill * ‘GM Crops Won’t Solve India’s Food Crisis’ * No More Business Class for Indian Bureaucrats * Timeline: India’s Food Security Bill * Where India’s Food Bill Fails Children * How Chhattisgarh’s Food Security Law Works Criticism: The bill has been criticized by opponents of the ruling Congress party and some food security analysts. Many see it as an attempt by the Congress party to woo...
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...CONTENTS Your References ....................................................................... i Pay and Allowances ........................................................ 1 Basic Pay .................................................................... 1 Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) ...................... 1 Housing Allowances .................................................... 2 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) .................... 3 Transit Housing Allowance (BAH-T) .................... 3 BAH Partial .......................................................... 3 BAH Differential (BAH-DIFF) ............................... 3 Family Separation Housing - BAH (FSH-B) ......... 4 Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) .................. 4 Family Separation Housing - OHA (FSH-O) ........ 4 Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP) .................................. 5 Hardship Duty Pay – Location (HDP-L) ....................... 6 Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) ................................. 6 CONUS Cost of Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) ..... 6 Family Separation Allowance (FSA) ............................ 7 Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA) . 7 Dislocation Allowance (DLA)........................................ 8 Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA) .......................... 8 Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) ............................. 8 Adoption Reimbursement Expenses ............................ 9 Dental Insurance ......................................................
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...Modify Social Security During the depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the Social Security program in hopes of it providing insurance to what would inevitably happen in our lives. Established in 1935, it was geared to be solely a retirement program and quickly in 1939 added survivor benefits to the list; then insurances for the disabled in 1965. The original purpose of Social Security Act was to establish a system for the old-aged and adequate provisions for survivors of the dead and the disabled. The Act itself had good intentions of creating a sound Social Security board and increase revenue. According to www.ssa.gov, “The new social insurance program the Committee on Economic Security (CES) was designing in 1934 was different than welfare in that it was a contributory program in which workers and their employers paid for the cost of the benefits--with the government's role being that of the fund's administrator, rather than its payer. This was very important to President Roosevelt who signaled early on that he did not want the federal government to subsidize the program--that it was to be "self-supporting." He would eventually observe: "If I have anything to say about it, it will always be contributed, both on the part of the employer and the employee, on a sound actuarial basis. It means no money out of the Treasury."” From the time the Social Security program was establish in 1935 to 1960’s the payroll taxes increased from 2% to 6%. Then in 1972 the cost-of-living-adjustments...
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...is not global warming, terrorism, drugs and violence or even wars, it is our entitlement programs. The big three are Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Medicare, being the largest, is the health insurance provided for people 65 and older and for younger people with disabilities. The debt that this program alone creates, will transform this country for the worst. With the baby-boomers starting to retire, Medicare spending is expected to skyrocket. Although many feel Medicare is necessary, it is economically problematic for the future of our country. One problem is Medicare’s relationships with physicians are deteriorating. With politicians realizing there are problems, it is easier for them to cut the payments to doctors then to cut the benefits to the patients. Between 2001 and 2010, doctor payments from Medicare have risen only one percent but the physician costs have gone up 22 percent (Childress). According to a 2011 article by Daniel E. Fass, MD, “physicians are in for a 29% slash in Medicare reimbursements this year.” More and more physicians are deciding not to accept Medicare patients. For example, the clinic Qliance decided not to accept both Medicare and private insurance. Only one person is needed to do the billing for 12 doctors. They were able to cut their costs by 40% just by reducing the enormous paperwork and cutting the red tape that held them hostage to the government system (Childress). Without some change in policy, more physicians are going...
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...research materials in their custody available as soon as national security and personal privacy considerations permit, undertaking outreach programs aimed at informing potential users of their content and availability, and actively encouraging the exploitation of archives as a means of bettering society therefore this essay is designed to discuss the statement that archives are old documents which have no value to society, this will be done by looking at the importance of archives it will first start by defining the key term which is archive. Existed since ancient times, According to James O’Toole (1990), the term “archives” was originally used to “designate all collections of written records”. In the modern world, however, the word “archives” is commonly used in three different senses. First, archives are documents that are created or accumulated by an individual or an organization in the normal course of business. Second, archives are the independent agencies or programs within institutions that are responsible for selecting, preserving, and providing access to archival documents. Finally, archives are the buildings or repositories that house collections of archival documents. Archival institutions select, preserve, and make their records accessible for a number of reasons, including legal, financial, and administrative purposes. Government archives (at the federal, state or local level) that administer public records,...
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...types of federal grants: categorical aid, which is specified for a specific use or program; and block grants, which are less specific and are designed to reduce the federal burden or responsibilities on certain programs. Block grants are used as a tool for redistributing power and accountably by using devolution and decentralization of authority (Conlan and Posner, 2008, 264). Sternberg has divided block grants into three distinct approaches: full devolution, partial devolution, and intergovernmental decentralization. Full devolution is the total removal and redistribution of federal policy, funding, regulatory, and administrative responsibilities (Conlan and Posner, 2008, 264). In the 1990s, this was referred to as “devolution revolution” and consisted of rhetoric proposing to push more power away from the federal government and down to the state and local levels. Full devolution was not popular and was only successful a few times, using legislative, executive, and administrative devolution to shift functional responsibilities from the federal level to state governments, for example, the regulation of marine port pilots, insurance, interstate horse racing, shipping, and boundary waters (Conlan and Posner, 2008, 264). In an attempt to be more successful than full devolution, approaches were made for partial devolution, where states could exercise more authority and discretion, but the federal government was still involved in major policy, programmatic and financial ways (Conlan and...
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...www.australiaawards.gov.au www.australiaawards.gov.au Australia Awards Scholarships Policy Handbook February 2014 Australia Awards Scholarships Policy Handbook February 2014 You must read this Scholarships Policy Handbook carefully and fully understand its contents before signing the Contract with the Commonwealth of Australia. The handbook is provided to answer any questions you may have about your scholarship. Please also read the other information in your pre-departure pack and follow the instructions carefully. For further assistance, please contact DFAT at scholarships@dfat.gov.au This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyrights Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Attorney-General’s Department, Robert Garran Offices, National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 or posted at www.ag.gov.au ISBN 1 920861 77 7 Internet: www.dfat.gov.au Contents Australia Awards Scholarship Cycle vii GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS 8 1. Australia Awards 11 1.1. Australia Awards Scholarships 12 1.2. How to use this scholarships policy handbook 12 1.3. Management responsibilities 14 2. Applying for an Australia Awards Scholarship 17 2.1. Eligibility criteria 17 2.2. Country and regional profiles 18 2.3. English language requirements...
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...have chosen to write about throughout this course, I could not find any programs or organizations they sponsor. So for the purpose of this assignment I will just write about the Guardian ad Litem program itself. I could easily give an analysis of this organization based off the six policy elements. This organization is awesome and I would recommend checking it out. The missions, goals, and objectives are great for this organization. The mission statement is: “Advocating for the child’s best interest is the Program’s only purpose. These Program Standards are to be interpreted to support the mission”. (Guardian ad Litem, 2004) This organizations goals & objectives are simple for powerful. This organization is purely to help children in the courts system. They believe that a child should be loved and have safe environment no matter what. The forms of benefits and services delivered are coordinated with the courts. On this org’s website they provide a standard of operations and it explains everything, having to do with benefits and services. Entitlement rules are easy for this org; it is solely for the children in the court system that has no voice. This org speaks for them in the courts when no one else will. This organization has a set of standards they go by for these two policies. Guardian ad Litem depends on many for their funding. According to Guardian ad Litem (2004), “Federal, state and local government agencies, non-profit and faith-based organizations, private foundations...
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...John Dean Budgetary Analysis Medicaid counts as one of the largest sources of public health insurance in the United States, and also in the whole world. It provides essential medical cover to vulnerable population within the United States. This population includes elderly individuals, expectant mothers, children, low income families and individuals with different physical disabilities and the disadvantaged in the American society. In 1965 President Johnson signed into law under the Social Security Act to improve the health care of the elderly with Medicare. Medicaid would provide improved health care for the poor, unwed mothers, children, and the disabled. The program involves a joint initiative between the states government and the federal government hence the two governments jointly fund the program and ensuring its success through putting up laws to guide its implementation. President Obama’s legacy will be protecting the health of the individual American. The health care policy rules, regulations, and legislations are the consequence of the policy procedure which involves legislators, all the decision-making branch leaders, and public also. The budget for Illinois starts when the Governor submits a bill each January to the House of Representatives. After the bill has been submitted by the Governor then the house is responsible for ways and means review then they budget and develop their own recommendations. The next step is that the budget is then debated...
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...again after the deep recession. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2009, the average unemployment rate was at a insurance. double-digit level, a level we have not seen since the early 1980s, even though real GDP grew by more than 5 percent. One of the main policy reactions to painful developments in the labor market has been the expansion of unemployment components of the social security programs in the U.S. 1 It provides income (and thus The U.S. labor market has remained weak in recent years, even though the consumption) protection for those who have lost their jobs involuntarily. During “normal” times, unemployment insurance benefits are provided through the regular pre-unemployment earnings and last 26 weeks in the majority of states. 2 During The unemployment insurance (UI) system constitutes one of the major economic downturns, however, the federal government often provides additional government has greatly extended the duration of benefits as a means to combat the surmounting joblessness. As of the summer of 2009, unemployed workers who unemployment compensation (UC) program, which is funded and administered at support by extending UI benefits. Especially in the last few years, the U.S. reside in states with a relatively high unemployment rate are entitled to receive UI The original framework of the unemployment compensation system is contained in the Social Security Act, which was signed into law by President Franklin...
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...Natural Law Theory & Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, & Recent Theories of Rights: Rawls & Nozick. Natural Law Theory: Natural Law theory in ethics is not to be confused with the laws of nature as put forward by physicists or other natural scientists, but they are related and do overlap. In moral domains, we are not concerned to give a mathematical, experimentally based theory of ethics or justice, but we are concerned with the general order of nature and how human life is nestled in and depends on that order. For example, life (& its preservation) depends on observing the necessities and limitations of nature, how we are dependent on food, shelter, parents and a community and the satisfying of other natural needs for life to exist, continue and prosper. The most prominent philosophers & political thinkers in this line of thought include the following: ancient - Plato, Aristotle, & later Cicero & other Roman statesmen; medieval - St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas & other thinkers in the Judeo-Christian tradition; modern - John Locke, & of course Thomas Jefferson & the “founding fathers” of the American republic. According to almost all of these authors, the natural order ultimately depends upon a first ordering principle that established the relation between man and nature. That first principle is commonly referred to as God or Creator, as indicated, for example, in the opening of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. One line of reasoning introduced by Plato is based...
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...Natural Law Theory & Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, & Recent Theories of Rights: Rawls & Nozick. Natural Law Theory: Natural Law theory in ethics is not to be confused with the laws of nature as put forward by physicists or other natural scientists, but they are related and do overlap. In moral domains, we are not concerned to give a mathematical, experimentally based theory of ethics or justice, but we are concerned with the general order of nature and how human life is nestled in and depends on that order. For example, life (& its preservation) depends on observing the necessities and limitations of nature, how we are dependent on food, shelter, parents and a community and the satisfying of other natural needs for life to exist, continue and prosper. The most prominent philosophers & political thinkers in this line of thought include the following: ancient - Plato, Aristotle, & later Cicero & other Roman statesmen; medieval - St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas & other thinkers in the Judeo-Christian tradition; modern - John Locke, & of course Thomas Jefferson & the “founding fathers” of the American republic. According to almost all of these authors, the natural order ultimately depends upon a first ordering principle that established the relation between man and nature. That first principle is commonly referred to as God or Creator, as indicated, for example, in the opening of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. One line of reasoning introduced by Plato is based...
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...The Business Environment Tony Burchfield Dr. Nicole Ortloff BUS100 – Intro to Business In a world of high demand, many businesses have many different roles throughout the world, but ultimately are the drive and fuel for our economy that we live in. Through the course of time we’ve come to realize as a civilization that it was more practical in some cases to produce certain products, and trade for others. At the time this probably not considered to be a business transaction, but that was precisely what was shaping our future for decades to come. For example, not everyone knows how to grow, or has the means to grow, certain crops but they might have a different skill set that they can provide services for in return for crops from a local farmer. If the farmer grew corn and a hunter had fur and meat, then a trade could be made. They barter with each other in order to acquire things that they don’t have specific skills/equipment to produce. This is a practical business transaction on a very basic level. If we were not to adapt this logical way of thinking, we would be able to live, but not very practically and efficiently. We would have to figure out ways to clothe, feed, and shelter ourselves on a daily basis with no shops of any kind to help. To live in this kind of society seems very primitive and irrational. Trade was created to better an economies sense of lifestyle and make goods and opportunities accessible all over the world, thus raising the standard...
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...Natural Law Theory & Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, & Recent Theories of Rights: Rawls & Nozick. Natural Law Theory: Natural Law theory in ethics is not to be confused with the laws of nature as put forward by physicists or other natural scientists, but they are related and do overlap. In moral domains, we are not concerned to give a mathematical, experimentally based theory of ethics or justice, but we are concerned with the general order of nature and how human life is nestled in and depends on that order. For example, life (& its preservation) depends on observing the necessities and limitations of nature, how we are dependent on food, shelter, parents and a community and the satisfying of other natural needs for life to exist, continue and prosper. The most prominent philosophers & political thinkers in this line of thought include the following: ancient - Plato, Aristotle, & later Cicero & other Roman statesmen; medieval - St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas & other thinkers in the Judeo-Christian tradition; modern - John Locke, & of course Thomas Jefferson & the “founding fathers” of the American republic. According to almost all of these authors, the natural order ultimately depends upon a first ordering principle that established the relation between man and nature. That first principle is commonly referred to as God or Creator, as indicated, for example, in the opening of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. One line of reasoning introduced by Plato is based...
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