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Taxes, retirement, and financial policies are some of the most controversial areas of policy development. There are a variety of opinions, data sources, and expert reports out there on each of these areas. Therefore, along with all proposed policy, it is important that we can evaluate each policy. In this week’s lesson, we discussed the three primary and five ancillary evaluative criteria ((Listed below)) that Kraft considers essential in analyzing policies. So, let’s put this information into practice. Let’s take a look at some articles or resources on taxes, retirement, and financial policies.

For your forum post:
(1) Summarize the key points made within the article.
(2) Now, select at least three evaluative criteria from this week’s lesson to analyze the points made in the article. For example, did the author address the equity of the policy and if so, what did they say? If they didn’t address it, what do you think the author would have said about the missing evaluative criteria?
(3) Analyze the policy alternatives for your selected policy topic/article.

Note: most everything has impact on most of these three things. I dont want to see things that are impacted by fiscal, tax, or retirement (almost everything in life is), but policy that is created as financial, tax, or retirement policy. There are no word count requirements so long as your cover the required details.

Explain and evaluating a public policy begins with identifying goals and objectives. How well the policy met those goals and objectives is measured using criteria. These criteria can be economic, equitable, technical, political, or administrative in nature. Means such as cost-benefit analyses, the Delphi technique, and impact assessments are further used to facilitate this process.

Three Primary:
1. Effectiveness, or a measurement of how well a policy achieves its goal;
2. Efficiency, a measurement of the cost of a policy in relation to its expected benefits; and
3. Equity, a measurement of the level of fairness in the distribution of costs and benefits in society.

Five Ancillary:
Ethics
Political feasibility
Social acceptability
Administrative feasibility
Technical feasibility

Reading list:
When is transformation a viable policy alternative? https://doi-org.ezproxy2.apus.edu/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.022

ARTICLE: AN ALTERNATIVE FOOD POLICY, 37 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 1 http://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1729&context=lawreview

BEHAVIORAL PUBLIC CHOICE: THE BEHAVIORAL PARADOX OF GOVERNMENT POLICY. Authors: VISCUSI, W. KIP1 kip.viscusi@vanderbilt.edu GAYER, TED2 t https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/Viscusi-Behavioral-Public-Choice.pdf

SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE: AN EVALUATION OF ZERO TOLERANCE POLICIES AND THEIR ALTERNATIVES Ruiz, Roco Rodrguez.Houston Law Review;
https://houstonlawreview.org/article/3920-school-to-prison-pipeline-an-evaluation-of-zero-tolerance-policies-and-their-alternatives

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As the chief of your department, you understand the importance of having your organization accredited and your officer staff credentialed. You have decided to pursue accreditation for your department and to get all your officer staff individually credentialed through the Center for Public Safety Excellence. Officer credentials sought will be based on their job description. For example, and where applicable, training officers will earn the Chief Training Officer designation, risk reduction specialist will earn the Fire Marshal designation, and company officers will earn the Fire Officer designation.
Knowing this will take a significant financial commitment, you must develop a presentation for the stakeholders (e.g., mayor, city council) justifying the cost. This presentation will be based upon your research of accreditation and credentialing and must explain how your organization will benefit from pursuing such a goal.
The title of your presentation is Accreditation & Credentialing and their Value to our Department.
Your presentation must accomplish the following items listed below.
Start with an introduction outlining the purpose of the presentation.
Explain what accreditation is and why it is important.
Briefly outline the accreditation process (steps, players, timeline).
Identify at least one other department that is accredited that you can use as a benchmark.
Explain the return on investment (for your organization and community) of becoming accredited.
Explain what credentialing is and why it is important.
Outline specific credentials your department will seek.
Explain the return on investment for your officer staff obtaining credentials.
Explain how networking through this process can positively impact your departments ability to improve.
Your presentation must be a minimum of 10 content slides, not counting the title and reference slides.

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Write a paper that addresses the following issues:

What is the importance of exchange rates?
Who benefits and who loses when a countrys currency appreciates?
Who benefits and who loses when a countrys currency depreciates?
In the long run, what are the major factors that impact exchange rates?
Understanding central banks impact exchange rates, select three central banks and demonstrate/ explain how this occurs.
Include at least 3 professional references and follow APA formatting.

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What do you think about the process of creating a project so far? Have you found it difficult or appropriately challenging? What are some of the things that you have learned so farabout the process and about yourself as a researcher?
If you could go back in time to a few weeks ago, what are some of the things you know today that you would tell yourself? In other words, what are some of the key lessons you have learned? Similarly, what have you learned in researching that has made your process easier?
Alternatively, you have been deeply situated in your research for the past few units. What have you learned about your topic that you did not know before? What do you find fascinating? What advice would you share with future students taking this course?

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Assume that the U.S. economy just entered into a recession. What can the Federal Reserve do to try to get the economy out of a recession? Among other comments that you may make, please be sure to discuss the following:

Describe the role of the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve in the United States, and describe the tools available to the Federal Reserve to influence the nations money supply.
Discuss the Federal Reserves open-market operations, and the importance of its role. How does another key central bank around the world conduct such operations, and why are they important? What recent open-market operations have the Federal Reserve and another country’s central bank taken?
Explain what happens to the U.S. money supply when the Federal Reserve buys and sells Treasury bonds. Describe in detail how this has affected U.S. banks abilities to lend and the overall U.S. economy.
Explain what has happened to the U.S. money supply and economy when another central bank outside the United States has bought and sold U.S. Treasury bonds.
How do you think that you will be personally impacted by the recession?
Include at least 4 professional references and follow APA formatting.

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Write a research paper focusing on one branch of forensic science. It may be a field we've covered, or another thats of interest to you.
You should:
Explain what the field involves
How its useful in forensic investigations
illustrate its use by summarizing at least two case studies.
This can include studies in which forensics was used to convict, to overturn a conviction, or to solve an historical mystery. To complete this assignment, follow these guidelines:
Use solid information and research. All sources should be reflected in the information of your paper and on the reference page.
Include at least two case studies in your discussion of the forensic branch of interest, and how they helped solve the case. Include diagrams, charts, and pictures (though these dont count towards the suggested length of 10 pages).
Additionally, the title page and reference pages do NOT count as part of the required 10 pages.
Use professional research skills. Use the proper references cited form (which we will discuss in class), and avoid plagiarism! Use professional writing skills. Complete sentences, supporting statements, grammar, proofread, etc.
Drafts:
You can turn in one or more early drafts of your paper for my review before the due date. I will accept and review as many drafts of this paper as you like, up to three days before the due date.

Deliverable length for this assignment is 5-10 pages in APA format.
Minimum of 6 Sources
Include two books, two web sites, and two magazine or newspaper articles
Minimum of 2 Case Studies
Include at least two case studies in your discussion. Include diagrams, charts, and pictures (though these dont count towards the suggested length of 10 pages)
At this point in the course you should be able to form an opinion and formulate your own ideas about the following case study. This is a real life example of an incident from our local area. Please use only what you have read in the case study article, make no assumptions and use all the knowledge available to you via this course and all materials provided.

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Scenario

Bob and Barbara Parker are in their 30s and have been married for 7 years. They have 2 children. They own 2 cars and a home valued at $500,000. Bob owns 50% of a garage door installation company valued at $2,000,000. The business provides the Parkers with a gross annual income of $150,000 per year. The Parkers have $300,000 in their retirement account and $100,000 in their personal checking account. Bobs partner, Rick Wilson, owns the other 50% of the business. Bob has a $250,000 term life insurance policy but no other insurance coverage.

Part 1
What should the Parkers consider when deciding what insurance coverage they need?

Do they have sufficient insurance coverage? If not, what type of insurance coverage do you recommend for them?
How can they keep their insurance costs down?
Part 2

Complete a chart with recommended coverage and amounts of coverage.

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Take just a moment to think about something you have researched in the past, and describe what that experience was like. What did you research? What were your reasons for researching it? What did you find out about the topic and about yourself? Did you find yourself seeking out primary or secondary sources? What kinds of sources did you use? How did you choose your topic, and what was the result of your research?
Feel free to choose any experience. You do not have to limit yourself to an academic research topic. You might reflect upon research that you did for your job, or you might want to reflect upon a time that you researched a large purchase, such as a new computer or a car.

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Write the different stances and opinions about training versus education. Some will say that training is more productive than education, while others will say the opposite. However, there are those who believe that the overall experience has more of a result than just focusing on training or education.
Based on your experience, do you feel that they are equally important or feel that one is more important than the other? Explain your reasoning.

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Disaster planning is proven to reduce human suffering and protect property by preparing for an emergency ahead of time. The purpose is to achieve both community and government preparedness.
Based on your experience, or the information learned from this unit, explain why you think emergency response organizations in your local area need to be involved in the disaster planning portion of emergency management. Include an example of how it could benefit your community.

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