14 bills to be reviewed by the SWCLC on 1/25/2021 including: ACA 1, an effort to reduce the 2/3 voting requirement to raise local property taxes; AB 71, an effort to increase California's already highest-in-the-nation tax on corporations; AB 116, an effort to force municipalities to allow residential construction in commercially zoned parcels; and SB 39, an effort to mandate Dept. of Corrections trade information with Office of Unemployment (EDD) to prevent the massive fraud of prisoners collecting pandemic unemployment benefits.
14 bills to be reviewed by the SWCLC on 1/25/2021 including: ACA 1, an effort to reduce the 2/3 voting requirement to raise local property taxes; AB 71, an effort to increase California's already highest-in-the-nation tax on corporations; AB 116, an effort to force municipalities to allow residential construction in commercially zoned parcels; and SB 39, an effort to mandate Dept. of Corrections trade information with Office of Unemployment (EDD) to prevent the massive fraud of prisoners collecting pandemic unemployment benefits.
Eaton County Government Officials - What County Government Does for YOUHoward Spence
This slide presentation shows who the elected officials are in Eaton County, and how Eaton County Government and your Eaton County Commissioners WORK for YOU!
Prepared by Commissioner Howard Spence
Legislative Summary – Saturday, March 21, 2015TimeZoneReport
A comprehensive summary of legislation relating to Daylight Saving Time including 31 bills in 21 states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
Since the first day of his Administration, President Barack Obama has made Open Government a high priority. The Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government was the first executive action to bear the President’s signature, and the President has pledged his Administration to work toward “an unprecedented level of openness in Government.”
Over the past two and a half years, Federal agencies have done a great deal to make government more transparent and more accessible, to provide people with information that they can use in their daily lives, to solicit public participation in government decision-making, and to collaborate with all sectors of the economy on new and innovative solutions. These Open Government efforts are now entering a new phase, as we collaborate with other countries in the global Open Government Partnership (OGP).
President Obama has emphasized three independent reasons to support Open Government:
1.Open Government promotes accountability, which can improve performance. In the words of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
2. Transparency enables people to find information that they “can readily find and use.” For this reason, the President has asked agencies to “harness new technologies” and “solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.”
3. In many domains, government should develop policies, rules, and plans with close reference to the knowledge, expertise, and perspectives of diverse members of the public. As the President has said, “[k]nowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge” and hence to “collective expertise and wisdom.”
As it developed a U.S. National Action Plan (“National Plan”), the Federal Government engaged in extensive consultations with external stakeholders, including a broad range of civil society groups and members of the private sector. It solicited input from the Administration’s own Open Government Working Group, comprised of senior-level representatives from executive branch departments and agencies. White House policymakers also engaged the public via a series of blog posts, requesting ideas about how to focus Open Government efforts on increasing public integrity, more effectively managing public resources, and improving public services. Responsive submissions were posted online.
This National Plan builds on, but does not replace, the Open Government Initiative inaugurated by the President’s Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. The National Plan will briefly highlight what has been accomplished thus far and lay out some of our goals and plans for the future.
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/countries/united-states
California PoliticsAn Introduction with Suggested Online Resourc.docxhacksoni
California Politics
An Introduction with Suggested Online Resources
By George Gastil
Prologue
Consider the lives of these three people:
A single mother is raising two young children. One of them has a serious illness and needs medical treatment. Her job pays enough for her to feed her children and rent an apartment, but she does not have health insurance.
An 18-year old student graduates from high school. She is not sure what she wants to do for a living, but she is pretty sure it will involve a college education.
A young couple is looking for a home. They both recently got jobs in downtown San Diego, but they really want to live away from the big city.
These people all have something in common. Each of them is likely to benefit from decisions made by our state government.
The single mother might be eligible for health insurance programs that are funded largely by the state. Even without health insurance, she could bring her child to a county hospital emergency room.
The young student can attend any community college in the state for only $36/unit, just a tiny fraction of the real cost of her education. She also might be able to attend one of the campuses of the California State University or the University of California, where the tuition is higher but the state is still paying a large share of every student’s education.
The young couple will end up living in one of a variety of communities that have been developed according to state and local guidelines. If the community was well planned it will have schools, parks, a library, and other things people value. To get to work they will either drive on state funded roads or use state funded public transportation systems.
State government has a tremendous effect on our daily lives, whether we realize it or not. I think more people need to understand what our state government does and how we can work to make our state more effective. I hope you find this introduction helpful.
Overview of California Government and Politics
A. State government—legislative, executive and judicial.
B. Local government: cities, counties and regional governments.
C. School Boards, Colleges and Universities
D. Special Districts
E. State/Federal Relations
F. Public Policy Issues; Special Public Policy Focus on Education
G. Elections: Voters and Candidates
H. Interest Groups: Political Action and Lobbying
I. Political Philosophies
A. California’s State Government—legislative, executive and judicial
When people think of California’s government, they usually think of the three branches of statewide governance: the state legislature, the executive branch, and the state courts. Our state government actually includes many entities, such as counties, cities, school boards, and water districts. We also have regulatory agencies that are appointed rather than elected, such as the State Lands Commission and the California Environmental Protection Agency. All of these bodies ultimately get their po.
California PoliticsAn Introduction with Suggested Online Resourc.docxhumphrieskalyn
California Politics
An Introduction with Suggested Online Resources
By George Gastil
Prologue
Consider the lives of these three people:
A single mother is raising two young children. One of them has a serious illness and needs medical treatment. Her job pays enough for her to feed her children and rent an apartment, but she does not have health insurance.
An 18-year old student graduates from high school. She is not sure what she wants to do for a living, but she is pretty sure it will involve a college education.
A young couple is looking for a home. They both recently got jobs in downtown San Diego, but they really want to live away from the big city.
These people all have something in common. Each of them is likely to benefit from decisions made by our state government.
The single mother might be eligible for health insurance programs that are funded largely by the state. Even without health insurance, she could bring her child to a county hospital emergency room.
The young student can attend any community college in the state for only $36/unit, just a tiny fraction of the real cost of her education. She also might be able to attend one of the campuses of the California State University or the University of California, where the tuition is higher but the state is still paying a large share of every student’s education.
The young couple will end up living in one of a variety of communities that have been developed according to state and local guidelines. If the community was well planned it will have schools, parks, a library, and other things people value. To get to work they will either drive on state funded roads or use state funded public transportation systems.
State government has a tremendous effect on our daily lives, whether we realize it or not. I think more people need to understand what our state government does and how we can work to make our state more effective. I hope you find this introduction helpful.
Overview of California Government and Politics
A. State government—legislative, executive and judicial.
B. Local government: cities, counties and regional governments.
C. School Boards, Colleges and Universities
D. Special Districts
E. State/Federal Relations
F. Public Policy Issues; Special Public Policy Focus on Education
G. Elections: Voters and Candidates
H. Interest Groups: Political Action and Lobbying
I. Political Philosophies
A. California’s State Government—legislative, executive and judicial
When people think of California’s government, they usually think of the three branches of statewide governance: the state legislature, the executive branch, and the state courts. Our state government actually includes many entities, such as counties, cities, school boards, and water districts. We also have regulatory agencies that are appointed rather than elected, such as the State Lands Commission and the California Environmental Protection Agency. All of these bodies ultimately get their po ...
Respond to EACH post (6 total) 150 words each and using TWO refere.docxdebishakespeare
Respond to EACH post (6 total) 150 words each and using TWO reference sources EACH. Write whether or not you agree and why. How informative the post was . etc, THANK YOU
POST ONE
One of the issues that concerns me most is the balancing of the budget. On both the federal and state level, this issue is significant to me -- as a young citizen, I have many more years in the work force ahead of me. The economic impact of debt resulting from unbalanced budgets will impact not only my life, but the lives of upcoming generations for years to come. Furthermore, our nation cannot continue to be a world leader if we constantly run up deficits. As an old proverb says, "the borrower is servant to the lender."
I believe that efforts to counteract the nation's debt must start with the states. If the states cannot balance their budgets when they are constitutionally obliged to do so, there is little chance that the federal government will balance their budget when they are not required to do so.
Fortunately, the actions of my own state legislature look promising. According to the current Massachusetts legislature's official website (found through the link in the lessons tab) , the budget was recently handled in the following manner:
After the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2016 was finalized by the governor on March 4th of this year, it was sent to the state house of representatives. The House Ways and Means Committee reviewed this proposal, amended it, and finalized their version of the budget on April 15th. The full House of Representatives then reviewed this version of the budget, and finalized it by May 4th. This final House version was sent to the Senate Ways and Means Committee (along with the governor's original proposal) to be considered and finalized. This being done by May 19th, the whole Senate then considered and finalized their version of the budget by May 22nd. The House and Senate versions were then submitted to a Conference Committee to iron out the differences between the two. The resulting version was finalized by July 7th, and sent back to both the House and Senate for approval. This final version was placed on the governor's desk for approval. On July 17th, Governor Charlie Baker extended his approval and signed the budget into effect. The 2016 budget was ultimately finalized July 30th, 2015.
As required by the State's Constitution, the approved budget was balanced and managed to resolve a $1.2 billion deficit. The progress made by the Massachusetts legislature in this area of policy can serve as an example for the federal government, especially given the similarities of state legislatures to Congress (Fischer 2015).
Works Cited/References
The 189th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "Massachusetts Budget Process." State Budget. Accessed September 29, 2015. https://malegislature.gov/Budget/Process
The 189th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "FY 2016 Final Budget." State Budget. Accessed Sept ...
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Respond to each peer initial post and question at the end with a resmickietanger
Respond to each peer initial post and question at the end with a response about 3-4 sentences long.
Peer 1
Voluntary organizations funded by public contributions have existed since the seventeenth century; however, didn’t become a unified sector until the 1970s (Renz, 2016, pg. 7). Because non-profits are diverse and complex it can be difficult to define and make inclusive to one definition. It can refer to charitable tax-exempt organizations, civic organizations that do not allow the deductibility of donations, and unincorporated organizations (Renz, 2016, pg. 3).
The non-profit sector covers a broad spectrum of public services such as hospitals, foundations, charities, religious institutions, and disaster relief organizations. Acknowledging the importance of non-profits is easy as these organizations attempt to address the issues of millions of people whether it be donations, programs, or services. Although tax exempt, government policies play a crucial role in the growing number of nonprofit organizations either indirectly by providing incentives or directly through grants and contracts (Renz, 2016, pg. 17). Non-profits don’t exist to make a profit but to use excess resources to meet needs that the government alone cannot fulfill. These organizations are not prohibited from earning revenue as long as the profit-making activities are related to the recognized program purpose.
The three main sectors private, non-profit, and the government share several similarities and key differences. One of the main differences is how their resources are handled. A non-profit organizations’ money is legally required to support its mission while private entities are able to distribute their resources to shareholders. Government agencies redirect their surplus resources back into government initiatives. Political shifts also highlight additional differences. As the political power changes so do the priorities in governmental agencies and the availability of public sector programs (The role of non-profits vs government and for profit sectors, 2015). Political shifts can garner more support and funding for non-profits but because the organizations secure funding from outside sources, programs can continue indefinitely as long as resources are available without any effect of a political change.
Non-profits are typically restricted with their work inside of the community as long as its business and mission related. Most restrictions imposed on non-profits are administered through state and federal government agencies through tax compliance, incorporation rules, and political participation.
Peer 2
What is the nonprofit sector? A nonprofit sector is an organization that provides a service(s) that is not conducted for the purpose of making a profit. The organization is sustained by donations, sales of goods and services, or by revenue from the government (Wolfe). The United States has three sectors government, private, and nonprofit. The private nonp ...
CasePart BNow that you have calculated the costs associated wi.docxcravennichole326
Case
Part B
Now that you have calculated the costs associated with each profit center and each profit center’s net income, you began to question the cost driver for Financial Services. As you reflected more deeply on the activities in that support department, you realized that most activities revolved around the issuance of invoices to patients. You asked for data on invoices generated by profit center and received the schedule reflected in Exhibit 6 below.
Exhibit 6
Utilization of Financial Services
Patient Services Department
Number of Bills Required
Routine Care
3,200
Laboratory
60,300
Radiology
36,500
Total bills
100,000
Re-calculate costs and net profit for each profit center based on this assumption. Did the most profitable profit center change? Does one of the profit centers now operate at a loss? If you were the Manager of the Imaging profit center and were incentivized based on profit, which of the two costing approaches would you prefer? Which do you prefer as Manager of the Primary Patient Care? Which of the approaches is the best approach and why?
CHAPTER 55
Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator
My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly
Bethany Hall-Long
“I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”
General Charles de Gaulle
My Political Roots
I am a nurse and I became the first health care professional elected into the Delaware General Assembly, as well as the first registered nurse elected. The roots of my public service began in a farming community where I volunteered to help others in my church and at neighborhood organizations. At the age of 12, I was a candy-striper in a local hospital and continued my civic work during my teen years. When I entered college I joined a political party. Though my parents were not politically active, my great-grandfather was a member of the Delaware House of Representatives in the 1920s and I am a descendent of Delaware's 16th governor.
My interest in politics began while working with underserved residents at the same time I was completing my master's degree in community health nursing in the late 1980s. I used an earlier edition of this book in my graduate program and vividly recall reading the chapters about becoming involved in politics. I began working with my local city government, the League of Women Voters, and a federal health clinic that served the homeless. Before these experiences, I had thought that public policy was remote to nursing and somewhat dry. These experiences changed my perspective.
Volunteering and Campaigning
I went on to volunteer with nonprofit and civic organizations, join professional associations, and to complete my doctoral degree in nursing administration andpublic policy. During this time, I served as a United States Senate Fellow and as a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy analyst for the Secretary's Commission on Nursing. These experiences exposed me to national ...
Eaton County Government Officials - What County Government Does for YOUHoward Spence
This slide presentation shows who the elected officials are in Eaton County, and how Eaton County Government and your Eaton County Commissioners WORK for YOU!
Prepared by Commissioner Howard Spence
Legislative Summary – Saturday, March 21, 2015TimeZoneReport
A comprehensive summary of legislation relating to Daylight Saving Time including 31 bills in 21 states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
Since the first day of his Administration, President Barack Obama has made Open Government a high priority. The Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government was the first executive action to bear the President’s signature, and the President has pledged his Administration to work toward “an unprecedented level of openness in Government.”
Over the past two and a half years, Federal agencies have done a great deal to make government more transparent and more accessible, to provide people with information that they can use in their daily lives, to solicit public participation in government decision-making, and to collaborate with all sectors of the economy on new and innovative solutions. These Open Government efforts are now entering a new phase, as we collaborate with other countries in the global Open Government Partnership (OGP).
President Obama has emphasized three independent reasons to support Open Government:
1.Open Government promotes accountability, which can improve performance. In the words of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
2. Transparency enables people to find information that they “can readily find and use.” For this reason, the President has asked agencies to “harness new technologies” and “solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.”
3. In many domains, government should develop policies, rules, and plans with close reference to the knowledge, expertise, and perspectives of diverse members of the public. As the President has said, “[k]nowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge” and hence to “collective expertise and wisdom.”
As it developed a U.S. National Action Plan (“National Plan”), the Federal Government engaged in extensive consultations with external stakeholders, including a broad range of civil society groups and members of the private sector. It solicited input from the Administration’s own Open Government Working Group, comprised of senior-level representatives from executive branch departments and agencies. White House policymakers also engaged the public via a series of blog posts, requesting ideas about how to focus Open Government efforts on increasing public integrity, more effectively managing public resources, and improving public services. Responsive submissions were posted online.
This National Plan builds on, but does not replace, the Open Government Initiative inaugurated by the President’s Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. The National Plan will briefly highlight what has been accomplished thus far and lay out some of our goals and plans for the future.
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/countries/united-states
California PoliticsAn Introduction with Suggested Online Resourc.docxhacksoni
California Politics
An Introduction with Suggested Online Resources
By George Gastil
Prologue
Consider the lives of these three people:
A single mother is raising two young children. One of them has a serious illness and needs medical treatment. Her job pays enough for her to feed her children and rent an apartment, but she does not have health insurance.
An 18-year old student graduates from high school. She is not sure what she wants to do for a living, but she is pretty sure it will involve a college education.
A young couple is looking for a home. They both recently got jobs in downtown San Diego, but they really want to live away from the big city.
These people all have something in common. Each of them is likely to benefit from decisions made by our state government.
The single mother might be eligible for health insurance programs that are funded largely by the state. Even without health insurance, she could bring her child to a county hospital emergency room.
The young student can attend any community college in the state for only $36/unit, just a tiny fraction of the real cost of her education. She also might be able to attend one of the campuses of the California State University or the University of California, where the tuition is higher but the state is still paying a large share of every student’s education.
The young couple will end up living in one of a variety of communities that have been developed according to state and local guidelines. If the community was well planned it will have schools, parks, a library, and other things people value. To get to work they will either drive on state funded roads or use state funded public transportation systems.
State government has a tremendous effect on our daily lives, whether we realize it or not. I think more people need to understand what our state government does and how we can work to make our state more effective. I hope you find this introduction helpful.
Overview of California Government and Politics
A. State government—legislative, executive and judicial.
B. Local government: cities, counties and regional governments.
C. School Boards, Colleges and Universities
D. Special Districts
E. State/Federal Relations
F. Public Policy Issues; Special Public Policy Focus on Education
G. Elections: Voters and Candidates
H. Interest Groups: Political Action and Lobbying
I. Political Philosophies
A. California’s State Government—legislative, executive and judicial
When people think of California’s government, they usually think of the three branches of statewide governance: the state legislature, the executive branch, and the state courts. Our state government actually includes many entities, such as counties, cities, school boards, and water districts. We also have regulatory agencies that are appointed rather than elected, such as the State Lands Commission and the California Environmental Protection Agency. All of these bodies ultimately get their po.
California PoliticsAn Introduction with Suggested Online Resourc.docxhumphrieskalyn
California Politics
An Introduction with Suggested Online Resources
By George Gastil
Prologue
Consider the lives of these three people:
A single mother is raising two young children. One of them has a serious illness and needs medical treatment. Her job pays enough for her to feed her children and rent an apartment, but she does not have health insurance.
An 18-year old student graduates from high school. She is not sure what she wants to do for a living, but she is pretty sure it will involve a college education.
A young couple is looking for a home. They both recently got jobs in downtown San Diego, but they really want to live away from the big city.
These people all have something in common. Each of them is likely to benefit from decisions made by our state government.
The single mother might be eligible for health insurance programs that are funded largely by the state. Even without health insurance, she could bring her child to a county hospital emergency room.
The young student can attend any community college in the state for only $36/unit, just a tiny fraction of the real cost of her education. She also might be able to attend one of the campuses of the California State University or the University of California, where the tuition is higher but the state is still paying a large share of every student’s education.
The young couple will end up living in one of a variety of communities that have been developed according to state and local guidelines. If the community was well planned it will have schools, parks, a library, and other things people value. To get to work they will either drive on state funded roads or use state funded public transportation systems.
State government has a tremendous effect on our daily lives, whether we realize it or not. I think more people need to understand what our state government does and how we can work to make our state more effective. I hope you find this introduction helpful.
Overview of California Government and Politics
A. State government—legislative, executive and judicial.
B. Local government: cities, counties and regional governments.
C. School Boards, Colleges and Universities
D. Special Districts
E. State/Federal Relations
F. Public Policy Issues; Special Public Policy Focus on Education
G. Elections: Voters and Candidates
H. Interest Groups: Political Action and Lobbying
I. Political Philosophies
A. California’s State Government—legislative, executive and judicial
When people think of California’s government, they usually think of the three branches of statewide governance: the state legislature, the executive branch, and the state courts. Our state government actually includes many entities, such as counties, cities, school boards, and water districts. We also have regulatory agencies that are appointed rather than elected, such as the State Lands Commission and the California Environmental Protection Agency. All of these bodies ultimately get their po ...
Respond to EACH post (6 total) 150 words each and using TWO refere.docxdebishakespeare
Respond to EACH post (6 total) 150 words each and using TWO reference sources EACH. Write whether or not you agree and why. How informative the post was . etc, THANK YOU
POST ONE
One of the issues that concerns me most is the balancing of the budget. On both the federal and state level, this issue is significant to me -- as a young citizen, I have many more years in the work force ahead of me. The economic impact of debt resulting from unbalanced budgets will impact not only my life, but the lives of upcoming generations for years to come. Furthermore, our nation cannot continue to be a world leader if we constantly run up deficits. As an old proverb says, "the borrower is servant to the lender."
I believe that efforts to counteract the nation's debt must start with the states. If the states cannot balance their budgets when they are constitutionally obliged to do so, there is little chance that the federal government will balance their budget when they are not required to do so.
Fortunately, the actions of my own state legislature look promising. According to the current Massachusetts legislature's official website (found through the link in the lessons tab) , the budget was recently handled in the following manner:
After the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2016 was finalized by the governor on March 4th of this year, it was sent to the state house of representatives. The House Ways and Means Committee reviewed this proposal, amended it, and finalized their version of the budget on April 15th. The full House of Representatives then reviewed this version of the budget, and finalized it by May 4th. This final House version was sent to the Senate Ways and Means Committee (along with the governor's original proposal) to be considered and finalized. This being done by May 19th, the whole Senate then considered and finalized their version of the budget by May 22nd. The House and Senate versions were then submitted to a Conference Committee to iron out the differences between the two. The resulting version was finalized by July 7th, and sent back to both the House and Senate for approval. This final version was placed on the governor's desk for approval. On July 17th, Governor Charlie Baker extended his approval and signed the budget into effect. The 2016 budget was ultimately finalized July 30th, 2015.
As required by the State's Constitution, the approved budget was balanced and managed to resolve a $1.2 billion deficit. The progress made by the Massachusetts legislature in this area of policy can serve as an example for the federal government, especially given the similarities of state legislatures to Congress (Fischer 2015).
Works Cited/References
The 189th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "Massachusetts Budget Process." State Budget. Accessed September 29, 2015. https://malegislature.gov/Budget/Process
The 189th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "FY 2016 Final Budget." State Budget. Accessed Sept ...
MTBiz is for you if you are looking for contemporary information on business, economy and especially on banking industry of Bangladesh. You would also find periodical information on Global Economy and Commodity Markets.
Signature content of MTBiz is its Article of the Month (AoM), as depicted on Cover Page of each issue, with featured focus on different issues that fall into the wide definition of Market, Business, Organization and Leadership. The AoM also covers areas on Innovation, Central Banking, Monetary Policy, National Budget, Economic Depression or Growth and Capital Market. Scale of coverage of the AoM both, global and local subject to each issue.
MTBiz is a monthly Market Review produced and distributed by Group R&D, MTB since 2009.
Respond to each peer initial post and question at the end with a resmickietanger
Respond to each peer initial post and question at the end with a response about 3-4 sentences long.
Peer 1
Voluntary organizations funded by public contributions have existed since the seventeenth century; however, didn’t become a unified sector until the 1970s (Renz, 2016, pg. 7). Because non-profits are diverse and complex it can be difficult to define and make inclusive to one definition. It can refer to charitable tax-exempt organizations, civic organizations that do not allow the deductibility of donations, and unincorporated organizations (Renz, 2016, pg. 3).
The non-profit sector covers a broad spectrum of public services such as hospitals, foundations, charities, religious institutions, and disaster relief organizations. Acknowledging the importance of non-profits is easy as these organizations attempt to address the issues of millions of people whether it be donations, programs, or services. Although tax exempt, government policies play a crucial role in the growing number of nonprofit organizations either indirectly by providing incentives or directly through grants and contracts (Renz, 2016, pg. 17). Non-profits don’t exist to make a profit but to use excess resources to meet needs that the government alone cannot fulfill. These organizations are not prohibited from earning revenue as long as the profit-making activities are related to the recognized program purpose.
The three main sectors private, non-profit, and the government share several similarities and key differences. One of the main differences is how their resources are handled. A non-profit organizations’ money is legally required to support its mission while private entities are able to distribute their resources to shareholders. Government agencies redirect their surplus resources back into government initiatives. Political shifts also highlight additional differences. As the political power changes so do the priorities in governmental agencies and the availability of public sector programs (The role of non-profits vs government and for profit sectors, 2015). Political shifts can garner more support and funding for non-profits but because the organizations secure funding from outside sources, programs can continue indefinitely as long as resources are available without any effect of a political change.
Non-profits are typically restricted with their work inside of the community as long as its business and mission related. Most restrictions imposed on non-profits are administered through state and federal government agencies through tax compliance, incorporation rules, and political participation.
Peer 2
What is the nonprofit sector? A nonprofit sector is an organization that provides a service(s) that is not conducted for the purpose of making a profit. The organization is sustained by donations, sales of goods and services, or by revenue from the government (Wolfe). The United States has three sectors government, private, and nonprofit. The private nonp ...
CasePart BNow that you have calculated the costs associated wi.docxcravennichole326
Case
Part B
Now that you have calculated the costs associated with each profit center and each profit center’s net income, you began to question the cost driver for Financial Services. As you reflected more deeply on the activities in that support department, you realized that most activities revolved around the issuance of invoices to patients. You asked for data on invoices generated by profit center and received the schedule reflected in Exhibit 6 below.
Exhibit 6
Utilization of Financial Services
Patient Services Department
Number of Bills Required
Routine Care
3,200
Laboratory
60,300
Radiology
36,500
Total bills
100,000
Re-calculate costs and net profit for each profit center based on this assumption. Did the most profitable profit center change? Does one of the profit centers now operate at a loss? If you were the Manager of the Imaging profit center and were incentivized based on profit, which of the two costing approaches would you prefer? Which do you prefer as Manager of the Primary Patient Care? Which of the approaches is the best approach and why?
CHAPTER 55
Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator
My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly
Bethany Hall-Long
“I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”
General Charles de Gaulle
My Political Roots
I am a nurse and I became the first health care professional elected into the Delaware General Assembly, as well as the first registered nurse elected. The roots of my public service began in a farming community where I volunteered to help others in my church and at neighborhood organizations. At the age of 12, I was a candy-striper in a local hospital and continued my civic work during my teen years. When I entered college I joined a political party. Though my parents were not politically active, my great-grandfather was a member of the Delaware House of Representatives in the 1920s and I am a descendent of Delaware's 16th governor.
My interest in politics began while working with underserved residents at the same time I was completing my master's degree in community health nursing in the late 1980s. I used an earlier edition of this book in my graduate program and vividly recall reading the chapters about becoming involved in politics. I began working with my local city government, the League of Women Voters, and a federal health clinic that served the homeless. Before these experiences, I had thought that public policy was remote to nursing and somewhat dry. These experiences changed my perspective.
Volunteering and Campaigning
I went on to volunteer with nonprofit and civic organizations, join professional associations, and to complete my doctoral degree in nursing administration andpublic policy. During this time, I served as a United States Senate Fellow and as a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy analyst for the Secretary's Commission on Nursing. These experiences exposed me to national ...
Presentation: the Plain Regulations Act (2013), Why you should care and how y...Center for Plain Language
It is our right to understand the laws and regulations that we need to comply with as citizens and residents. The Plain Regulations Act will require agencies to write regulations using language we can all understand.
This presentation describes
~the Act
~Why you should care and
~How you can help the Center for Plain Language get the bill out of committee for a vote on the floor.
Hint: Write a letter ... or 6
(Presentation) How to support the Plain Regulations Act (HR 1557 S 807)Kath Straub
How to support the Plain Language Act (HR 1557 and Senate 807)
There is currently a bill in Congress that would require government agencies to write regulations in Plain English. Today its just a bill (Remember your SchoolHouse Rock?) and we need your help to nudge congress to make it a law.
This presentation describes the bill, how you would benefit and what you can do to help this bill become a law.
There is an easy to print handout that you can also download with instructions for how to help and sample text for any letters you.
Note that it is tailored for Arizona (where I vote), so you will need to replace my Congressmen with yours, when you write your letters ...
Please feel free to download the presentation and use it to educate others. There will be a handout (also for AZ) right with sample letters posted here too.
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Behind the Scenes in Oregon by Forrest Kamperman
1. Abstract
This summer I worked at the Oregon Citizen
Representative office, which is a part of the
Governor’s office. I was the first line of
communication between the governor and the
constituent. My work there coincided with the end
of the Oregon Congress General Session, and so
I became well versed in the major bills that were
or might be sent to the Governor for signing. I
also worked with the policy advisors the Governor
had, and helped with communication between
constituents and the advisors. Other work there
included answering questions for constituents
and drafting policy letters for the office. This
internship helped me to understand the
connection between citizens and government,
and how the decisions made by high-level
officials can be influenced by average citizens. I
enjoyed helping make people’s concerns and
issues heard, along with helping them solve
issues they were having with the government, but
I do not feel that working as an intermediary
between government and constituents is
something I would like to do. It did give me more
of a clear view on how to get into government,
and what type of work I would want to do if I
joined the government.
Captiol
The Capitol building houses the Governor’s
office, the offices of his advisors, the House of
Representatives and Senate and the offices of
those who work there, along with Oregon State
Police offices.
Behind the Scenes in
Oregon
Forrest Kamperman
Grand Bargain
The Governor had many objectives for the
2013 session. All of his main objectives except
one were passed. The one that wasn’t passed
was the bill to provide more funding to schools
by increasing some taxes. In order to get
Republican support for the bill, PERS reform
was included in this package. This package
was a way to decrease future payouts by
decreasing the amount the cost of living could
increase. I watched the vote on the first of
these bills, which was officially defeated 15-15
in the Senate, and sent back to committee for
review, a week before the end of session. The
governor called a special session on
September 30th, where the Oregon Congress
discussed the details of the bill, still trying to
make a workable solution.
Major Bills and Events
-HB 3460- A bill requiring medical marijuana dispensaries to be regulated
more, was signed into law by the Governor
-SB 6- A bill that increases punishment for animal neglect and requires
animal rescue organizations to obtain licenses, passed by House and
Senate, not yet signed
-HB 2456- The Democratic half of the Grand Bargain, would increase
school funding by $100 million, is still on the floor, a special session was
called recently , mostly to discuss this bill and SB 857.
-SB 857- The Republican half of the Grand Bargain, it would limit
PERS(Public Employees Retirement System) cost of living increases, still
on the floor
-HB 3194- This bill was a public safety reform bill, which allowed for
reduction of certain sentences and allowed for more room for appeals, has
been signed into law by the Governor
-Salem Education Round Table- The governor held a round table on
education in Salem, where he first announced his plans for a special
session to try to pass SB 857 and HB 2456
-Emergency Conflagration Act- This act was invoked by the Governor on
July 20th because of fires in central and southern Oregon, as a way to help
those affected by the fires
Future Plans
After working at the Governor’s Office, I have
decided to look elsewhere next year. While I did
enjoy my time working there, and did learn a lot
about government’s inner workings, I do not feel
that I can be sure working in government is
something I want to do. While I am definitely not
ruling out working in Government, I am ruling out
working at a Citizen’s Representative Office.
Being the first line of contact between
constituents and the government is not
something I can see myself doing in the future. I
did make many good contacts this summer, I
definitely feel that it was a beneficial experience.