Interview transcript: Marc (systems analyst) and James Goff (Administrator‚ Fiscal Operations) February 23‚ 2011‚ 8:00-8:30am Marc: Mr. Goff‚ thank you for meeting with me. I met with Mr. Harrison who recommended I talk with you about the legislator meal reimbursements process. I head up a team that will be helping to develop plans for a new information system for this process‚ and I would like your input. Initially‚ I am interested in learning about the major activities that performed in association
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Historian G.B. Endacott thought that the Hong Kong government was a consultative government. The definition of a consultative government is that it consults people’s opinions and listens to them. The features of a consultative Government are that it establishes communication between local associations‚ asks and listen to opinion of people‚ asks for opinion and support in decisions making‚ sets up advisory bodies to collect opinions and set up departments to consult people’s opinions. To a large extent
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11 Three levels or types of interdependence include Sequential interdependence is when the output that is produced by one department is utilized and necessary as the input that facilitates another department’s ability to operate. An example of this is an assembly organization where one department produces the car body‚ and the next department or unit within the facility is responsible for painting these car bodies. Reciprocal interdependence in which the input of one department within a given organization
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John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government contains Locke’s view on government and citizens of a government. Locke describes the relations between people and the government and the way the government should be run. In Chapter 12 of Second Treatise of Government‚ Locke describes the legislative‚ executive and federal powers in a commonwealth. The ideas expressed in Chapter 12 had an influence on the founding fathers of the United States and can be seen in today’s America. Chapter 12 of Locke’s Second
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Wisconsin’s government is not a “pure democracy‚” That means that WI government is one where the people directly govern public affairs. When the U.S. Constitution was being debated‚ James Madison warned against the dangers of a pure democracy. Instead he wanted a representative republic in which the ideas of the people are refined “through … a chosen body of citizens.” This has been the system of government at the federal level and in every state for more than two centuries. In Wisconsin‚ this system
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Legislative professionalism is the amount of work and time put into a legislature’s job. This includes the hours‚ whether it is full time or part time; the salary‚ whether it is volunteer or just enough money to live on; and the staff‚ whether there is a full staff or no staff. Usually legislatures with higher professionalism work full time‚ have a salary that he/she can survive on‚ and is well staffed. In Virginia‚ legislatures receive less than $20‚000 which leads to the belief that their job
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Theoretically‚ checks and balance is essentially important between the Executive-Legislative branches in democratic regimes‚ it can prevent power dominate by either one branch which may result to “absolute power makes absolute corrupt and incompetent”-- Duke Clinton. However‚ the central government wants to assure the transition of Macau sovereignty from Portugal to China smooth and stable‚ and on the other hand‚ she also wants to develop a system that is convenient in monitoring Macau SAR government’s
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Levy for public purpose. To levy a tax means to impose or to charge or to collect a tax from those to whom it is addressed. Technically however‚ to levy is to pass on laws or ordinances imposing a tax or duty upon specific group of taxpayers. Under this concept‚ the impelling reason for the imposition of the tax must be the welfare of the public‚ in general. This follows that the proceeds from such imposition shall inure to the benefit of the public. In one case‚ a certain imposition was successfully
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The bicameral structure of Congress was designed to enable the legislative body and its members to perform certain functions for the political system. These functions include lawmaking‚ representation‚ service to constituents‚ oversight‚ public education‚ and conflict resolution. The first of the functions of Congress is lawmaking. Lawmaking is the process of establishing the legal rules that govern society. This function is one of the two most important functions Congress‚ without lawmaking‚ society
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Say Yes to Pork and No to Corruption The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)‚ better known as “Pork Barrel” is a public fund regularly distributed among the members of the congress to cater to the legislators’ local projects for the development of their particular communities. The “Pork Barrel Scam” is currently a sensitive and obfuscated issue in our country as Pork Barrel is a frequent target for critics who say that it facilitates corruption. They say it makes it easier for politicians
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