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Inherently Governmental Functions and Department of Defense Operations

Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

By: John R. Luckey

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Inherently Governmental Functions and Department of Defense Operations

Background, Issues, and Options for Congress

By: John R. Luckey

An ¿inherently governmental function¿ is one that, as a matter of law and policy, must be performed by fed. gov¿t. employees and cannot be contracted out because it is ¿intimately related to the public interest.¿ This report provides background, issues, and options for Congress on defining inherently governmental functions within the context of U.S. Dept. of Defense (DoD) operations. The report focuses upon DoD because of the specific functions that it performs; its prominent role in fed. contracting; its unique workforce, which consists of military and civilian personnel; and recent allegations that DoD, among other agencies, has improperly contracted out inherently governmental functions. Charts and tables.

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DIANE Publishing

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1437918859

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Beyond Common Sense

Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform

By: Fred Wulczyn,Richard P. Barth,Ying-Ying T. Yuan,Brenda Jones Harden,John Landsverk

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Beyond Common Sense

Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform

By: Fred Wulczyn,Richard P. Barth,Ying-Ying T. Yuan,Brenda Jones Harden,John Landsverk

Helping vulnerable children develop their full potential is an attractive idea with broad common-sense appeal. However, child well-being is a broad concept, and the legislative mandate for addressing well-being in the context of the current child welfare system is not particularly clear. This volume asserts that finding a place for well-being on the list of outcomes established to manage the child welfare system is not as easy as it first appears. The overall thrust of this argument is that policy should be evidence-based, and the available evidence is a primary focus of the book. Because policymakers have to make decisions that allocate resources, a basic understanding of incidence in the public health tradition is important, as is evidence that speaks to the question of what works clinically. The rest of the book addresses the evidence. Chapter 2 integrates bio-ecological and public health perspectives to give the evidence base coherence. Chapters 3 and 4 combine evidence from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, the Multistate Foster Care Data Archive, and the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to offer an unprecedented profile of children as they enter the child welfare system. Chapters 5 and 6 address the broad question of what works. A concluding chapter focuses on policy and future directions, suggesting that children starting out, children starting school, and children starting adolescence are high-risk populations for which explicit strategies have to be formed. This timely volume offers useful insights into the child welfare system and will be of particular interest to policymakers, academics with an interest in Child Welfare Policy, Social Work educators, and Child Advocates.

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317

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Routledge

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1351327984

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Ogallala

Water for a Dry Land

By: John Opie,Char Miller,Kenna Lang Archer

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Ogallala

Water for a Dry Land

By: John Opie,Char Miller,Kenna Lang Archer

2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Ogallala aquifer, a vast underground water reserve extending from South Dakota through Texas, is the product of eons of accumulated glacial melts, ancient Rocky Mountain snowmelts, and rainfall, all percolating slowly through gravel beds hundreds of feet thick. Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land is an environmental history and historical geography that tells the story of human defiance and human commitment within the Ogallala region. It describes the Great Plains' natural resources, the history of settlement and dryland farming, and the remarkable irrigation technologies that have industrialized farming in the region. This newly updated third edition discusses three main issues: long-term drought and its implications, the efforts of several key groundwater management districts to regulate the aquifer, and T. Boone Pickens's failed effort to capture water from the aquifer to supply major Texas urban areas. This edition also describes the fierce independence of Texas ranchers and farmers who reject any governmental or bureaucratic intervention in their use of water, and it updates information about the impact of climate change on the aquifer and agriculture. Read Char Miller's article on theconversation.com to learn more about the Ogallala Aquifer.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496207262

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The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment

By: John E.B. Myers,American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

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The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment

By: John E.B. Myers,American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

The third edition of this best-selling handbook covers all aspects of child maltreatment, including physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect. The third edition will undergo a major overhaul by reorganizing the content categories according to each form of abuse. The previous two editions divided up the content by psychological, pychosocial, medical and legal aspects of abuse. Through the review process we learned that many reviews would prefer the organization to be grouped by each form of neglect (physical, sexual, emotional) rather than by the corresponding aspects. In addition, the third edition will have new and updated chapters, including the history of child protection, prevention, reporting, foster care and adoption, the criminal justice system, cultural competence and interviewing. The entire book will have a focus on evidence based practices which will be discussed in all parts. In addition, each part will contain a similar structure covering definitions, legal aspects, interventions and treatment. This edition is poised to be the most successful edition yet and will include contributions for THE leading experts in each corresponding area. Features and benefits include: The most comprehensive resource for individuals working within the child welfare system and for students preparing to work in child welfare and child protective services. A compilation by the leading experts in each area. An easy-to-read and comprehend format which allows for easy comparison across maltreatment areas. Experienced editor who is very thorough, efficient, and detail oriented.

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SAGE

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1412966817

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Case and His Contemporaries

Vol. 5

By: John Carroll

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Case and His Contemporaries

Vol. 5

By: John Carroll

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752566884

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Inherently Governmental Functions and Department of Defense Operations

Inherently Governmental Functions and Department of Defense Operations

Beyond Common Sense

Beyond Common Sense

Ogallala

Ogallala

The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment

The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment

Case and His Contemporaries

Case and His Contemporaries

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