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Students must pick a topic related to the above categories and connect it to the central questions and concepts presented in this course.Students must pick a topic related to the above categories and connect it to the central questions and concepts presented in this course.

Read the piece “Living a Feminist Life” by Sara Ahmed (found on the Canva). Considering Ahmed’s argument and your own evolving definition of feminism your critical reflection must consider one of the following:   • a social justice call (for example: climate activism, reproductive justice) • a feminist organization (for example: sistersong, Moms Demand Action) […]

Defining a Process for Gathering Information Pertaining to a GLBA Compliance AuditDefining a Process for Gathering Information Pertaining to a GLBA Compliance Audit

Introduction A financial institution is like any other business in that it aims to maintain or raise its profits.  It is safe to assume that some financial institutions—faced with the choice between safeguarding an individual’s information and safeguarding the institution’s overhead costs—would lean toward lowering costs. Once the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) was enacted in 1999, such […]

Aligning an IT Security Assessment—Risks, Threats, and Vulnerability— to Achieve ComplianceAligning an IT Security Assessment—Risks, Threats, and Vulnerability— to Achieve Compliance

Introduction  In general, security assessments are more technical, more focused, and, in the case of penetration testing, more targeted than an audit. Comparatively speaking, the auditor takes the broader, holistic view. Nevertheless, an auditor still needs to gather reliable and relevant evidence to measure compliance. What happens when the auditor lacks the technical skills to gather […]

Defining a Process for Gathering Information Pertaining to a HIPAA Compliance AuditDefining a Process for Gathering Information Pertaining to a HIPAA Compliance Audit

Introduction It’s important for health care companies to understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its privacy and security rules. The act applies not only to doctors and hospitals but to all health care providers and researchers who are able to share patient information that’s classified as private. HIPAA was […]

Writing Assignment: Life Cycle Analysis (LCA): A Comparison of Paper and Plastic BagsWriting Assignment: Life Cycle Analysis (LCA): A Comparison of Paper and Plastic Bags

Instruction is on “LCA – Writing Assignment.docx” Please read it carefully.   This assignment helps us learn the value of an LCA.  Here we will compare two similar and common items, paper and plastic bags.  With trillions of packaged goods being transported around the world to billions of people you can see why packaging choices are […]

Describe different quality methods within healthcare. Explain the basic models of quality improvement in healthcare. Evaluate the role and importance of patient satisfaction. Evaluate the role and importance of the patient experience..Describe different quality methods within healthcare. Explain the basic models of quality improvement in healthcare. Evaluate the role and importance of patient satisfaction. Evaluate the role and importance of the patient experience..

Recently, the CEO has been hearing complaints from both patients and staff, varying from long wait times to rude physicians. You have been hired to design and implement a Quality Improvement Plan to help uncover quality problems and to satisfactorily resolve them. Scenario Continued You have been asked to present a narrated visual report for […]

HLSS 322 Of the documents reviewed in class (excluding the U.S. Constitution), which do you feel serves as the most important at this point in time?HLSS 322 Of the documents reviewed in class (excluding the U.S. Constitution), which do you feel serves as the most important at this point in time?

Instructions Answer each of the following questions: Of the documents reviewed in class (excluding the U.S. Constitution), which do you feel serves as the most important at this point in time? Be sure to provide significant support for your argument. When examining critical infrastructure, which sector possess the biggest risk and what legal and ethical […]

HLSS 322 Short paper: Should the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommend to the President and Congress to remove the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the DHS structure and make it an independent agencyHLSS 322 Short paper: Should the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommend to the President and Congress to remove the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the DHS structure and make it an independent agency

Instructions Complete a briefing paper on the following:  Should the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommend to the President and Congress to remove the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the DHS structure and make it an independent agency of the US Executive Branch? Discuss challenges facing FEMA responding to disasters. What strategies should […]

In what ways do the interviews with Taiye Selasi and Chinua Achebe reflect the differences between African writers?In what ways do the interviews with Taiye Selasi and Chinua Achebe reflect the differences between African writers?

Taiye Selasi argues in “African Literature Doesn’t Exist,” “To call me an African novelist is first to invent some monolithic Africa, and second to restrict me—my characters, their color— from overstepping its bounds. We imply that I have something important in common with all other African authors, who, together with me, produce African literature. The […]