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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"government accountability"”.
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Does open data increase government accountability?
… concerns itself with the impact of open data on government accountability. It critically assesses open data’s ability to increase the accountability of government in practice. The study offers insight into the positive dividends and potentially negative consequences of open data. It considers the …
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Emerging trends in recent Human Rights-based climate change and litigation targeting government accountability
… litigation, specifically relating to holding governments accountable for their actions. Due to climate change cases being canvassed comprehensively in other publications up until 2019, this dissertation focuses on those cases filed in 2019 and 2020 and cases in which major developments …
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Government accountability is in our hands: utilising tech-enabled methodologies to give citizens the power to monitor the implementation of the regulation relating to sexual offences courts
… Regulation in Sexual Offences Courts to hold the government accountable and ensure these objects are achieved is of the utmost importance. This pilot study, which was part of an existing project being conducted by a coalition known as Shukumisa, aimed to determine whether an online tool can …
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Making Bureaucracy Accountable: Three Essays on Bureaucratic Accountability in China
As accountability theories are mostly concentrated on electoral politics, government accountability remains an understudied topic in authoritarian regimes. My dissertation explores China's government accountability through three lenses. First, I examine how administrative decentralization impacts …
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The Experiences of Registered Nurses Injured by Interpersonal Violence while on Duty in an Emergency Department
… Disease Control, 2013; Gerberich et al., 2004; Government Accountability Office, 2016; U.S. Department of Labor, 2016). Despite efforts over the past few years to reduce workplace violence in healthcare facilities and specifically in emergency departments, the incidence of violence has not …
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Information and communication technology (ICT) for accountable service delivery in informal settlements: A case study of Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town
… effectiveness of using ICT for enhancing local government accountability in the informal settlement of Imizamo Yethu. This study used a qualitative methods approach employing semi-structured interviews, WhatsApp diaries and document analysis. This thesis uses an analytical framework that …
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Analysis of the United States Marine Corps' utilization of Defense Logistics Agency disposition services as a source of supply
… prominent topic within the U.S. Congress since a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report in 2005 uncovered billions of dollars in wasteful DoD purchases. Since that report, the DLA has launched several initiatives to improve Service reutilization of military equipment. Projected near-term …
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Gender and Social Capital: Implications for Women's Civic Engagement in Ecuador and Peru
… of a healthy democracy, contributing to higher government accountability and overall improvement in "good governance". Civic engagement is particularly critical to subgroups which are under-represented in formal political structures, such as women, as it affords these groups the opportunity to …
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Stakeholder salience influence on bureaucratic program enterprise value creation
In 2009, the Government Accountability Office reported that two-thirds of major weapon systems acquisition programs were required to report budget overruns and were almost two years behind schedule for delivery of capability to the warfighters. The Secretary of Defense and the President of the …
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Three essays on political economy
… analysis of audit reports released by the Government Accountability Office. Essay 2: State Parties and State Policies: A Double Regression Discontinuity Approach. This paper identifies the causal effect of partisan power on tax and labor policies in the context of U.S. state legislatures …
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Beyond Antagonistic Nonprofit Accountability: A Case Analysis of Practitioner Responses to the Contracting Regime
The longstanding framing of accountability in principal-agent terms has encouraged adversarial and oppositional interactions and ways of thinking amongst nonprofit and funding agency practitioners within government-nonprofit relationships. These interactions are deeply rooted in the accountability …
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Autism Programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia: From Theory to Practice
… in 1990. More recently, in 2005 the federal government issued a report from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailing rising prevalence, expenditures that exceed general education per pupil spending, and multiple educational services. Furthermore, the Virginia …
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Government Evolution and the Democratic Ideal: Applying Pragmatism as a Method for Success
… philosophical perspective into the evolution of governments towards a democratic ideal. Freedom and equality are the basis of a global progression towards democratic freedoms in political and civic life. History has witnessed an on-going development of political consciousness which demands …
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Who's Attending the Party? Elections, Parties, and Democratization in Postcommunist States
… which facilitates effective voting and government accountability; parties provide the cooperation and collaboration necessary for a legislature to function effectively and independently; and parties strive to guard against one group gaining permanent control over the political system. …
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Essays in development economics and political economy
… India's Parliament, which is intended to foster government accountability to the people by allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) to raise questions about issues of concern to the electorate which the Government must answer. I use an unusual source of variation in the telecast status of Question …
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Investigating Implementation of Federal Agency Reorganization
… by performing a structured study of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports to answer the question, what do GAO reports say about the implementation of federal agency reorganization? More specifically this study explores what portion of reorganization plans are implemented, …
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A Case Study of Corruption and Public Accountability in Nigeria
… in corruption despite the efforts of the government to rid the nation of corruption. This survey shows a lack of accountability from public officials and a lax system of governance in the country. As a result corruptible acts are not harshly penalized and easier to get away with, within …
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New villages for the people of the North : relocation strategy for Alaskan native villages
… complied or completed by the villagers. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) had provided a report that identified 31 villages that were under the threats of global warming in 2009. The report further identified four villages, Shishmaref, Kivalina, Newtok, and Shaktoolik, that called …
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Performance-based funding: Perspectives of community college leaders’ in Texas on its influence on student success initiatives
… funding (PBF) milestones. The U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that state funding for community colleges had declined by 12% across the United States. In addition to reduced funding, community colleges were having to deal with the new PBF formula implemented by the …
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Factors influencing FDA clearance time for medical device 510(k)
… critiques of the 510(k) process, namely a recent Government Accountability Office study and an article by the Public Citizen (a public advocacy group), the potential implications of regulatory reform is explored from both a policy and industry perspective.
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