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Why did the House and the Senate create legislation for Affirmative Action?

Why did the House and the Senate create legislation for Affirmative Action?
Why did the House and the Senate create legislation for Affirmative Action?

production scheduling and control

production scheduling and control
Describe progressive and single scheduling activities undertaken in established manufacturing facilities .
Take a case study of any pharmaceutical company and explain their scheduling activities
– with a list of some of their products show how they schedule

What specific benefits should a hospital, clinic, and physician office look for in an EHR?

What specific benefits should a hospital, clinic, and physician office
HINT 297 – What specific benefits should a hospital, clinic, and physician office
What specific benefits should a hospital, clinic, and physician office look for in an EHR? Research the concerns healthcare organizations (globally or nationally) have had with implementing an EHR. Are there any common threads? Discuss any recent stories in the news where things have gone wrong with an EHR that has been implemented in that past year.

auditing exam

auditing exam

the midterm. The following topics will cover the majority of the questions:
PCAOB – their composition, inspections, their frequency, inspection reports,
Fraud – duty to detect, risks for fraud, types of fraud
CPA liability – negligence, 1933 vs. 1934 acts, defenses
Compilations & reviews – their similarities and differences, procedures, reports
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct – discreditable acts, fees
Independence – GAAS & PCAOB, self-review, covered members, prohibited services
SEC & SOX – certification, internal controls, 102(e)

The Past and Present Corrections Environments

The Past and Present Corrections

M1 Assignment 2 – The Past and Present Corrections
Module 1: Module 1 – M1 Assignment 2 Discussion Assignment 2: The Past and Present Corrections Environments
The corrections environment of the past is vastly different from that of today. However, many
aspects of the modern corrections environment have been the direct result of the influence of
historical architecture, ideology, and practice. To understand the mission of modern corrections,
it is essential to examine lessons learned from the past.
Submission Details: What are the primary differences between the mission of US prisons during the late
eighteenth or early nineteenth century and the mission of corrections today? What influences prompted the differences between these missions? Consider the
following discussion points:
o The medical model vs. the justice model. Prison as a punishment vs. prison as a rehabilitation tool.
In at least 300 words, post to the Discussion Area your responses to the following

A Civil War Battle in Arkansas

A Civil War Battle in Arkansas.

5 Page Research Paper- A Civil War Battle in Arkansas.
Research a Civil War Battle in Arkansas. Use MLA format.
Pick a battle that you are interested in that happened in Arkansas.
Research it with as many primary sources as possible.
Write a 5-10 page research paper.
Document your sources carefully. No Wikipedia!!
Please include pictures or maps.

Nursing Informatics

Nursing Informatics
Assignment: Application:

Using the Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum

Have you ever gone online to search for a journal article on a specific topic? It is amazing to see the large number of journals that are available in the health care field. When you view the library in its entirety, you are viewing untapped data. Until you actually research for your particular topic, there is little structure. Once you have narrowed it down, you have information and once you apply the information, you have knowledge. Eventually, after thoughtful research and diligent practice, you reach the level of wisdom—knowledge applied in meaningful ways.

Are there areas in your practice that you believe should be more fully explored? The central aims of nursing informatics are to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. This continuum represents the overarching structure of nursing informatics. In this Assignment, you develop a research question relevant to your practice area and relate how you would work through the progression from data to information, knowledge, and wisdom.

To prepare:

Review the information in Figure 6–2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.
Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?
Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.
Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.
Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?
Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.
How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?

Write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following: APA style with refernces

Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific.
Identify the databases and search words you would use.
Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.
Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.

Your paper must also include a title page, an introduction, a summary, and a reference page.

HU345 DB7

HU345 DB7

Visual Image Analysis (1 of 1)
Choose a photograph from a newspaper or news magazine. Explain and describe the visual image in your own words. Does the visual image make an argument? Would the
visual image persuade a reasonable person or does the image employ fallacious reasoning?

a cyber-security improvement plan

improvement plan outline
This week we will be continuing our journey to develop and communicate a cyber-security improvement plan in our case study assignment for PureLand Waste Water. During Week 2, we’ll be developing and submitting an outline for the improvement plan that will demonstrate understanding of the assignment along with all the required elements of a quality plan.

1. First, read the document titled, “Outline for Cyber-Security Improvement Plan” available in Blackboard in the PureLand Case Study area. This document will explain all the necessary parts included in your plan.

2. Using the detailed instructions attached in the file, “Outline for cyber security improvement plan.doc”, create your own outline that has the following components:

Introduction
Current state description
Overview of network weaknesses
Threats and vulnerabilities facing the ICS
Understanding of applicable regulations
Desired future state
Five areas of cyber-security you want to improve
Conclusion
Submit to Blackboard your outline for the final paper (in Microsoft Word format) which is a cyber-security improvement plan for PureLand Wastewater.

Important: This is an outline only, not a paper. It should only include headings, not paragraphs and content under each heading.

PureLand Wastewater Treatment
Cyber Security Case Study
Company Summary

PureLand Wastewater Treatment Inc. (est. 2001) is a company providing years of experience in all aspects of Wastewater Treatment with special emphasis on the Chemical Manufacturing and Biological Fermentation industries. We are a flexible, responsive organization with a network of resources to handle any size project. Each project is approached by utilizing our strong sterilization and engineering skills while drawing on our background in Operations, Service, Validation, and Quality to provide solutions for all of your Wastewater Treatment needs. We provide personal attention to ensure customer satisfaction in all services and equipment we supply.
Security Concerns

PureLand has special security concerns due to the highly toxic nature of some of the chemicals they use to sterilize and treat wastewater streams for their customers. Although Physical Security has always been on their radar and relatively strong, Cyber Security has not been something that they were particularly concerned about. After all, the chemicals they use to do their work were not proprietary so they had little concern about theft of intellectual property or trade secrets being compromised.
All this changed recently when PureLand executives and operations folks were contacted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in regard to a particularly toxic chemical they use to sanitize Wastewater in biologically hazardous processes-Chlorine Dioxide. DHS officials were aware of their use of the chemical because of publicly available waste treatment permits provided to PureLand by the EPA. As it turns out, Chlorine Dioxide is on the DHS Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) list of chemicals of interest because of the risks associated with chemical release or sabotage using this chemical. PureLand was aware Chlorine Dioxide was a very dangerous chemical, but they had never considered Cyber Terrorism or theft of the chemical for sabotage when completing prior risk assessments. The implications of this were quite serious for PureLand, as they now are required by Federal law to comply with both Physical and Cyber Security regulations related to their use of this chemical of interest. DHS officials made PureLand aware of their obligations and informed them that they would be subject to an audit by DHS within eighteen months that would assess their compliance with CFATS regulations. If compliance was not achieved within 12 months of the initial audit, PureLand would be subject to huge fines and penalties that could include closure of their facility.

PureLand Reaction

The PureLand Executives were quite alarmed by the news and immediately formed an internal team to create a Cyber Security improvement and compliance plan. The team researched the issue and reviewed the information provided by DHS around security standards. The first objective was to use a tool provided by DHS to perform a Cyber Security Self Evaluation on their computing systems. The hope was that by using this free tool, they could get some insight on the most critical Cyber Security gaps that existed and potentially provide a road map on where to focus their security improvement plan. A team of system administrators, security professionals, and management representatives worked on the Cyber Security Self Evaluation over a period of two days.
Cyber Security Self Evaluation Results

The results of the Self Evaluation were very disturbing for the entire team. The evaluation reported varying levels of compliance from 0% to 100%, but it was very clear that they had their work cut out for them. The leadership team met with the IT staff and their IT Security Analyst, and it was decided that they didn’t have the internal staffing or appropriate skillset to implement the needed security improvements within one year. The decision was made to hire an outside consultant to help devise and implement a Cyber Security improvement plan that would achieve these critical objectives:

1. Reduce their risk from Cyber Security incidents to an acceptable level
2. Achieve compliance with CFATS regulations
3. Minimize negative impacts to production and safety

Path Forward

As the outside consultant, it’s your job to lead the effort to create the Cyber Security improvement plan per the objectives laid out in the accompanying document: Developing Cyber Security Improvement Plan for Industrial Control System – Case Study.

You’ll focus your efforts by studying the PureLand Cyber Security Assessment which includes various tables and charts indicating the areas of most concern. PureLand has contracted you to provide two major deliverables for this contract:

1. Industrial Control System Cyber Security Improvement Plan (Detailed requirements included in document – ICS security improvement case description)
2. Presentation to key stakeholders one week prior to formal plan presentation

Outline for Cyber Security Improvement Plan
Objective
This assignment requires the student to write an outline for your final paper which is a cyber-security improvement plan for PureLand WasteWater.
Instructions for assignment
1. Read the PureLand Cyber Security Case Study document to understand the premise of this assignment. In summary, you are a consultant hired by PureLand Wastewater to improve their CyberSecurity due to new CFATS regulations from the US Department of Homeland Security.
2. Read Developing ICS cyber security improvement plan.doc in the PureLand Case Study section within Blackboard and be sure the required elements from section 1 are included.
3. Write an outline that will be used to build your cyber-security improvement plan, and have these required parts in your outline:
a. Include an introduction
b. Document and communicate the current state for security of the PureLand WasteWater Industrial Control System and overall network
c. Provide an overview of the network design including major weaknesses in the design and layout of network components with suggested network layout improvements
d. Identify the threats and vulnerabilities facing the assets of an Industrial Control System including Advanced Persistent Threats and recommend potential security measures that could have prevented those incidents
e. Understand applicable regulations and include provisions for achieving compliance with CFATS regulations within the plan
f. Based on knowledge of recommended security best practices and standards, document and communicate the desired future state for security of the ICS.
g. Document at least 5 security improvements you would recommend for PureLand to implement in their Industrial Control System. (Hint: These 5 improvement areas should be areas that are weak as stated in the document titled, Site Summary Report PureLand WasteWater.docx)
h. Include a conclusion