Determine where each agency lies in the administrative structure of the federal government. Identify it as an executive department or an independent agency. The purpose of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. According to EPA website‚ Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution‚ EPA was established on December 2‚ 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety
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Computer Information Systems CIS 500 December 2‚ 2012 Introduction Technology has taken great leaps of advancement. Some of the new technology that companies and consumers are taking advantage of to store and process data is cloud computing. Cloud computing was derived from virtualization. Virtualization allows companies to separate business applications from hardware. Doing this gives the company the capability of assigning applications as needed. The option to manage applications is a great
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California-Illini Manufacturing The California-Illini Manufacturing Company’s (CI) plant operates in the rural central valley of California. It is family-owned and run. CI’s plant manager‚ a grandson of the founder‚ went to school with many of the employees. Despite this family atmosphere‚ CI is the largest producer of plain and hard-faced replacement tillage tools in the United States. It averages annual sales of $13 million. Farmers use tillage tools to cultivate the land. Hard-facing‚ the
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1. This first programmable device was devised in 1805. Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented the first truly programmable device to drive looms with instructions provided by punch cards. The punches control where the metal rods go through to produce certain patterns. "Video – Part 3” 2. During World War II‚ the British government developed one of the first working computers. a. The Colossus was the name of this computer used to decode Nazi communications during the war. "Page 22" b. Colossus computers
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Introduction Over the past four decades‚ spending on healthcare in the United States grew more rapidly than the economy (Baker‚ Birnbaum‚ Geppert‚ Mishol‚ Moyneur‚ 2008‚ p. 541). Healthcare has nearly tripled its share of national income during this time (p. 543). All aspects of the nation’s health system have been affected by this ongoing spending growth. Strategically marketing the development of products and services during this intense competition and uncertainty is vital for any healthcare
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Firm Research: Prosthetic Limbs Strayer University BUS505 Assignment 1 October 27‚ 2013 CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ or words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Signature: _________________________________
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Write a four to five (4-5) page paper‚ titled Part I: The Operating Budget for the (Selected Agency) in which you separate the content into sections: 1. Provide background information about the agency‚ mission‚ goals‚ objectives‚ departments‚ and strategic plan. (Title this section Introduction.) 2. Describe the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (Title this section Budget Overview.) a. Financial Summary‚ including Revenue and Expenditures b. Department Budgets c.
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: Ethics and the Manager; Shut Down or Continue Operations Marvin Braun had just been appointed vice president of the Great Basin Region of the Financial Services Corporation (FSC). The company provides check processing services for small banks. The banks send checks presented for deposit or payment to FSC‚ which then records the data on each check in a computerized database. FSC sends the data electronically to the nearest Federal Reserve Bank check-clearing center where the appropriate transfers
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ACCT505 Part B Capital Budgeting problem Data: Cost of new equipment Expected life of equipment in years Disposal value in 5 years Life production - number of cans Annual production or purchase needs Initial training costs Number of workers needed Annual hours to be worked per employee Earnings per hour for employees Annual health benefits per employee Other annual benefits per employee-% of wages Cost of raw materials per can Other variable production costs per can Costs to purchase cans - per can
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CH 1 | 1 CORRECT | | Managerial accounting is concerned with: | | | A) | reporting financial information to stockholders. | | | B) | reporting financial information to regulators. | | | C) | providing information for use within the organization. | | | D) | the financial consequences of past activities. | | | | | | Feedback:The correct answer is C: Managerial accounting is concerned with providing information to managers for use within the organization. | | 2
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