ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS (A STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE) MEANING AND NATURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Introduction: Incidents of a lack of accountability‚ often associated with an element of corruption‚ among public officials and institutions when rendering public services‚ is a worldwide occurrence. In an attempt to address this governance tendency‚ governments increasingly look towards more sophisticated managerial methods such as improved monitoring and evaluation systems‚ and
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Public Key Infrastructure Strayer University CIS 333 – Network Security Fundamentals November 11‚ 2014 Public Infrastructure Key The PKI is a set of hardware‚ software‚ procedures and people for the creation‚ distribution‚ storing and management of digital certificates. It also maintains the networking environment of an organization by providing management service which could enable digital signature capabilities. It also enabled the users of unsecure public network for exchanging and private
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Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a security architecture that has been introduced to provide an increasedlevel of confidence for exchanging information over an increasingly insecure Internet. PKI may involve the use of methods‚ technologies and techniques that together provide a secure infrastructure. PKI involves the use of a public key and private key pair for authentication and proof of content. A PKI infrastructure is expected to offer its users the following
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Public-Private Partnerships(PPP): A Reality Check and the Limits of Principal Agent Theory Arie Halachmi‚ PhD 2011-2011 Distinguished Fulbright Professor Abstract Can partnership and contracting out of the production and delivery of what used to be performed by government improve public sector productivity? However‚ the reality does not always follow the theory. Using an actual case study and a Principal Agent Theory the paper explores and articulates possible limitations of Principal
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Transparency in Public Administration in India Siddharth Singh The demand for transparency in the functioning of government agencies is a popular and democratic reaction to the arbitrariness and secrecy that surround the working of most government offices. Traditionally‚ a citizen aggrieved by the decision of a government servant either approaches a senior controlling officer of the civil servant or a public representative to get a redress of his grievance. If the latter shows indifference or fails
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Simplify and clarify our thinking about politics and public policy Identify important aspects of policy problems Suggest explanations for public policy and predict its consequences Selected Policy Models. INSTITUTIONALISM: POLICY AS INSTITUTIONAL OUTPUT Government institutions have long been a central focus of political science. Public policy is authoritatively determined‚ implemented‚ and enforced by these institutions. The relationship between public policy and government institutions is very close
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1) How does the public key cryptography work? Explain in detail? 1. Public-key‚ what it is Public-key refers to a cryptographic mechanism. It has been named public-key to differentiate it from the traditional and more intuitive cryptographic mechanism known as: symmetric-key‚ shared secret‚ secret-key and also called private-key. Symmetric-key cryptography is a mechanism by which the same key is used for both encrypting and decrypting; it is more intuitive because of its similarity with
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Challenges to the Reforming of Public Administration in Russia It can be argued that effective public administration is perhaps the most important post-communist structural reform priority in Russia. Without effective reform in this arena‚ other types of reform are not viable or would be ineffective in its implementation. While reform in the public sector has been made in many areas the progress has been slowed significantly by various cultural‚ ideological and other barriers. Volumes can be
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INTRODUCTION Public Interest Litigation: The term "Public Interest" means the larger interests of the public‚ general welfare and interest of the masses ((Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edn.) Vol.Xll) and the Word “Litigation” means "a legal action including all proceedings therein‚ initiated in a court of Law with the purpose of enforcing a right or seeking a remedy." Thus‚ the expression `Public Interest Litigation’ means "any litigation conducted for the benefit of public or for removal of some
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Public punishment is an act or instance of punishing. A deterrent is something that discourages or is in intended to discourage someone from an act. In today’s society public punishment is often debated‚ where as in the 1800s‚ punishing someone publically was accepted. From community service to standing at intersections with hand written signs‚ public punishment can act as a deterrent or not affect that person at all. Public punishment is often frowned upon‚ but is effective in some‚ not all cases
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