Understanding Law for Public Administration

Understanding Law for Public Administration
Author: Charles Szypszak
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2011-08-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0763780111

What is law? -- Constitutional principles -- Due process, equal protection, and civil rights -- Freedom of speech and religion -- Freedom of information -- Property -- Contracts and companies -- Employment -- Torts -- Criminal law and procedure -- Administrative law and procedure -- Public ethics law -- Civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution -- Managing the lawyer relationship -- Educating yourself about the law.

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2110
Release: 1962
Genre:
ISBN:

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1344
Release:
Genre:
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Information Needs of Communities

Information Needs of Communities
Author: Steven Waldman
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437987265

In 2009, a bipartisan Knight Commission found that while the broadband age is enabling an info. and commun. renaissance, local communities in particular are being unevenly served with critical info. about local issues. Soon after the Knight Commission delivered its findings, the FCC initiated a working group to identify crosscurrent and trend, and make recommendations on how the info. needs of communities can be met in a broadband world. This report by the FCC Working Group on the Info. Needs of Communities addresses the rapidly changing media landscape in a broadband age. Contents: Media Landscape; The Policy and Regulatory Landscape; Recommendations. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.

2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
Author: Department Justice
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781500783945

(a) Design and construction. (1) Each facility or part of a facility constructed by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity shall be designed and constructed in such manner that the facility or part of the facility is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the construction was commenced after January 26, 1992. (2) Exception for structural impracticability. (i) Full compliance with the requirements of this section is not required where a public entity can demonstrate that it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Full compliance will be considered structurally impracticable only in those rare circumstances when the unique characteristics of terrain prevent the incorporation of accessibility features. (ii) If full compliance with this section would be structurally impracticable, compliance with this section is required to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. In that case, any portion of the facility that can be made accessible shall be made accessible to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. (iii) If providing accessibility in conformance with this section to individuals with certain disabilities (e.g., those who use wheelchairs) would be structurally impracticable, accessibility shall nonetheless be ensured to persons with other types of disabilities, (e.g., those who use crutches or who have sight, hearing, or mental impairments) in accordance with this section.

Proposed Amendments to FCC Act of 1934

Proposed Amendments to FCC Act of 1934
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Communications Subcommittee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1960
Genre: Broadcasting
ISBN:

Considers S. 1898, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to revise public broadcasting industry licensing, forfeiture, and suspension procedures, particularly as they relate to television quiz shows, payola, and sponsorship identification.