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60th Air Mobility Wing Information Protection Office Job Redesign
Get PDFThe current operations tempo at the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Information Protection Office (IPO), Travis AFB, California is not sustainable and program enhancement is minimal due to excessive administrative tasks levied upon the office. The 60th IPO has one dedicated position to process security clearances for a population of a 6000 personnel. The research proves by realigning non-critical processes from the Wing IPO to subordinate squadron security managers, expertise was increased, error rates reduced, and redundant processes were eliminated. This realignment of processes reduced security clearance processing time by 34 days and recouped 80 hours back to the Wing IPO PERSEC program monthly, thereby increasing mission readiness for Travis AFB, CA. The research is supported by current and relevant literature of existing job design processes along with direct observation of key functions. Additionally, the use of surveys and data analytics measured, analyzed and determined implementation to be successful
Smart Lighting Policy Exploration for the City of Monterey
Get PDFHow can technology be used to create innovation and benefit for society? The answer to this question has many possible solutions depending on your location and perspective, but an increasing number of collaborators are working toward solutions on some of the most challenging problems facing humanity. This paper will examine innovative smart lighting solutions which present an improvement over the current solution for the City of Monterey. Current research presents use cases and case studies which will be used as a basis for exploring a smart lighting solution for Monterey. The impacts of this study, policy evaluation and policy recommendations could create an opportunity for Monterey to position itself as leader in the region of sustainability and innovation, creating buzz, bringing collaborators and business to the area, while also decreasing expenditures on lighting, reducing emissions and light pollution, and building an additional layer of fault tolerance for Monterey
School Safety and Security: Arming Non-teaching School Staff: A Case Study of Hendry County Florida Schools
Get PDFIn response to the mass shooting in Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School the Florida Legislature enacted the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act of 2018. The law empowers school districts to opt-in or opt-out of the Aaron Feis Guardianship program. The program authorizes the training and arming of non-teaching staff members during school operation to increase school safety. However, the decision to arm staff members during school operating hours represent a significant legal and sociopolitical dilemma for many school boards across the State of Florida. Even though several states like Texas and Arkansas currently allow armed school staff, several studies have concluded that allowing more guns into heavily populated spaces like schools does not reduce violence and result in unintended consequences like students being exposed to intentional and accidental gun violence, suicides, and increased community fears.
Therefore, the consequences from having more guns, by arming school staff to keep children safe was the focus of this research. The presence of armed school staff was evaluated through the perspective of community members and interviewing key community stakeholders living in the South Florida town of Clewiston. These citizens were surveyed and interviewed (N=30), to get their opinions regarding school security and the most effective method for protecting schools from intrusion by a mass shooter. The research concluded that school security in the single most important system that will prevent school mass shootings and arming school staff had minimal effectiveness. In terms of causation, a shooter home life relationship and bullying at school contributed to a shooting event. The data generated from this research provided important information that is beneficial to all stake holders namely; students, school staff, school districts, law enforcement, public administrators and policy decision-makers
Responding to Homegrown Terrorism: The Case of Boko Haram
Get PDFIf terrorism as it is known from history is changing, should the response to it change as well? This paper reflects on the rise and activities of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria and the hesitation of domestic, regional and international efforts in stemming its spread. It finds that the rise and impact of homegrown terrorist groups like Boko Haram deserve closer attention than they have previously received particularly with regard to legal responses by domestic governments and the international community. The activities of Boko Haram in Nigeria have brought to the fore challenges faced by law and governments in tackling an ideology whose purpose is so far largely misunderstood and whose means of garnering public attention remain as variant and as indiscriminate as their attacks of terror. This paper argues for a reconceptualization; a rethink about the implications for law and social order in the 21st century by examining the lessons to be drawn from, and the responses to be considered, in addressing the emergence of groups such as Boko Haram and their brand of homegrown terror
Morning Panel
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● Moderator: Professor Warren Small● Rapporteur: Dr. Marc Santamaria
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1. Dr. Keiichiro Okimoto: “International Law In Practice: A United Nations Perspective” 2. Professor Dr. Benedetta Faedi Duramy: “Child Obesity, School Food Rules, and the Best Interest of the Child.” 3. Ms. Uzor Oparaku: “International Law and Health Care in Times of Conflict: The Case of Northeastern Nigeria.” 4. Dr. Hamidreza Mokhtarian: “The Application of Public International Law in Islamic Courts.” 5. Magistrate Angela Teye: “The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in East Africa: Major Focus on Tanzania.” 6. Dr. Dana Rizayeva: “International Law in Practice of Non-use of Nuclear Weapons
Afternoon Panel
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● Moderator: Professor Dr. Arthur Gemmell ● Rapporteur: Professor Dr. Zakia Afrin
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1. Professor Dr. Andrew Conteh: “Brexit and Public International Law”2. Professor Dr. Emeka Duruigbo: “Attracting Foreign Oil and Gas Investment in Stranded Assets Environment” 3. Mr. Quang Chau: “Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Vietnam: Implementation in Reality and the Path Forward” 4. Dr. Ramesh Bikram Karky: “The International Legal Landscape on Gene Editing & Genes Patenting.” 5. Professor Warren Small: “A Broken Road to Justice: The Syrian Civil War as a Model for the Application of International Humanitarian Law” 6. Professor Celine Castets-Renard: “Data Privacy Law in the Digital World: An International and Practical Perspective
Nordstrom v. Ryan: Inmate’s Legal Correspondence Between His or Her Attorney is Still Constitutionally Protected
Get PDFPrison administrations have been given much deference as to the limitations of prisoners’ rights. Still, even though the courts have shown regard to the prison administration, they have also recognized that there are two important interests at play: those of the prison administration and that of the prisoners’ constitutional rights. Because there are two important interests at play when an issue arises as to a prison’s regulation and its effect on a prisoner’s constitutional right, the courts turn to the Turner standard to determine the regulation’s constitutionality. Recently, the Ninth Circuit used this standard in Nordstrom v. Ryan to determine whether an Arizona Department of Corrections (“ADOC”) prison official reading an inmate’s outgoing legal correspondence to his attorney was a violation of both his First Amendment and Sixth Amendment rights. The court found that both of the prisoner’s constitutional rights were in fact violated
The Right to Flourish, Regenerate, and Evolve: Towards Juridical Personhood for an Ecosystem
Get PDFThis article will examine two at-risk American rivers through a comparison of the different legal approaches brought by the citizens and conservation groups fighting to protect them. Through analysis of the two lawsuits, this article will highlight the flaws of the traditional approach, and introduce a novel proposal for a shift in the lens under which nature is considered in American jurisprudence.
Part I will survey the Suwannee River and a citizen suit against a poultry-packing plant accused of illegally fouling its waters through repeated violations of an EPA-issued permit governing wastewater discharges. This suit represents the congressionally-created traditional avenue to protecting a natural object when government agencies are unable or unwilling to enforce environmental regulations.
Part II will present the Colorado River and a unique suit, which builds upon dusty law review pages and an old Supreme Court Justice’s dissent in an attempt to establish juridical personhood for a river ecosystem. This case of first impression aims to establish a new legal doctrine that would significantly loosen the standing requirements for citizens seeking to sue for the protection of inanimate, natural objects—by allowing the suit to be brought in the name of the aggrieved ecosystem itself. The court’s declaration of the ecosystem as a legal person is the necessary first step towards the recognition of the ecosystem’s fundamental rights, and an ultimate remedy against the state and governor for the violation of those rights.
Part III will consummate the comparison of approaches brought by the two suits through argument positing why an evolution in the consciousness of American jurisprudence is necessary and desirable. Because the governments and laws of the United States have failed to protect the ecosystems within its jurisdiction, Nature needs a voice to litigate for its own preservation
