Find a current government budget and explain the technical adjustments made to the baseline budget. Be sure to provide the underlying rationale for these adjustments. Government budgets are public records and can be found online.
What would be the primary starting point for adjusting a baseline budget? Provide examples.
What are technical adjustments to a budget? Provide at least one example outside of the textbook.
In Chapter 5, Colleen Rowley is presented as a profile in Rushmorean Courage for her actions as a whistleblower.
• Conduct and summarize your own independent research of Colleen Rowley's actions beyond the discussion in the text.
• What is your opinion of Rushmorean Courage? Do you agree or disagree with the authors?
• Research the Federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, Whistleblower Protection Act Fact Sheet, and the Department of Justice Guidance on Whistleblower laws to support or negate Colleen Rowley’s actions as a whistleblower.
• Research whistleblower’s protection laws for government employees in your own state. In what ways are the federal and state laws adequate to protect whistleblowers. In what ways should the federal and state laws be improved?
510 discussion 1 (250 words)
In Chapter 5, the authors discuss principal-based management and professionalism in the criminal justice system.
• What are the characteristics of the professional criminal justice practitioner?
• What suggestions has the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing made for today’s police departments?
• What areas do you agree with the authors in terms of the reality within our system?
• What areas do you disagree with the authors?
• What suggestions do you have for the future in managing criminal justice agencies?
510 discussion 2 (250 words)
In Chapter 9, the authors present two case studies demonstrating the dangers of unrestrained personal loyalty at the executive and operational levels in police and corrections agencies. Choose one case study and discuss the following:
• Define and distinguish among the three levels of loyalty: personal loyalty, institutional loyalty, and integrated loyalty.
• What levels are at issue in the case study and why?
• What should an honest practitioner do if two levels are in conflict?
• Discuss your opinion of whether traditional personal loyalty to superiors in criminal justice is essential, and or for what reasons.