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After reading the attached chapter and listening to the podcast, write an essay of 500 words about the connection between news and literacy. Give a few examples presented in the textbook to illustrate your ideas. According to the text, what is the difference between a literate and illiterate person? Give examples. Compare news transmitted verbally and in a written form.

Listen to the podcast on the history of American news media at http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/01/12/the-history-of-americas-news-media-and-what-went-wrong/

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Assignment 5: Recommendations to Manage Common Compliance Issues

Due Week 10 and worth 150 points

Note: The assignments are a series of papers that build upon one another.

Refer the following resources to complete this assignment:

• A guide to best practices for contract administration

(http://www.acquisition.gov/bestpractices/bestpcont.html)

As the Contract Officer, you know it is time to assemble a team to manage compliance of the contract. Create a PowerPoint presentation based on the scenario you created to bring the team you have assembled up-to-date on what has occurred thus far.

Prepare a twelve to twenty (12-20) slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in which you:

1. Analyze the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrators.
2. Identify the various options of administrative and judicial processes available and select the appropriate process to resolve the dispute.
3. Analyze the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules and using a compliance matrix in government contract situations.
4. Present ideas for brainstorming with your team in order to develop a policy that explains the role the Contract Officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor, from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work.
5. Recommend three (3) best practices (one [1] from each section presented on Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative [COTR], voucher processing, and contract closeout) that will lend insight into ensuring that the contracting process moves smoothly through financing, administration, and closeout of the contract.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Given a contract disputes situation, evaluate the various options and select the appropriate administrative and judicial processes available to resolve the dispute.
• Develop recommendations to manage the common compliance issues throughout financing, administration, and closeout of contracts.
• Given a contract change situation, evaluate the various options and select the appropriate administrative processes to effect the change.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in government contract law.
• Write clearly and concisely about government contract law using proper writing mechanics.

This unit discussion meets CACREP standards/Counseling, Prevention, and Intervention C.3 – Knowledge; Collaboration and Consultation M.4 – Knowledge.

Submit the following sections of your Case Assessment Project:

Section 3 – Approach Selection (3 pages). Choose group counseling to assess the following:

If you use group counseling, identify how you will address the child’s presenting issues through a group format. Discuss the activities and interventions will you utilize in group. Explain how you would incorporate, from a prevention perspective, elements that would help the child cope with crises related to bullying, school transitions, and other developmentally likely situations. Also, explore the child’s developmental level and explain the developmental issues you would like to address in your work with this child. Section 4 – Family Counseling (3 pages). Use a family systems theory and discuss how you can use this theory in a family session with all family members or guardians present. Plan a meeting with the client’s entire family. Identify the client’s family members. Discuss in detail the rules and boundaries in the family. Do you need to include some parent education models for the parents? If so, which model would you use and how would you introduce it in the session?

Your assignment paper must include a title page, the body of the assignment with the client description and all sections completed thus far, and a reference list.

Support your sections with references. Each section should use 2 to 3 new references for a total of at least 15 references for all sections combined.

The focus of this discussion is adolescent healthcare. Please address the following points in your initial response:

In your opinion, what are the two most important factors that influence adolescent development? Give rationales for your choices.

In the Western culture, there are a variety of health services available for adolescents, but what is missing in Western society that would benefit health promotion for adolescents?

How do the health problems that adolescents face impact their health and wellness in their lifetime?

Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you discuss the regulation of hazardous waste. Include the following:

• What are the two key regulations that govern hazardous waste sites in the United States?
• What are the key components and differences between Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)?
• When were these acts enacted?

Format citations and references consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit a cost estimate using the table similar to the one used in the slides. If your cost is different than what you had proposed in the

Project Charter, provide a brief description of why and highlight what is different. Update your Project Charter.

Update your Risk Management Plan specifically relating to cost. Identify what risks exists and how you plan on mitigating them.

Assignment 5•Part 1: Develop a bottom-up cost estimate for your project.Include direct labor, indirect labor, overhead, general and

administration, profit (if applicable), travel, materials and/or other direct costs. Update your Project Charter and Risk Management Plan

(100pts) •BONUSPOINTS!Complete Scenario B and C of the HBSP simulation.Postonthediscussionboardhow you made your decisions, lessons learned or

observations and compare it to Scenario A. (10ptsfor each Scenario completed and posted. This could be as high as 20 total points)

Edward is a seven-year-old boy who has difficulty reading. His teacher refers him to the school psychologist to evaluate for a learning disability. The psychologist’s report concludes that Edward has dyslexia and mild central nervous system impairment.

Edward’s mother asks whether the report means that her son has brain damage. The psychologist says, “He has impairments, but I wouldn’t say that he is brain damaged.”

How would you explain this answer? What is dyslexia?

What are the different nuances of meaning associated with the expressions brain damage and central nervous system impairment?

In our culture, are we overly sensitive and fearful about the idea of brain damage?

Is this fear justified?

A.) what is the main problem that your central nervous system will try to solve?

B.) What is the somatic nervous system likely to be doing?

C.) Which part of the autonomic nervous system is likely to be active, and what will it be doing?