Job Security Rule Changes and Employee Organizational Commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunkang Hur ◽  
James L. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Federal Employees ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Rule Changes ◽  
Security Rule ◽  
The Impact

This study assesses the impact of different job security rules on federal employees’ organizational commitment by looking at the effects of changes in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) precipitated by MaxHR, introduced to DHS in 2005. The 2005 job security rule changes, as part of the “reformed” personnel system of the new DHS, reduced employee job security, which in turn weakened organizational commitment. The study found subsequent repeal of the job security rules in 2007 boosted organizational commitment among DHS workers by as much as 10 percentage points. Taken together, the results of difference-in-differences (DID) analysis for the new job security rules in the period 2005-2006 and subsequent repeal of the job security rules in the period 2007-2010 suggest that employees’ commitment to DHS was more favorable after the repeal of the job security rules than prior to the 2005 reforms.

Impact of Ventilation on Fire Behavior in Legacy and Contemporary Residential Construction

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Kerber ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Homeland Security ◽  
Fire Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Front Door ◽  
Fire Environment ◽  
Open Floor ◽  
The Impact

Under the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program, Underwriters Laboratories examined fire service ventilation practices as well as the impact of changes in modern house geometries. There has been a steady change in the residential fire environment over the past several decades. These changes include larger homes, more open floor plans and volumes and increased synthetic fuel loads. This series of experiments examine this change in fire behavior and the impact on firefighter ventilation tactics. This fire research project developed the empirical data that is needed to quantify the fire behavior associated with these scenarios and result in immediately developing the necessary firefighting ventilation practices to reduce firefighter death and injury. Two houses were constructed in the large fire facility of Underwriters Laboratories in Northbrook, IL. The first of two houses constructed was a one-story, 1200 ft, 3 bedroom, 
bathroom house with 8 total rooms. The second house was a two-story 3200 ft, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house with 12 total rooms. The second house featured a modern open floor plan, two- story great room and open foyer. Fifteen experiments were conducted varying the ventilation locations and the number of ventilation openings. Ventilation scenarios included ventilating the front door only, opening the front door and a window near and remote from the seat of the fire, opening a window only and ventilating a higher opening in the two-story house. One scenario in each house was conducted in triplicate to examine repeatability. The results of these experiments provide knowledge for the fire service for them to examine their thought processes, standard operating procedures and training content. Several tactical considerations were developed utilizing the data from the experiments to provide specific examples of changes that can be adopted based on a departments current strategies and tactics.

scholarly journals A Preliminary Comparison of Three Tourniquet Instructions for Just-in-Time Guidance of a Simulated Tourniquet Application

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 1076-1080
Author(s):  
Bethany R. Lowndes ◽  
Katherine L. Forsyth ◽  
Erik Prytz ◽  
Carl-Oscar Johnson ◽  
Amro Abdelrahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Completion Time ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Trauma Victim ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Instruction Sets ◽  
Surgical Trainees ◽  
American College Of Surgeons ◽  
The Impact

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) encourage the use of tourniquets as part of the “Stop the Bleed” campaign. Both have provided instructions for layperson tourniquet application in order to save the life of a hemorrhaging trauma victim. This study sought to compare the impact of using ACS and DHS instructions with manufacturer-provided instructions for the completion of simulated tourniquet application steps. Thirty surgical trainees completed a simulated tourniquet application with one of the three instruction sets. Their completion time and success for each step were measured. Participants that received ACS instructions failed the fewest number of steps (p < 0.01) and completed the task faster (Mean (SD) = 70 (33) seconds) compared to those with the manufacturer-provided instructions (p < 0.01). Tourniquet instruction sets need to be refined in order to optimize the success rate of just-in-time guidance for tourniquet application.

The Effect of Russian Hacking (and Troll Reinforcement) on Press Coverage

Cyberwar ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 159-178
Author(s):  
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Homeland Security ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Hillary Clinton ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Joint Statement ◽  
The Media ◽  
Speech Segments ◽  
The Impact

Chapter 9 of Cyberwar discusses the impact of press and campaign uses of Russian hacking and the ways in which it was amplified by troll messaging. Jamieson argues that, starting in July 2016—when WikiLeaks released its first tranche of private emails from the inboxes of Democratic National Committee staffers—and continuing through to Election Day, the Russian-hacked Democratic materials and uses of it by troll accounts, Republicans, and the media affected what Americans saw, heard, and read about Hillary Clinton. Hacked content released on October 7 was able to counterbalance both the so-called Access Hollywood tape and deflected attention from a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirming that the Russians were behind the DNC hacking. Jamieson also details how hacked Clinton speech segments changed the news agenda and framing on October 9.

NIMS AND THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gil Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Management System ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
National Incident Management System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
The Impact

The way this nation prepares for and responds to domestic incidents is about to change. It won't be an abrupt change; best practices that have been developed over the years are part of this new comprehensive national approach to incident management known as the National Incident Management System (NIMS). But it will change—and for the better. Developed by the Department of Homeland Security and issued in March 2004, the NIMS will enable responders at all jurisdictional levels and across all disciplines to work together more effectively and efficiently. Beginning in FY 2006, federal funding for state, local and tribal preparedness grants will be tied to compliance with the NIMS. One of the most important ‘best practices’ that has been incorporated into the NIMS is the Incident Command System (ICS), a standard, on-scene, all-hazards incident management system already in use by firefighters, hazardous materials teams, rescuers and emergency medical teams. The ICS has been established by the NIMS as the standardized incident organizational structure for the management of all incidents. Although many agencies now use various forms of ICS, there is considerable uncertainty about NIMS ICS and the impact it will have on systems and processes currently in place. These are important questions because one of the FY 2005 requirements for implementing NIMS is “institutionalizing the use of ICS, across the entire response system.” This paper is intended to provide an historical perspective on the development of ICS, explain how NIMS ICS works, describe how it is different from previous systems, and discuss the future of NIMS ICS training.

scholarly journals Pandemics and protectionism: evidence from the “Spanish” flu

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Boberg-Fazlic ◽  
Markus Lampe ◽  
Maja Uhre Pedersen ◽  
Paul Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
World War ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Standard Deviation Increase ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Macroeconomic Impact ◽  
Spanish Flu ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First World

AbstractThe impact of COVID-19 on recent tendencies towards international isolationism has been much speculated on but remains to be seen. We suggest that valuable evidence can be gleaned from the “Spanish” flu of 1918–20. It is well-known that the world fell into a protectionist spiral following the First World War, but scholars have almost exclusively ignored the impact of the pandemic. We employ a difference-in-differences strategy and find that the flu had a significant impact on trade policy, independent of the war. In our preferred specification, a one standard deviation increase in excess deaths during the outbreak implied 0.022 percentage points higher tariffs subsequently, corresponding to an increase of one third of a standard deviation in tariffs. Health policy should aim to avoid the experience of the interwar period and consider the international macroeconomic impact of measures (not) taken.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Karaivanov ◽  
Dongwoo Kim ◽  
Shih En Lu ◽  
Hitoshi Shigeoka
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Analysis ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
Series Analysis ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Canadian Provinces ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Approach Time

Abstract We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60% increase in weekly first doses) using the variation in the timing of these measures across Canadian provinces in a difference-in-differences approach. Time-series analysis for each province and for France, Italy and Germany corroborates this finding, and we estimate cumulative gains of up to 5 percentage points in provincial vaccination rates and 790,000 or more first doses for Canada as a whole as of October 31, 2021 (5 to 13 weeks after the provincial mandate announcements). We also find large vaccination gains in France (3 to 5 mln first doses), Italy (around 6 mln) and Germany (around 3.5 mln) 11 to 16 weeks after the proof of vaccination mandate announcements.JEL codes: I18, I12, C23

scholarly journals The impact of a Solar Market Garden programme on dietary diversity, women’s nutritional status and micronutrient levels in Kalalé district of northern Benin

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 2670-2681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halimatou Alaofè ◽  
Jennifer Burney ◽  
Rosamond Naylor ◽  
Douglas Taren
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Solar Powered ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health Programmes

AbstractObjective:To examine the impacts of a Solar Market Garden 1-year solar-powered drip irrigation (SMG) programme in Kalalé district of northern Benin on mothers’ nutritional status and micronutrient levels.Design:Using a quasi-experimental design, sixteen villages were assigned to four groups: (i) SMG women’s groups (WG); (ii) comparison WG; (iii) SMG non-WG (NWG); and (iv) comparison NWG. Difference-in-differences (DID) estimates were used to assess impacts on mothers’ food consumption, diversity, BMI, prevalence of underweight (BMI &lt; 18·5 kg/m2) and anaemia, and deficiencies of iron (ID) and vitamin A (VAD).Setting:Kalalé district, northern Benin.Participants:Non-pregnant mothers aged 15–49 years (n 1737).Results:The SMG programme significantly increased mothers’ intake of vegetables (DID = 25·31 percentage points (pp); P &lt; 0·01), dietary diversity (DID = 0·74; P &lt; 0·01) and marginally increased their intake of flesh foods (DID = 10·14 pp; P &lt; 0·1). Mean BMI was significantly increased among SMG WG compared with the other three groups (DID = 0·44 kg/m2; P &lt; 0·05). The SMG programme also significantly decreased the prevalence of anaemia (DID = 12·86 pp; P &lt; 0·01) but no impacts were found for the prevalence of underweight, ID and VAD.Conclusions:Improving mothers’ dietary intake and anaemia prevalence supports the need to integrate gender-based agriculture to improve nutritional status. However, it may take more than a year, and additional nutrition and health programmes, to impact the prevalence of maternal underweight, ID and VAD.

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