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Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Does "Under God" Influence Religious Choice?, Dionne Adams

Countering Hatecrime Incidents Since 9/11 on Sikh Americans - A Challenge Needing Immediate Public Attention, Chintan Singh Ahuja

Evaluating the Effects the California Workers Compensation Reforms (SB228 & SB899) Has Had on the Medical Treatment Injured Law Enforcement Public Safety Employees Receive in the Sacramento Region, Jeanette Areia

Rural California and the Expansion of Health Service Delivery: A Proposal to Evaluate the Long-Term Sustainability of Northern Sierra Rural Health Network's Telemedicine Program, Corinne Bruce

Elk Grove, California A Study of Political Will and Affordable Housing Production, Debra Carlton

Preparing for a Retiring Generation; Local Governments and their Capacity to Manage Human Capital Reductions, Daniel J. Chatigny

JUDICIAL REDISTRICTING: PROMOTION OF ELECTORAL COMPETITIVENESS IN CALIFORNIA, Damon Conklin

VOUCHERS AND ACADEMIC ACIDEVEMENT: WILL URBAN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS OAKLAND, SUPPORT AN EDUCATIONAL VOUCHER PLAN?, WILLIS C. CONNER

PUBLIC SAFETY DISTRICTS: AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE CITY OF VACAVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Craig J. Courtemanche

The Effects of Alternative Work Schedules on Federal Employees, Gloria Bailey Davis

Diversity in Hiring: Evaluating Whether or Not Increased Diversity Leads to Increased Productivity, Tierre DeVore

Command and Control Needs for Escalating Emergency Incidents During Initial Attack: An Evaluation of the Colorado Emergency Resources Mobilization Plan, Justin Dombrowski

Will Healthy Kids Increase Access for Yolo County Children?, Bonnie Ferreira

San Francisco's Care Not Cash Program for the Homeless: An Evaluation of Care Not Cash Transitioning the Chronically Homeless to Permanent Housing, DaVina Flemings

Strategies to a Successful Implementation: From Public 1Housing to Project Based Management, Willie Charles Howard Garrett, RHM, B.S.

The Effectiveness of Faith-Based Organizations for the Prevention of HIV/AIDS In Minorities, Edrina C. Grant

Poverty Rates of Communities at High Risk for Wildfire in Eastern Washington State, Mark Gray

An Evaluation and Program Comparison of Transportation Services for Children, Valiscia Greenwell

Establishing High Performance Organizations In Government: A Case for the Implementation of High Performance Criteria, Michael Hadley

The Impact of Social Security and America's Welfare: A Case Study of Perceptions Social Security Personal Private Accounts, Natasha V. Jaramillo

CURRENT CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES WITHIN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. IMPROVING CALIFORNIA'S CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION RATES AN ANALYSIS FOR DEPARMENT PROGRAM CHANGES., Roxane Jones

Effects of IRIRA on Illegal Immigrants from Mexico in California, Masha Kaminskaya

U.S. Courthouse Program: Controllable and Uncontrollable Factors Related to Construction Cost and Rent, Susan S. Kim

Organizational Assessment: A Diagnosis for Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center (SAEHC), Amédé Kyubwa

Child Care Quality Exhibited by CARES Child Care Providers: A Case for Programmatic Change, Lissa Lalonde

Food and Drug Administration and its Regulatory Practices on Vioxx: Three Perspectives, Anna Soraya Magtoto

Job Transition Readiness: Determining the Effectiveness of the Preparing for Oral Exams Course, Rhonda P. Morris

If You Build It, They Will Come - But How Will You Maintain It? A Study of One Option for Funding Local Road Maintenance in Tuolumne County, Randolph P. Murphy

The Effects of Poverty on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents, Racquel O'Connor

Unifying Community Technology and Information and Referral Programs to End Digital Divide Disparities: Connecting Low-Income Populations to Health and Human Services, Julie Plevancic

Improving California's Child Support Program Performance through Benchmarking and Program Monitoring: A Case Sti:Jdy of the Department of Child Support Services' Big Six Initiative, Sandra Olivia Poole

Researching the Relationship Between the Department of Labor Reduction in Funding and the Volume of Unprocessed Foreign Labor Certification Applications in California, Ruben Romero

The San Francisco Department of Public Works Environmental Service Worker (7501) Apprenticeship Program: An Analysis for Future Success, Mark Roumbanis

Communication and Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector, Carlos B. Sanchez

E-Health: The Benefits & The Potential Risk for a Violation of Patient Information Privacy, Zewdu Shibabaw

Determining the Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Student-led Anti-tobacco Program on Reducing College Student Smoking Rates at CSU, Sacramento, Leslie M. Snope

The Effectiveness of the Internet as a Tool for Mobilizing Citizen Participation in Policy Issues, Dawn M. Swidorski

COLLABORATION: STRATEGIC RESTRUCTURING FOR EFFICIENCY, PROFIT AND SERVICE DELIVERY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, Karen Tooley-McCreary

San Francisco, Incarceration, Race and Diversion Programs: The Delivery of Services Through Community Based Non-Profit Organizations, Tamiko A. Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

Incorporating Employee Input with the City of Menlo Park's Budget Strategies for FY2004/2005: A Letter to the City Manager, Nicole Acker

The Coast Guard Officer Evaluation System: Examining the Link Between Accessions, Assignments, Demographics, and Performance., Harlan Jeffery Copeland

Reducing the Cost of Federal Printing: The Elimination of the Government Printing Office, Scot Cox

The Teambuilding Process of the Dow Management Team, Jennifer Jeffreys Dove

Closing Down Problem/Nuisance Properties: Does Oakland's Strategy Work to Reduce Crime?, Paul Figueroa

The Implementation of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program for City of San Diego Engineering Maintenance & Operations Department, Mohamed Fouad

The Economic Impacts of SOAR (Save Our Agricultural Resources) Anti-Growth I Anti-Sprawl Initiative on the Residential Real Estate Market in the City of Ventura, Raymond Gutierrez, Jr.

Traits of Excellence within Healthcare Materials Management, David J. Icenhower

Multi-stakeholder Processes for Virgin Islands Cultural Planning: Making a Case for Multi-stakeholder Art and Culture Investment, John Obafemi Jones

Motivation and Retention of Volunteers: The Case of the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society Nursery, Vicky Julian

Evaluation of the LEAD for Youth Program in Search of a Measure of Effectiveness, Odette Kinsey

Operations Standardization in the United States Postal Service: Revisiting Classical School Theory of the One Best Way, Patrick Langsjoen

Ethics of a Law Enforcement Administration: Modern Day Police Ethics; Do We Need a Change in Our Code of Ethics?, Howard H. ("Butch") Morris

The Efficacy of Detecting and Apprehending the Drunk Driver: An Evaluation of Petaluma Police Department's Enforcement Methods, Robert D. Mota

An Analysis of an Emerging Trend by Municipalities Toward Privatizing Garbage Collection Services and a Feasibility Study as to Whether the City of Sacramento Should Adopt This Policy, Berman Obaldia

An Evaluation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 (Brady Law), Emmanuel Ogunleye

Transforming the California Coastal Commission: Case Studies from Other Coastal Management Programs, Laurie A. Owens

The Golden Gate University Executive Master of Public Administration Degree: Assessing Its Value on Graduates' Career Advancement, Honorio Agustus "Titus" P. Posadas

Determining the Appropriate Set of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Essential to Operating Efficiency Within Municipal Finance Departments: A Study Focusing on the City of Elk Grove, Allena Price

African American Achievement Under No Child Left Behind Within the San Francisco Unified School District, Sekou Richards

Welfare Laws are Flawed and Hinder Self-Sufficiency: A Study of Transportation Issues, Thelma Sanders

Examining the Organizational Structure: Yolo County Children and Families Commission and Its Effects on Operational Effectiveness, Michael W. Stover

Case Study of Medicare A Costs and Reimbursements at Canterbury Woods: A Skilled Nursing Facility Within a Not For Profit Life Care Foundation, Vivian L. Waters

Assessing the Effectiveness of Availability of Illicit Drugs as a Law Enforcement Performance Indicator, Kevin C. Whaley

Assessing Impact Fees in California Counties A Primer for Financing Infrastructure, Mary A. Zeeb

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

The Environmental Remediation of Alameda Point: Road to Economic Recovery, Lucretia A. Akil

Evaluating the Effectiveness of the State of California, Department of Transportation's Change Control Policy, James R. Anderson

Determining the Impact on Employees of California's Domestic Partnership Benefits and Laws, Diana Bishop

Community Oriented Policing: Do the GenXr's Have What It Takes?, Daniel D. Mark Bressler

The Effects of College Degrees on Job Performance For Administrative Positions, Sabrina Callahan

NOBODY WAS ON ME: DOSAGE OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRODUCES "EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, Keith Choy

Determining Dissatisfaction with State Fire Training Services, Inside and Outside The Department: Can Recognized and Relevant Public Administration Policy Theories and Practices Provide the Solutions?, Timothy J. Crum

Racial Profiling: Police Vehicle Stops and Searches the Case of the San Jose, California Police Department, Robert L. Davis

Creation of a Sewer Capacity Excess Use Fee for the City of Santa Clara, Christopher L. de Groot

Cooperative International Marine Oil Spill Response Preparedness: An Evaluation of the Mexico-United States Oil Spill Contingency Plan, Timothy Holmes

The Project Change Request Policy: A Case Study of the Reengineering Efforts in the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Kien Le

Sustainability Issues for Arts in the Schools on the Mendocino-Sonoma Coast: Teachers Perspective, Kate MacIntyre

Cost Savings or Compromise on Safety: An Examination of Law Enforcement Consolidation in Marin County, California, Christopher Marcuse

Investigating the Dynamics Behind a Corporate Brain Drain in Order to Mitigate and Minimize the Impact, Felix A. Marten, Jr.

"Compromised Counsel": The 2001 Patriot Act Policy & Its Effect on Attorney-Client Privilege for Lawyers Using E-mail to Communicate with Clients Online, Patrick J. O'Guinn, Sr.

Leadership and the Thriving Organization: The Impact of Leadership on the Fire Service, Charles Perry

San Francisco: Equal Access in Health Care Services for Linguistic and Culturally [Diverse] Residents, Dang T. Pham

Improving Outcomes for Non-Affiliate Based Fire Academy Students, Robert J. Pollard

Examining Sentiment Toward the Property Tax and its Alternatives in Ohio's School Funding Formula, Peter M. Rancatore, Jr.

Police Officer Retention: An Analysis of Central Arizona Police Departments' Police Officer Retention Rates and Recommendations for Improvement, David Ross

The California High School Exit Exam: An Evaluation of California Schools, Nicole Terrell

THE THREE STRIKES LAW: A LAW THAT SOCIETY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD, Steve Villegas

WELFARE REFORM IN WISCONSIN, Imani Warrick

Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002

Resistance to Change: Recruitment for Diversity in a Public Safety Organization, James Bouziane

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION WITHIN THE SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Scott Cornfield

Recruiting and Retaining Women in Law Enforcement, Sytara Ellis

Examination of the Wilderness Act : Policies and Legal Issues Faced by Federal Land Managers, Mary G. Martin

hnproving California's Beverage Container Recycling Rates: A Case for Structural Program Changes, Carol Nelson

HIV Prevention and Funding in the United States: An Analysis of the Cost Effectiveness of Prevention Efforts and the Connection Between Federal Funding and Infection Rates, Micha Pollack

Theses/Dissertations from 2001 2001

City Office Consolidation for Local Government: The Case for Reorganizing, Improving and Expanding City Ser, William J. Card

The Current State of Retaining Qualified Soldiers in Today's Armed Forces, Elena Cross

Traffic Stop Statistics/Data Collection Systems and Their Effects on Police Performance, Chris Hagwood

Entrepreneurial Management in the U.S. Marshals Service: Searching for a Better Way, Rodney D. Ostermiller