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DPS' anticlimactic Sunset report
Of the several criminal justice agencies under Sunset Review this year, the Department of Public Safety is among the first for which the Sunset Advisory Commission has already issued their final report (pdf) with their official legislative recommendations. (See the agency's self-evaluation report-pdf released last year, and go here to view public comments received.)
Without having read the entire, massive document, from a quick overview the Sunset report appears most notable for the kennel-full of dogs that didn't bark. After Colonel Tommy Davis was hounded out of his post over often-irate criticisms at the Sunset review hearing, I'd expected the Sunset Commission to offer much more sweeping changes. Their big suggestions were to hire a management consultant to consider an agency re-org and to operate the driver's license division on a "civilian business management model" - whoop de do!
I half-expected a rash dismantlement of DPS as the buzzards circled over Col. Davis' political corpse. But this report possibly errs in the other direction, failing to recommend solutions for DPS' most notorious structural flaws and handing the task off to some consultant to be identified later. That's passing the buck on the job the Sunset Commission itself was tasked to perform.
(Correction/update: From our pal Don Dickson in the comments we learn that "The organizational assessment was conducted by Deloitte Consultants. They have submitted their final report and they will be presenting their findings to the Public Safety Commission at a meeting this Thursday." So we'll learn more about the management re-org endorsed by the Sunset Commission later this week.
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Don Dickson said...
The organizational assessment was conducted by Deloitte Consultants. They have submitted their final report and they will be presenting their findings to the Public Safety Commission at a meeting this Thursday.
There was an interesting moment at the last PSC meeting when Chairman Polunsky revealed that he had received the first draft of the Deloitte report. Commissioner Anderson seemed startled that the draft had been issued to Polunsky but not shared with her. She resigned a few days later "to spend more time on her personal business interests." I have no idea whether there's any connection between the two dots, but it makes you go "hmm." Anderson was spearheading an outside assessment of the Department's convoluted and largely dysfunctional IT architecture. It's not clear to me if or how her resignation affects the results of that work.
I share some of your cynicism about paying expensive outside consultants to do what is essentially the work of legislators and agency staff -- discerning the best ways to build the best mousetraps. Jake Bernstein wrote months ago that he believed the Commission was trying to head the Lege and Sunset off at the pass. And they appear to have done that pretty well.
The Deloitte team met with large numbers of Troopers in the field, and with large numbers of supervisors, and the former gatherings lasted a lot longer than the latter.
There was an interesting moment during the 9/24 Sunset hearing as well, when Drivers License Division Chief Judy Brown told Sunset that she had not met with the Deloitte people. For cryin' out loud, -I- met with the Deloitte people...it boggles my mind that they didn't meet with the Chief of the Drivers License Division that is a central focus of the Sunset Commission. It was suggested that we give more money to Deloitte and broaden their scope of work.
And the beat goes on.
I don't know what this cake is going to look like when it's baked...but we'll know more Thursday, and on Friday when the PSC convenes for a second day to discuss legislative priorities.
Thanks for that update, Don - excellent information.
Just like my mom used to tell me in High School and we would have an argument.. "Remember who pays the bills"... That would, I believe, answer the question about why the report did not light up the most needed of changes.
One thing I find kinda interesting, is that the Commission acted with speed, if not haste, in commissioning the Deloitte study, but it has kinda dragged its heels putting out an RFP for an executive search firm to conduct the search for a new director. Stan Clark has probably brought in his favorite chair and started hanging stuff on the walls.
I think the issuance of that RFP is on their Thursday agenda. Again.
Colonel Clark and I have some bad history from many many moons ago -- (see, e.g., http://www.texasstatetroopers.org/shownews.cfm?messagenumber=73) -- but I've always liked him personally and always considered him to be a pretty smart guy, and since he became the interim director, he and I have turned over a new leaf. Since becoming the director, he's been very cordial to me and very receptive to my comments and suggestions, and very responsive to my inquiries about various things. I don't think I'd have any complaint if he were named the permanent director.
But make no mistake, up to now, Allan Polunsky's been driving this bus. And as of this writing at least, I'm pleased to say I don't have any significant beefs with him, either.
Everyone's been so nice to me, it almost makes me suspicious. :-) The next few months are going to be mighty interesting.
Thank you, Mr. Don Dickson, for the heads up about the PSC's meetings this Thursday and Friday. I have an email in to the AG's Open Meetings dept. asking when the next meetings are. I guess I better call and find out if this will be an open meeting to the public.
I am fighting Real ID implementation for Texas (see www.511campaign.org)
I am particularly upset because the PSC put in an Attorney General Opinion Request on Sept. 8 trying to see if the DPS can legally start "drivers license check points" and command local police and sherrifs law enforcement officers to conduct these check points. We want to do a protest at the soonest PSC meeting that we can highlighting how checkpoints lead directly to the Real ID mentality for Texas
so that Texans will have to answer throughout everyday's activities
"Your papers please".
I also want to protest to the AG regarding this opinion request but need to figure out how to do that and get an number for the request. I am a retired state employee and I know how rude and consistently unhelpful the AG's office is to the public.
Here is a link to a pdf file showing the Public Safety Commission's opinion request and the second link is an article commenting on this request implying that MADD is the interest group pushing to get checkpoints started again. I also have an email to the editor there to find out the names of the "interests" pushing the legislators for reinstatment of te NAZI checkpoints.
P.S. This checkpoints issue needs to revived on this blog with a current posting. The "problems" of the hoards of illegal immigrants in Texas, the hoards of illegally voter registered illegal immigrants, and drunken driving are all perfect problems being stirred up now. The "ultimate" short term solution is one "Real ID" for border crossings, immigrant identification, voting, and really everything, probably even toll road access ID.
The DPS is by law not allowed to lobby the Texas legislature but they are already doing this pushing to get for themselves much more money and power by being the administrators / implementors of the Real ID Act for Texas.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2008/tx-roadblock.pdf
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/25/2557.asp
Texas Becomes Roadblock Battleground
Interest groups battle over roadblocks ahead of the 2009 Texas legislative session.
PSC meeting notices, agendas, and meeting minutes are viewable at this address:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/public_safety_commission/index.htm
Oops, the full URL doesn't appear. Click the "site index" tab on the DPS web site and look for "Public Safety Commission."
Roadblocks–For Unlawful Drugs–Impermissible
City of Indianapolis v. Edmond, ___ U.S. ___, 121 S.Ct. 447 (2000). The City of Indianapolis implemented roadside vehicle check points in an effort to interdict unlawful drug trafficking. All vehicles passing the checkpoints were stopped at the checkpoints which were staffed by approximately 30 officers. Pursuant to a written protocol, the officers would approach the drivers, inform them they were being stopped briefly at a "drug checkpoint" and ask the drivers to produce a license and registration. Officers would look for signs of impairment and conduct an open view examination of the vehicle from outside. A narcotics detection dog would walk around the outside of each stopped vehicle. An actual search of the vehicle could only be based upon consent or "the appropriate quantum of particularized suspicion." The average stop lasted 2-3 minutes or less, barring complications. The checkpoints were generally operated during daylight hours with a warning sign reading "narcotics checkpoint. . . . ahead, narcotics K-9 in use, be prepared to stop." Six such roadblocks were conducted which stopped 1,161 vehicles, yielding 104 arrests of motorists, 55 of which were for drug related crimes, 49 arrests were made for offenses unrelated to drugs. Thus, the overall "hit rate" was approximately nine percent.
Two individuals who were stopped, but apparently not arrested, filed suit on behalf of themselves and the class of all motorists who had been stopped, claiming the roadblocks violated the Fourth Amendment together with the search and seizure provision of the Indiana Constitution. They asked for injunctive relief, damages, and attorney's fees. A divided panel of the Seventh Circuit held that the checkpoints contravene the Fourth Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court, per Justice O'Connor, affirmed in a 6-3 decision. Justice O'Connor distinguished the Indianapolis checkpoints from previous checkpoints approved by the Court. See Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990) (DUI checkpoints approved) and United States v. Martinez-Fuerte, 428 U.S. 543 (1976) (approval of checkpoints designed to intercept illegal aliens). In both Sitz and Martinez-Fuerte, the Court had found special justifications for the respective checkpoints. In Sitz, there was the "obvious connection between the imperative of highway safety and the DUI checkpoints." In Martinez-Fuerte, the "long standing concern for the protection of the integrity of the border," and the difficulty in guarding the border's entire length, paired with the location of the checkpoint within 100 miles of the border, validated suspicionless stops. By contrast here, the Court found the checkpoint was for the "general purpose of investigating crime." While the purpose of stopping the flow of illegal narcotics was laudable, the majority feared that approval of this scheme would encourage law enforcement to set up other checkpoints for other types of crime, for example, burglary or theft. Justice O'Connor commented "there would be little check on the ability of authorities to construct roadblocks for almost any conceivable law enforcement purpose" resulting in checkpoints becoming a "routine part of American life."
Indianapolis tried to salvage the checkpoints by arguing that the officers' request for driver's license and registration brought the checkpoints within the purview of Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648 (1979). In Prouse, while disapproving the suspicionless stop, the Court "suggested" that a checkpoint with the purpose of verifying driver's licenses and vehicle registrations could be permissible. However, the majority easily dispatched the Indianapolis argument since it had stipulated that the primary purpose of the checkpoint was narcotics interdiction. It was on this point that Chief Justice Rehnquist, dissenting and joined by Justices Thomas and Scalia, disagreed with the majority. He claimed that Prouse "expressly recognized" the use of roadblocks to check the driver's licenses and vehicle registration. Because there was a valid reason for conducting the roadblock, he contended that it is "constitutionally irrelevant" that Indianapolis hoped also to interdict drugs. He also disagreed with the majority of merely looking at the "primary purpose" of the checkpoint, a test which he claimed the majority impermissibly "lifted" from the jurisprudence relating to the searches of homes and businesses. He also noted that the Indianapolis checkpoint was much more successful than that approved in Martinez-Fuerte where the checkpoint only yielded aliens in .12% of the vehicles stopped. He also noted that in Sitz, the success rate was only 1.6%. Finally, he argued that since the initial purpose of the Indianapolis checkpoint was valid, the use of a drug-sniffing dog could not transform it into an impermissible search. While joining in Chief Justice Rehnquist's dissenting opinion, Justice Thomas wrote separately to state that in his opinion, all checkpoints could be considered unreasonable and were certainly not contemplated by the "Framers of the Fourth Amendment." He was obviously inviting a future case to decide whether Sitz and Martinez-Fuerte were correctly decided.
The majority was careful to point out that it was not invalidating previously announced "special needs" cases, like drug testing for student athletes, customs officers, or public transportation employees. Neither was the court invalidating checkpoints based upon "some emergency," for example, to thwart an imminent terrorist attack or catch a "dangerous criminal who was likely to flee by way of a particular route."
FleaStiff said...
They are bureaucrats: the only thing they know how to recommend is more layers of bureaucracy and more expensive consultancy and management contracts.
What did you expect? Action?
We'll see what we get tomorrow; but yes, I do share fleastiff's and grits' concern that for $950,000, what we're going to get is a powerpoint presentation with a new org chart that has the boxes and lines rearranged, but with all the same personnel in the boxes.
They could have gotten me to do that for not a penny more than $250K. :-)
An update: If you think the Sunset report was anti-climactic, you should have been at Thursday's meeting of the PSC. The Deloitte reorganization study did NOT get rolled out as expected; the task force studying how to improve the promotion system didn't say much more than "we met since your last meeting" -- and no one yet knows what the Drivers License Division is going to look like in the brave new world.
It was a seven-hour snoozefest.
Friday's legislative "work session" was scarcely more interesting. One thing was clear -- the DPS is going to be asking the Legislature for a whole hell of a lot of money.
Don't know if anyone was paying attention, but this week Governor Perry appointed John Steen of San Antonio and Ada Brown of Dallas to the PSC. Steen is a lawyer and a GOP heavy-hitter, surely a close friend of Allan Polunsky's. Brown is a lawyer at McKool Smith, and formerly a Dallas ADA and county court judge.
What's weird is that it took the Governor almost two years to fill one vacancy and two weeks to fill the other.
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State unemployment inches downward, leading Southeast
Published July 19, 2019 by Jack Cooksey
Virginia's unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in June, down from 3% the previous month, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. The seasonally adjusted number decreased by 0.1% from June 2018. It's the 12th consecutive month the commonwealth's labor market has shown growth.
"This report is a great sign that our efforts to build an inclusive and diverse economy are yielding positive results, whether reflected by the decrease in our unemployment rate, the continued growth of our labor force, or Virginia reclaiming the title of 'Top State for Business' in CNBC's annual ranking announced earlier this month," Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement.
Virginia has the lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate among the Southeast states and the third-best percentage among states east of the Mississippi, along with Wisconsin. The commonwealth is ranked sixth-lowest in the nation for unemployment.
Megan Healy, the state's chief workforce development advisor, says that "more Virginians than ever are earning skills that prepare them for quality jobs in high-demand industries."
In June, the private sector in the commonwealth recorded a gain of 26,600 jobs over the last year, while employment in Virginia's public sector increased as well, by 1,000 jobs.
"My administration will stay focused on attracting new capital investment," Northam says, "supporting existing companies looking to expand in Virginia, creating well-paying jobs, and bolstering our workforce so that we can keep our economic momentum moving forward and ensure that all communities, and all Virginians have an opportunity to share in the commonwealth's success."
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SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) — The Nexen Heroes won South Korean baseball's wild card game at home on Tuesday, knocking off the defending champions Kia Tigers 10-6 in an action-packed showdown.
The Heroes pounded out 11 hits at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul and capitalized on four errors by their opponents to reach the next stage in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason.
Next up: the Hanwha Eagles, who advanced to the first round by finishing third in the regular season.
The Eagles will host Game 1 of that best-of-five series at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul.
No. 3 hitter Jerry Sands keyed a late rally with a two-run homer and drove in four runs for the Heroes, who also got three hits and an RBI from hard-hitting shortstop Kim Ha-seong.
The Tigers wasted a two-homer day by Lee Beom-ho, and were sent packing a year after winning the Korean Series.
As the fourth-seed, the Heroes needed either a win or a tie to move on, while the fifth-seed Tigers needed to beat the Heroes in two straight games to advance.
The Heroes took care of business in one game. No fifth-place team has survived the wild card game since its introduction in 2015.
The Tigers broke the scoreless deadlock in the top of the fifth, thanks to a two-out, two-run single by cleanup Choi Hyoung-woo.
Starter Jake Brigham issued a leadoff walk and then hit Kim Sun-bin in the right hand on a bunt attempt.
Roger Bernadina bunted the runners over. And two batters later, Choi battled Brigham to a full count before lining a single to left field and driving in both runners.
Kim, an All-Star shortstop, was lifted from the game with bruised right pinkie, and his absence ended up having a major impact on the outcome of the game.
The Heroes erased the deficit with five runs in the bottom fifth, a bizarre and chaotic frame that featured a catcher interference, a dropped pop fly, a wild pitch and a costly throwing error by Kim's replacement, postseason rookie Hwang Yun-ho.
Lim Byeong-wuk led off the inning with a single, and Kim Hye-seong reached first with a catcher interference call, after his bat clipped catcher Kim Min-sik's mitt on a swing.
Kim Jae-hyun hit an infield single to Hwang to load the bases, setting the stage for a wild sequence.
Lee Jung-hoo popped the ball up over the infield, toward the third base line. An infield fly rule was in effect, but catcher Kim Min-sik and third baseman Lee Beom-ho let the ball drop in fair territory, and Kim only caught it after it crossed over into the foul ground. The play was ruled foul.
Given a new life, Lee hit a sacrifice fly to left field, cutting the deficit to 2-1.
After a wild pitch moved the runners to second and third, Seo Geon-chang hit a chopper to shortstop Hwang. It looked to be a routine play, but Hwang bobbled the ball and airmailed his throw over first base, allowing the tying run to come home.
That runner from third, Kim Hye-seong, nearly tripped himself up on his way home, and Hwang would have had a play if he had gone home with the throw.
That run chased starter Yang Hyeon-jong from the game, and the next pitcher, Lim Chang-yong, gave up a go-ahead, two-run double to Jerry Sands.
Hwang was in the middle of this play, too. He made a diving attempt on the ball but instead it caromed off his glove and trickled into left field.
Later in the inning, Kim Ha-seong dumped one into shallow center, just out of reach of sliding center fielder Bernadina, and Sands came home for a 5-2 Heroes lead.
Three errors by the Tigers in the fifth tied the KBO postseason record for most in one inning.
But the Tigers looked just fine at the plate, as Lee Beom-ho's two-run bomb over left center cut the deficit to 5-4 in the sixth.
The Heroes sent out a new pitcher, Han Hyun-hee, to start the seventh, and Bernadina greeted him with a ringing double to right field.
Na Ji-wan, the next batter, drove him home to make it 5-5 with a single. Han was lifted without recording an out.
Some outstanding defense by the Heroes kept the game tied in that inning.
Choi Hyoung-woo sent a towering fly ball to deep left center for what looked to be a certain extra-base hit. But speedy left fielder Lee Jung-hoo made a spectacular sliding grab, catching the ball just before it hit the warning track while lying on his back. Na, who made a turn at second base and took a few steps toward third, was easily doubled up.
Lee did even more damage at the plate in the bottom seventh. He led off that frame with a single off Pat Dean, the Tigers' third pitcher, and sprinted home for a go-ahead run on Seo's double.
Kim Yun-dong took over for Dean, and Jerry Sands jumped on a first-pitch fastball from the right-hander and smacked a line drive homer over the left field for an 8-5 lead.
Following Kim Ha-seong's one-out double, Lim Byeong-wuk delivered a knockout punch with a triple past diving Bernadina in center field, putting the Heroes ahead 9-5.
Lee Beom-ho blasted his second home run of the game for the Tigers in the eighth, a solo shot cut the Heroes' lead to 9-6.
But the Tigers gave a run back in the bottom eighth. An error and two walks loaded the bases for Park Byung-ho, who hit a sacrifice fly to right to round out the scoring.
Neither starter factored into the decision. Brigham was charged with four earned runs on five hits and two walks in six innings. In his first start since Oct. 3 following right oblique injury, Yang gave up four runs in 4 1/3 innings, none of them earned.
Yang allowed three hits, but three pitchers that followed were touched for eight hits.
Lee Bo-geun, the Heroes' third pitcher, was credited with the win after giving up one run in two innings. Dean took the loss after allowing two runs in one inning.
Nexen manager Jang Jung-suk said the fifth-inning comeback took his club over the top.


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La revista ilustrada El Gráfico fue una revista colombiana fundada el 20 de julio de 1910 y finalizó en el año 1941. Sus creadores fueron los tipógrafos Abraham Cortés Martínez quien fue su fundador principal y Alberto Sánchez (Quien dirigió la revista hasta el año 1915). La revista ilustrada El Gráfico fue pionera, en la historia de las publicaciones colombianas, en el uso de fotografía a blanco y negro para ilustrar sus páginas.

Contexto histórico
La revista ilustrada El gráfico germinó en el mes de julio durante las fiestas del centenario de la independencia de Colombia, su primera revista comenzó a circular el 24 de julio de 1910 con una portada de Simón Bolívar. En su primera etapa, esta era una revista que contenía dibujos, historias, información general, literatura y variedades para sus lectores, ganando de esta manera una gran influencia política y cultural para ese entonces, esta revista estaba más que todo dirigida hacia un público de clase media quienes se sentían más cómodos leyendo a autores nacionales como Jorge Bayona y Eduardo Castillo, aunque cabe destacar, que también se incluyeron textos de autores extranjeros como Gabriela Mistral y Amado Nervo, por otro lado, la revista no se enfocaba únicamente en lectoras, sino a un público más generalizado y diversificado, esto se puede evidenciar en sus diversos artículos que abarcaban desde los viajes a Marte hasta reseñas de obras teatrales.

El gráfico como una de las sensaciones del momento fue testigo de muchos acontecimientos históricos del mundo, esto fue un hecho importante, ya que ayudó a los Bogotanos a tener una mejor perspectiva del mundo, alejándolos de la información tradicional que únicamente se basaba en noticias locales, esto significó una nueva era de las revistas colombianas hacia la modernidad.

Entre los años 1925 y 1941 comenzó su segunda etapa, que significó el cambio en la manera de la presentación de los cuentos, en 1927 luego de la muerte de Abraham Cortés, los dibujos que eran más que todo de tipo artístico pasaron a tener una concepción más moderna, también poco a poco se incluyeron más las imágenes y el uso de collage, caricaturas y fotogramas, se abrió una sección dedicada hacía hacia las mujeres, cada vez más se agregaba información sobre el mundo de Hollywood y se hacían escasas las reseñas literarias y teatrales, cambiando a una visión más comercial y de entretenimiento.

Finalmente el 14 de junio de 1941 fue publicado el titular número 1.523 el cual corresponde al último, la revista termina con el siguiente mensaje: "TRANSITORIA SUSPENSIÓN: La absoluta escasez de los elementos usados en las artes editoriales, y la necesidad en que nos hallamos de preparar un recinto más amplio y cómodo para nuestra empresa, nos obligan a suspender transitoriamente la publicación de El Gráfico. Días mejores vendrán en que la importación de materiales no estará sujeta a las limitaciones y vicisitudes actuales, y para entonces tendremos la oportunidad feliz de ofrecer a nuestros favorecedores una revista dotada de todos los elementos que la hagan acreedora a la estimación y la confianza de que ha gozado hoy. Por esta momentánea suspensión pedimos excusas a nuestros anunciadores y lectores".  (Andrés Delgado, 2010, p. 29), hoy en día se cree que el final de la revista está vinculado con la segunda guerra mundial, ya que las tintas y papeles que se usaban eran provenientes de Europa.

Abraham Cortés
 Abraham Cortés Martínez, hijo de Hermógenes Cortés y Mercedes Martínez, nació el 16 de marzo de 1882 en la Mesa (Cundinamarca), y fue bautizado en este mismo lugar a sus tres días de nacido.
 Abraham estudió derecho en la universidad del Rosario, pero en vez de ejercer su carrera se dedicó al mundo de la impresión y la tipografía junto a sus hermanos Abdías y Césareo, que años después serían sus socios con su empresa editorial y tipográfica.
 En 1917 se casó con Elisa Castro Montejo con quien tuvo tres hijos, Jaime, María Elisa y Guillermo.
 A lo largo de su vida su empresa se destacó notablemente como tipografía, editorial y papelería, "Importaba materiales del exterior, principalmente de Europa, tales como lápices, sellos de caucho, estuches para sellos, cajas de papel, tintas de escribir y para dibujo, plumas, portaplumas, escuadras, cajas de matemáticas, pinceles, borradores, tarjetas y máquinas de escribir. Incluso importó mobiliario de oficina y escritorios fabricados en Alemania" (Andrés Delgado, 2010, p. 25).
 Falleció en Alemania en septiembre de 1927 debido a un derrame cerebral con tan solo 45 años.

Indice analítico de artículos.
La siguiente lista es de las publicaciones encontradas en la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia de la revista El Gráfico.

 Martínez, F. (1922). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1135.
 Muñoz, G. (1929). Diez y nueve años. El Gráfico Bogotá vol. 17 no. 938.
 Soler, F. (1930). De Fernando Soler. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 21 no.1001.
 Mejía, A. (1930). Revista de libros. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 21 no.1002.
 Ochoa, L. (1930). Revista de libros, Dollero Adolfo. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 21 no.1003.
 Ramírez, N. (1933). Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1155.
 Quijano, J. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1142.
 Blanco, P. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.114.
 Caballero L. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1128.
 Carreño, P.M. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1136.
 García, J.C. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1138
 Vásquez, R. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1139
 Grillo, M. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1126.
 Bermúdez, J.A (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1141.
 Forero, C. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1143.
 Cuervo, L.A. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1145.
 Sawadsky, A. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1148.
 Villegas, A. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1149.
 Uregui, A.J. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1153.
 Alvarez, J. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1154.
 Fernández, M. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1156.
 Maya, R. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1157.
 Puyo, C. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1158.
 Guzmán, E. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1159.
 Gómez, A. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1160.
 Bayona, N. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1161.
 Bustamante, F. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1162.
 Uribe, H. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1163.
 Zuleta, E. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1164.
 Botero, R. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1166.
 Olano, R. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1168.
 Monsalve, J.D. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1170.
 Mejía, A. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1171.
 Samper, D. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1172.
 Bayona, J. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1172.
 Santos, G. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1179.
 Cortés, C. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1183.
 Arango, D. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 13 no.1186.
 Pradilla, J. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1130.
 Mora, L.M. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1147.
 López, M. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1129.
 Arango, C. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1131.
 Jaramillo E. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1134.
 Bonilla, M.A. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1137.
 Vernaza, J.I. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1172.
 García, N.(1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1178.
 Páez, L.C. (1933). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 22 no.1146.
 Bravo, C. (1934). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 13 no.1189.
 Arrubla, G. (1934). Del Álbum de la Patria. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol. 13 no.1188.
 Restrepo, A. (1935). Fecha memorable : la celebración  de las bodas de plata. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol.25 no.1239.
 Aguilera, M. (1935). Aporte del Gráfico a la narración histórica. El Gráfico Bogotá Vol.25 no.1239.
 Hugo, V. (1935). Página poética : tres años después, 1846. Revista El Gráfico Bogotá Vol.24 no.1229.
 La prensa capitalina y nuestro número extraordinario. (1935). El Gráfico Bogotá Vol.25 no.1240.

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The Challenges and Opportunities of Good Governance in Somaliland
By: Muse Abdilahi Muhumed
The concept of good governance has attracted public attention for the past decades and is
regarded as a significant pillar in any state to meet universally accepted standards. It is essential for effective, stable, and accountable governments. It provides its citizens at all levels to acknowledge the best alternatives for promoting good governance, while poor governments instigate corruption and bad management in all public institutions. Ineffective leadership leads all institutions to fail. This study examines the challenges and opportunities of good governance in Somaliland with special emphasis on accountability, transparency, rule of law, and the participation of the citizens in the decision-making process. The study employed a qualitative method of data collection and analyzed it. The data emerged from both secondary and primary sources. The major findings of the study show that implementation of good governance principles is the crucial issue to be taken towards the prevention of poor leadership, corruption, nepotism,
and unfair job recruitment systems happen in Somaliland which are current factors paralyzing the governance systems.
Since the end of 1980, the issue of good government is dominating the interactional discussion about development and international assistance to Africa. How to improve the Africa governance system and what the international community can do promote good governance, thereby improving the overall development conditions in Africa. Good governance can contribute to a revival of African economies and a renewal of African states.
Normally, there is no good governance without a functioning system of public administration, it is known that good governance is an approach to any government committed to creating a system instituted in justice and peace for protecting the human right of the citizens and individuals. The system of public administration is the link between political decisions and the people governed.
According to the United Nations, good governance is measured by the eight factors: participation, rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus-oriented, equity and inclusiveness, effectiveness and efficiency, and accountability. However, this issue has been one of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and an agenda for poverty mitigation and sustainable development. It is perhaps the single most important factor in eradicating poverty and promoting development throughout world countries if a political commitment is obtained.
Fortunately, good governance represents one of the most important requirements to achieve development in all societies, especially in developing countries. These countries are now in a dire need of making some serious reforms in their political, economic, social, and administrative
1 Wohlmuth, Karl (1999). Good Governance and Economic Development. Germany: Lit Verlag.
2 Anwar Muktar (2007). Meeting the Challenges of Good Governance: Democratic Transition and Consolidation in
the Harari people National Regional State. Addis Ababa: Unpublished MA Thesis Addis Ababa University.
Somaliland Peace and Development Journal (ISSN: 2707–4897)
Volume 5, October 2021
structures in order to be able to provide the necessary services for their citizens and help them fulfill their aspirations.3 Furthermore, it is clearly understood that governance is a system for managing the affairs of the state and society transparently. It is about power relationship, and accountability that allows the citizens and other stakeholders to have their say, and how decisionmakers are held accountable.4 The concept of governance combines ideas about political authority and the management of economic and social resources, as well as the capacity of governments to formulate sound policies to perform their functions in an effective, efficient, and equitable manner.
In this regard, achieving economic and social development, good governance is assumed
to play a key role especially in mobilizing human and capital resources.
Since 1991, Somaliland has had a functioning government that made effort to stabilization of its people and built with government institutions and conducted several elections that revived its integrity for peace and state-building process. Notably, Somaliland performed key benchmarks of good governance namely, rule of law, government effectiveness, political stability, public participation, accountability, transparency, and control of corruption. But there are still challenges to fully implement the good governance principles. However, Somaliland has committed itself to draft the first good governance policy. As part of the second national development plan, the government planned and has been striving to realize and strengthen the implementation of good governance and to address the bottlenecks in its implementation processes among other measures.
However, the government is still facing many challenges in the effort to put the principles of good governance into practice. Hence, reinforcing good governance and a democratic system is crucial and paves the way to economic and social development.
The establishment document for Somaliland Good Governance Commission in 2010 stated that there has been an increasing recognition throughout the public and private sector that corruption and bad governance are serious impediments to operative government, economic growth and stability, and urgently good governance system led by policies are required at all levels of the public and private sector. Poor governance exists in the public sector and most of the public institutions are very weak to deliver effective services. There is a gap of policies as stated in the GGC studies in good governance declaring that most of the public institutions don't have clear terms of references about their mandate and functional structure. Weaknesses in public service policy and management are one of the hindering factors of public institutions' development.
This study aims to bring the attention of the people and the government to the challenges and opportunities of a good governance system. The government does not meet the requirement of society because of bad administration and corruption. The study indicated that the status of good governance in Somaliland is poor. Because of this reason, citizens are dissatisfied with the service
3 Afolabi, Oluwaseun O. (2013). The Rate of Youth Unemployment and Its Effects on National Security, Cultural
and Religious Studies,Vol. 1 (1), pp. 8–20.
4 Adejumobi, Said (20070). Africa and the Challenges of Democracy and Good Governance in the 21st Century.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
5 Smith, B. C. (2007). Good Governance and Development. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
6 GGACC (2021). Development of the National Good governance Strategy (2021–2023) for the Somaliland Good
Governance Commission. Hargeisa: Somaliland. 7 GGACC (2010).
The Establishment Document of Good Governance Commission of Somaliland. Hargeisa:
Somaliland.
delivered by the government. Furthermore, the study found some opportunities including;
democracy, peaceful elections, as well as the existence of a constitution on the ground. Thus this study recommended that the government should involve the citizens during different phases of the development projects and the government should have to deliver the demand-driven service for the citizens. Moreover, recommendations include that citizens should be prepared for a platform that they could directly participate in decision making in the country and in particular in every organization, also to adopt rule of law, such as complete application of the constitution and human
right protection through building and delegating some authorities to the human right institutions.
CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
The United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) highlighted good governance as the good exercise of a nation's affairs at all levels. There are eight characteristics of good governance including participatory, the rule of law, accountable, transparent, responsive, consensus-oriented, effective and efficient, equitable, and inclusive. It assures that corruption is diminished, the views of minorities are taken into account, and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making.
GOOD GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP IN SOMALILAND
Leadership and good governance are two concepts that are closely connected and are critical for the achievement of results. It is often said that no country can develop beyond the level of its leadership.
Leadership does not have a universal definition because it is applied to every facet of
life. Leadership and leading activity are obtainable in the home, at work, religious settings, and invariably where there are groups of people in all life situations. Thus, it could be a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal.
Currently, governance is a concept that greatly discussed, is now attracted greater attention within and amongst countries, and as the number of democratic administrations is continuously increasing, good governance has become a key standard to judge a nation's credibility as well as respect on international scales.
It was noted that good governance is an essential prerequisite for any country's development and to make the state and the political system workable and suitable
for the people.
Generally, a good governance system can be implemented if there is sound and 8 UNDP (1997). Governance for Sustainable Human Development: An Integrated Paper on the Highlights of Four Regional Consultation Workshops on Governance for Sustainable Human Development. Makati City, The Philippines: United Nations Development Programme.
9 UNESCAP (n.d.). What is Good Governance? Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Available at https://pdf4pro.com/view/what-is-good-governance-un-escap2788d3.html. Accessed June 2021. 10 Sharon, Nicholas, O. O. (2016). Good Governance and Leadership: Pathway to Sustainable National Development in Nigeria, Journal of Public Administration and Governance, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 35–49. 11 Charles T. Iruonagbe, Daniel E. Gberevbie, Francis O. Iyoha, & Matthew E. Egharevba (2015). Cost of
Governance in Nigeria: In Whose Interest? International Journal of Social, Education, Economics and Management
Engineering, Vol: 9 No: 1, pp. 245–252.
12 Abrham Daniel (2014). The Challenges and Opportunities of Good Governance in Ghana. Available at
http://213.55.95.56/bitstream/handle/123456789/241/Abrham%20Daniel.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. Accessed
clean leadership in any country around the world. If there is a corrupt leadership, governance practice would be poor and the citizens are not allowed to choose their leaders in transparent and participatory manners.
Somaliland has been running its affairs without any external assistance in the past 30 years since it regained independence in 1991 shortly after the war with Somalia ended. The success of development and democratic governance depends on both a robust state and an active, capable and healthy civil society. Only a strong and capable civil society can play a collaborative rather than competitive role, be an interlocutor with governments and other partners, and also play a watchdog role in the development process. Civic engagement is especially key to the work in strengthening responsive, responsible, and more accountable governance institutions and practices.
According to the Somaliland National Corruption Perception Survey in 2013, about 76.6% of the people surveyed believed that corruption is common in public institutions and became customary and accepted as an informal part of everyday life. In this case, winning the people's trust is a challenge for the leaders. Somaliland leaders have severally times addressed the challenges of good governance to restore people's trust and confidence in the system. Building the trust in governance through the people is essential not just for obtaining resources but also for making government work effectively but now the trust between the citizens and the state institutions is waning.
Lack of commitment from Somaliland leadership, corruption, and bad governance are found
almost everywhere which increased the level of unemployment poverty rate of the local people.
Somaliland citizens expect to see a leader once in their life that promotes good governance and combats corruption. The opportunity is that all policies required to promote governance are available but economic funds and the political commitment are still low. If good governance is to be introduced, the country's leadership needs to appoint officials running the government offices with their professional experience even if they are selected on clan-based politics.
15 This will allow Somaliland to build a state and democratize it. Although the institutions and the structures are in place the mentality of the people and the poor implementation of the legal framework in safeguarding against corruption and mal-administration remain a challenge.
According to the Freedom House Report on Somaliland published that there are few institutional safeguards against corruption and nepotism. The report declared that Somaliland took some actions to combat corruption, but the Good Governance Commission (GGC) created in 2010 has been ineffective. This is the reality that there are opportunities in strengthening the implementation of sound good governance principles in Somaliland if the people, government, and all other
13 UNDP (2010). A users' guide to civil society assessments. Available at https://www.undp.org/publications/usersguide-civil-society-assessments. Accessed June 2021.
14 GGACC (2013). National Corruption Perception Survey, 2013 (Round 1). Available at https://ameppa.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/02/corruption-final-report-undp-booklet-final-design.pdf. Accessed May 2021.
15 Jeeh, Muse (2017). Winning the People's Trust: The Challenge for Somaliland Leaders. Available at
https://hornaffairs.com/2017/12/26/winning-peoples-trust-challenge-somaliland-leaders/. Accessed May 2021.
stakeholders combine efforts to make the Supreme Audit Institutions work against corruption and
bad governance.
STATE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN SOMALILAND
Good governance, democracy, and the rule of law are critical to security, stability, and
development. Somaliland has succeeded in building democratic institutions and managed to
maintain peace and security in a troubled region. The government and the people of Somaliland recognize that good governance is good for the improvement of the social, economic, and political development in the country. While considering the importance of creating good governance and free from all kinds of corruption, it is vital to promote a state with effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable public sectors that guarantee the fairness and inclusiveness of their services.
When building society, a rule of law and the principle of accountability must be maintained by the government. These are the reasons why Somaliland's National Development Plans and objectives are in line with Somaliland's Vision 2030 that is aimed to ensure the development of Somaliland as a prosperous, harmonious, stable, and industrialized state by the year 2030. This can only be achieved if good governance systems are improved and adopted by the public institutions. The Government of the Republic of Somaliland has therefore developed the National Strategy of Good Governance to guarantee public institutions which are accountable, transparent, and participatory.
For this purpose, effective, stable, and accountable governments are essential in serving their citizens through the promotion of good governance. The participants in this study acknowledged that the best alternative for enhancing good governance is the political commitment from the top state leadership. However, they have stated that different components of the governance principles do exist in Somaliland as their oversight is mandated by the good governance commission act.18
According to the interviews, the current situation of Good Governance indicates that the existence of the principles is in place but not implemented yet. They have responded that most of the government ministries and agencies have acted but do not apply. This has made most of the government organizations not to be effective and efficient as needed or expected by the citizens because of bad governance. One of the participants reacted to the implementation of good governance in Somaliland and saying "local community participates in some of the government activities, but the most important thing to participate in the budget preparation which is not shared to the people. Some others assured that accountability has to be promoted by the government. The right thing is that the government officials being accountable for their actions as this is will increase
the political commitment for the good governance principles to be carried out in the government offices.
16 Freedom House (2021). Somaliland: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report. Available at
https://freedomhouse.org/country/somaliland/freedom-world/2021. Accessed June 2021.
17 Ibid. 6.
18 UNDP (2012). The establishment act of Somaliland Good Governance Commission. Available at
www.unpo.org/article/15101. Accessed May, 2021.
In this situation, both the people and the government don't comprehend good governance which is one of the existing challenges that faced the controlling agencies empowered to enforce a good governance system due to poor funds to conduct mass awareness campaigns for teaching the people on good governance. Additionally, the practice of Good Governance in Somaliland is poor due to the lack of implementation of laws; the supreme audit institutions are not cooperating to implement good governance. What is required is to merge the political accountability and the willingness of the government to combat bad administration and promote the components of good governance.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SOMALILAND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Challenges against the Good Governance Implementation
Somaliland has had a functioning government in the past 30 years and hence implemented a governance structure but needs to overcome the challenges hindering the implementation of good governance throughout Somaliland. It is generally agreed that good governance is a prerequisite for the country to attain economic growth, social justice, investment, and development. An effective good governance policy, laws, and practices underline social and economic development, equitable social justice provision, and prudent use of development aid to pull the people and the country out of poverty.
For this purpose, the Good Governance Commission (GGC) must be fully mandated to lead the governance sector to build strong and effective institutions capable of policies and initiate a comprehensive response towards fighting corruption. Comprehending such a concept, the interviewees underlined that good governance is a method in which the government is committed to creating a system formed in justice, peace, and harmony that protects individual's human rights and civil liberties. However, they have said that there are still are challenges for its implementation in Somaliland.
The government's willingness is little, although it has established the Good Governance
Commission with little power. Mostly lack of financial or limited financial, human resources and legal complication can be underlined as one of the major challenges associated with widespread corruption and lack of meritocracy in official appointments of the government. In addition to that, the respondents in the study highlighted that the largest challenge hindering the implementation of the good governance system is because of the right people are not involved.
According to the interviewees, the challenges also included poor public awareness to combat corruption and improving good governance, tribalism or clan favor, poor salaries of the government staff, inappropriate legal framework (absence), overlap and institutional conflict of the mandate are some of the challenges that do prevent Somaliland to implement good governance.
The sound implementation of good governance reform is a primary issue in Somaliland to done unless the governance system would be worsening. The challenges raised include: a) Absence of Clearly Defined Mandates of the Public Institutions, b) Poor decentralizations, c) Corruptions and Misuse of Resources, d) Inadequacy of Systems and Policies in Institutionalizations, e) Inadequacy of Civic Education, and, f) Poor political commitment on reforming the good governance system.
OPPORTUNITIES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN SOMALILAND
The political context can give the government to consolidate democratic rule to implement good governance and empower its supreme audit institutions with exciting media and strong public dialogue. As a result of these and other political achievements, there are opportunities that the participants recognized to be a facilitating factor to the implementation of good governance in the country. According to the views of the respondents, a political commitment is one of the most important issues highlighted to enable the Supreme Audit Institutions to implement interventions in the public institutions. The government commitment to creating a culture of good governance and willingness to promote good governance and fight against corruption is the most useful opportunity which the respondents perceived as enabling factor. Some efforts taken by the government is the establishment of the Good Governance Commission (GGC) that can support the
institutional building and their structures in order to lead them the governance principles.
The other opportunity is the public demand on the Good Governance Commission's work in the respondents have underlined as an extreme demand for good governance and tired about the frustrating situation of governance systems and how it affected the socio-economic and psychosocial of Somaliland. Additionally, the public elections taken by Somaliland are opportunities for good governance as far as democratic principles can be matched with good governance principles.
The participants in this study debated about the opportunities of good governance in the country; the majority of them mentioned as the first opportunity as the existence of Good Governance Commission but simply need to be empowered. They also added; dispute resolution mechanisms at the local level, representative local councils. The commitment of national leaders is fatal for this issue while existing laws are implemented for achieving good governance and finally, government
institutions should act uniformly. Others have also reaffirmed the need for a political commitment that could ensure the implementation of good governance and capacitate the governmental bodies or agencies entrusted for operation.
Having the existence of the supreme audit institutions, whose work is related to good governance, the opportunity can be the provision of the political commitment for those institutions with finding a solution to the financial challenges. This is increasing the community's participation in local activities. There is also an opportunity to attain a political commitment in the transfer of power.
Furthermore, the strength of every component of good governance could be an opportunity for the good governance of the country.
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES AND WAYS FORWARD
Notwithstanding the development reached by Somaliland, many challenges are facing the
implementation of Good Governance in the country as viewed by the interviewed participants and officials from the concerned institutions. The study exposed that the practice of good governance is very poor except for the election process that Somaliland has been maintaining in the past twenty years. It is essential to note that the existence of the supreme audit institutions mandated to promote good governance. The challenges that need to be tackled are included by poverty and the poor
political commitment of the government to reform the public administration. Democracy should be strengthened and participation should be enhanced. This will give chance for the citizens to be organized for a plate form that they could directly participate in the decision-making of the country, as well as encouraging the complete application of the constitution in order to protect human rights through building and delegating some authorities for the human right institutions.
On the other hand, the study has made emphasis that the government has the opportunity to empower the public supreme Audit Institutions; while many have said that the only opportunity is the current existence of the National Good Governance Commission (GGC). Others have also said that the job of the parliament in promoting accountability has to be strengthened as well as obtaining the judicial independence that would instigate the proper accountability and implementing the rule of law and check and balance system in governance structures. The good governance principles, like transparency and accountability, should be extended to civil society in their action and decision, accountability of rules and decision making to the public and that of
public sector officials to the society, while the participants also indicated that the government should provide relevant, accurate and timely information to the community and should be responsive in giving feedback to the community. The way forward, participants agreed that a sound political commitment has to be carried to improve conditions of good governance politically, economically, and socially in Somaliland.
In Somaliland, succeeding the development and democratic governance depends on capable leadership in the public institutions in collaboration with capable civil society that can play the implementation of the good governance principles. This also increases the participation of decision marking in the development projects, where now they only vote and participate in general elections. The last time they participated in government decisions was when they elected leadership, but apart from that, they don't participate in any other activity. Thus the study found out that the execution of good governance is still poor in Somaliland.
The government should set up a national good governance strategy and substantially increase funding for good governance by reforming institutions to increase accountability in the employment market that can be used to develop the institutional building. The government organs and concerned bodies should seek and encourage transparency, accountability, and rule of law in different government institutions to reduce and at least reduce corruption, nepotism, and tribalism
to promote a good governance system. The government of Somaliland, civil society, non-state actors, supreme audit institutions, and the other stakeholders' commitment, participation in the challenge of corruption day and night must be in advance to assure good governance in Somaliland.
To implement sound good governance in Somaliland, different government organizations should empower economic, social, and political development in a networked way, by making healthy communication from top to bottom accordingly in a hierarchy of the power distribution. All stakeholders must labor on the challenges of good governance by providing different training, research, advocacy, consulting on opportunities and challenging issues of good governance and giving support in the form of material as well as non-material to diminish challenges and to Somaliland Peace and Development Journal (ISSN: 2707–4897)
exercise opportunities more by ensuring accountability, rule of law, participation and transparency of different government organs.
Muse Abdilahi Muhumed is a columnist, researcher, freelance writer and a political Commentator who has Double MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Hargeisa and Public Administration and Policy making from Gollis University
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This qualitative method research dissertation explored the reactions, insights, and current business practices as they pertained to effectively training workers in areas such as problem-solving, higher order thinking and customer service. This body of work examined both changing economic shifts and global paradigms as well as how a systems thinking approach can help educators prepare students for the 21st century and beyond by implementing action research-based methodologies through effective professional learning communities. The problems to which this study addressed were namely (1) to what extent and in what way are there disparities and similarities between career and technical education settings and workplace training; and (2) in what ways manufacturing trades can sustain growth through training in both the school and business aspects?
Phenomena related to successful Michigan businesses, with a technical and manufacturing focus, that operate within the parameters of this design were explored in this study. Qualitative narrative and ethnographic designs were applied using interviews, observations, artifacts, and document analysis, in order to ascertain similarities and differences between successful Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers and Manufacturing Technology (MT) businessorganizations and the extent in which they responded to a global environment. Furthermore, the research examined ways businesses were able to train employees to insure survival in a global economy.
Analysis of the data, using Grounded Theory and Phenomenology utilized comparative methods of semi-structured interviews with 20 open-ended questions, natural-setting observations, and artifacts. The total population included 12 subjects who were comprised of 4 individuals who served in a leadership role and 8 middle-level managers who implemented training of students or employees. Two different modes of operation were discovered for both MT businesses and CTE schools. MT1 was reported to be reactive where globalization was viewed as a threat. MT2 was discovered to be proactive where globalization was viewed as an opportunity. CTE1 was reactive and globalization was viewed as an opportunity. CTE2 was proactive where globalization was viewed as an opportunity and the focus of the organization was customer-service driven. Results from this study indicated that there was some degree of articulation between MT and CTE settings.
Harrison, Jennifer L., "Contextual Learning for a Global Economy: A Comparative Case Study of Two Career Technical Centers and Two Machine-Tool Manufacturing Businesses" (2008). Dissertations. 775.


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