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What is the Cabinet of the United States? The cabinet of the United States is made up of different departments and all departments have a person that is in charge of that department. Which is appointed by the president of the united states.



The SOPA act stands for Stop Internet Piracy Act. The SOPA act

2/15/12 What is advocacy? What public advocacy groups do you know of? What do you know about the work they do?
 * Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
 * Public advocacy group i know of is Government Reform
 * Peace and war

1) Choose 2 public advocacy organizations to research. On your Unit 1 page, include the following information: 1st Public Advocacy Group is Criminal Justice. They Advocate safety for the community. Their mission as the Criminal Justice is to put all necessary Harmful things locked out or gone from the world.
 * Drug Policy Alliance-** The guiding principle of the Alliance is harm reduction, an alternative approach to drug policy and treatment that focuses on minimizing the adverse effects of both drug use and drug prohibition.
 * Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation-** FAMM promotes sentencing policies that give judges the discretion to distinguish between defendants and fit the punishment to the crime.
 * Law Enforcement Alliance of America-** LEAA fights at every level of government for legislation that reduces violent crime while preserving the rights of honest citizens, particularly the right of self-defense

2.) **Second Public Advocacy Group Is Education.** They advocate the education for students and they will give the opportunity to be more successful in life.
 * Alliance for the Separation of School and State-** Their goal is the end of federal, state, and local involvement with schooling. We believe government has no role in financing, operating, or defining schooling, or even compelling attendance.
 * National Board for Professional Teaching Standards -** The mission is to advance the quality of teaching and learning.
 * National Center for Fair and Open Testing-** Is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.

I could help out this organization by helping out with the community and by doing community service for the community.

Summary:
 * How are public advocacy organizations different from other sectors in other branches of government? Public advocacy organizations different from other sectors in other branches of government because certain organizations and what they do only some branches can approve of them. Like for an example the Education group that can be approved by the Government itself like say the Executive Branch. The president can put any laws of education and all the states would have to follow the law.
 * Why do you think public advocacy represents the fourth branch of government? Do you think this fourth branch is important in a democratic society? Public advocacy represents the fourth branch in government because we basically make these groups for causes that the other branches don't really have the power or don't depend on them. These groups help us make society cleaner and more safe for citizens of the United States. The fourth branch is important in a democratic society because we the people decide the organizations to form and how we should help others to make life more easier and safe.