The heinous, atrocious, or cruel (HAC) aggravating factor is a sentencing element that can make a defendant eligible for the death penalty when a killing involved extraordinary brutality or suffering beyond what occurs in a typical homicide. Both federal and state capital punishment systems use some version of HAC, though the U.S. Supreme Court has placed strict constitutional limits on how ...

Home Access Center (HAC 4.0) provides parent/guardian access to view student assignments, grades, and attendance. To use HAC to participate in your child's educational experience, contact your child's campus registration office to request an account and password.

"Why?" A question as old as humanity, and as relevant today as ever. Explore the history, meaning, and necessity of the question that drives discovery from toddlers to theoretical physicists.

Check in with your student's assignments and grades, attendance records and registration all through your Home Access Center Account. For the 2026-2027 Returning Student Registration, please sign in with your HAC account to access the registration form.

The HAC Reduction Program is a Medicare value-based purchasing program that reduces payments to hospitals based on their performance on measures of hospital-acquired conditions.

This meeting notice announces the first public meeting of the Healthcare Advisory Committee (HAC or Committee). The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of HHS and the CMS Administrator on programs and policies that can improve the United States (U.S.) healthcare system consistent...