Green Neighborhood/Eco District Graduate Research Assistant Position(s) for Spring 2012 Semester Only

The Metropolitan Institute has the immediate need for a graduate research assistant (GRA) to inventory, classify, and compare emerging neighborhood or district level sustainability initiatives. The US Green Building Council has its LEED-ND (neighborhood development) system that establishes a series of performance measures and standards for the certification of neighborhood scale projects. These standards goRead… Read more »

Sunlight Foundation: 2Day in #OpenGov 2/1/2012

Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey wrote this post. Here is Wednesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup: Campaign Finance Barack Obama has relied heavily on bundlers to pull in huge donations for his reelection campaign. Notable new bundlers in the most recent FEC filingsRead… Read more »

Feb 13/Richmond Meeting on Virginia Outdoors Plan

From the Virginia DCR website: “The Virginia Outdoors Plan is the state’s official document regarding land conservation, outdoor recreation and open space planning. It helps all levels of the public and private sectors meet needs pertaining to those issues. The plan provides guidance for the protection of lands through actions of the Virginia Land ConservationRead… Read more »

Sunlight Foundation: 'Back to the Source': Federal Cash Flow to Nonexistent Districts

In 2009 the Washington Times reported that an investigation conducted by researchers at the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity had found 440 nonexistent districts listed on Recovery.gov. Combined, the districts were marked as receiving $6.4 billion and creating almost 30,000 jobs. The article provides specific examples, such as the following: “Recovery.gov shows 12Read… Read more »

Picture This: The Winners of the Renwick Postcard Contest

Top: the winning postcard of our Renwick 40th Anniversary postcard contest by Becca Kallem. Bottom: Our runner-up entry is by Joanna Barnum. American Art’s Renwick Gallery is celebrating its 40th year—40 years of the best in American craft, decorative arts, exhibitions, and programs. To commemorate this milestone, we challenged our visitors to design a postcardRead… Read more »

New Jersey looks at changes to open meetings, records

New Jersey is looking at two bills that would reform exiting open meetings and open records laws in the state. Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) introduced the bills which are designed to broaden access to government records and increase transparency. The bills follow a year of harsh criticism over the state officials love/hate relationshipRead… Read more »

30 Random Great Ideas

NAGC is already prepping for its 2012 Communications School, June 5-8 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA. This year’s theme is “Telling America’s Stories” and we’ll be doing just that with an informative and exciting schedule of topics and speakers. In addition, we’ll be launching the new NAGC Member Value Program (MVP), aRead… Read more »

If you’re a Project Manager, you’re probably also a Contract Manager

A lot of Feds out there think of themselves as Project Managers but for the most of us that run projects where a contractor is doing the actual work, I hate to be the one to break it to you but you’re not just a Project Manager, you’re also a Contract Manager. Meaning, you’re responsibleRead… Read more »

How To Manage Talent in Federal Agencies

The demographic of government is rapidly changing, as the Baby Boomer’s near retirement federal agencies need to continue to execute their strategies around human capital. One key area of human capital is recruiting and cultivating talent, which is a critical part of retaining the most innovative and talented employees within the federal government. Talent managementRead… Read more »

Sunlight Foundation: House Legislative Data and Transparency Conference #LDTC

Tomorrow is a big day for transparency, with the House of Representatives convening a full-day conference on public access to legislative information. (The agenda is online here.) I understand that there are efforts afoot to livestream the proceedings, although I don’t have all the details. But there is a hashtag — #LDTC — so expectRead… Read more »

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