Miscellaneous

Fraud of the Day

What would your agency do with $100 million dollars or even tens of thousands more? Agency funds are lost to fraud every day. The Fraud of the Day forum highlights real stories and what you need to know to help fight fraud. Visit the FraudoftheDay.com forum to learn more and sign up to receive dailyRead… Read more »

Aphorism 63

In a pluralist and open society we have to tolerate many things that we dislike or findoffensive, if no for other reason than because the alternative – suppressing them – is worse. Francis FitzGibbon Original post

ULI Richmond Hosts Urban Innovation Fund Series

ULI Richmond Urban Innovation Fund SeriesThe Real Richmond – Part One – The Region’s Changing Housing NeedsFebruary 17th @ 7:30 am “The Richmond Chapter of the Urban Land Institute is launching a three-part series examining the impact of the region’s changing demographics. “Projected population shifts will have a dramatic impact on our region’s resources fromRead… Read more »

Title for Dr. Scott’s High Table Talk and Block of Rooms at Holiday Inn

Dear CPAP Community Members, I just wanted to pass along some exciting news regarding High Table 2012. We have received a tentative title for Dr. Scott’s High Table address as: “The Anarchist Sensibility: Lessons for Governance.” In addition, to the great news about the programming itself. the High Table Committee has negotiated a discounted rateRead… Read more »

UAP’s Professor Ralph Buehler Presenting at Tuesdays at APA

From the CASPA Listserve: “Professor Buehler Presenting at Tuesdays at APA. UAP Professor Ralph Buehler will be presenting at Tuesdays at APA on February 21st at 5:30pm. The topic of his presentation is: Travel Behavior, Transport Policy, and Sustainable Transport in Germany and the USA. More details (including RSVP instructions) are available here: http://www.planning.org/tuesdaysatapa/dc/index.htm. WeRead… Read more »

WE ACT for Environmental Justice Seeks to Fill FederalPolicy Analyst Position in Wash DC Office

From the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health listserve: “This year WE ACT for Environmental Justice (http://weact.org) will be opening a new office in Washington, DC. The purpose of the DC office will be to develop strategic, unified, and sustained advocacy to achieve equity in federal policy and practice by influencing federal legislative and non-legislative agency actions,Read… Read more »

Call for Papers: The 40th Research Conf on Comm, Information and Internet Policy

From TPRC: “The 40th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy Friday September 21 to Sunday September 23, 2012. Hosted by George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA TPRC is an annual conference on communication, information and internet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinary researchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofitRead… Read more »

Daily Dose: Budget Cuts Alter National Defense Strategy

For nearly a century, the United States national defense strategy was to have the capabilities to participate in two wars at once, as well as a large military. With budget cuts very much a reality for the Department of Defense, the US is adopting a new strategy. The military will be leaner, meaner, and smaller.Read… Read more »