ABOUT 34,000 PEOPLE IN THE U. S. DIE BY SUICIDE EACH YEAR. That’s why Suicide Prevention Deserves To Be Everybody’s Business: The Weekly Spark newsletter contains announcements and information about suicide, suicide prevention and mental health issues [and]offers brief summaries of national, state and international news; analyses of relevant research findings; descriptions of funding opportunities,Read… Read more »
Miscellaneous
Friday Fab Five: Govie Love, Conspiracy Theories, and the Lucky Number 5
What better way to celebrate the end of Public Service Appreciation Week than the… Friday Fab Five! For all of the public service men and women out there, today’s Friday Fab 5 is dedicated to you. And if you haven’t already, there’s still time to stop by WeLovePublicService.org to share your messages of appreciation andRead… Read more »
PMP Exam Tip: What is the difference between mandatory and discretionary dependencies?
In the project management world, dependencies determine the order in which various activities should be completed. These dependencies usually documented as an activity attribute and help in sequencing the activities on the project schedule network diagram. As you prepare for your PMP exam, it is important to know the difference between discretionary dependencies and mandatoryRead… Read more »
Interesting elsewhere – 6 May 2011
Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web If you started today, you would never build what we’ve got. You would build Alphagov. A few design rules for alpha.gov.uk | Alpha.gov.uk – team blog Back in February when we were kicking off the alpha project, we spent the first couple of weeks scouring searchRead… Read more »
“#OpenData” A film by the Open Knowledge Foundation
#opendata from Open Knowledge Foundation on Vimeo. If you look close… you might just see someone you know. Email & Share: Original post
King County sued over bus tracker
Two companies sued King County Metro Transit (WA), claiming that they own patents to the agency’s bus-tracker. Other agencies call it a shakedown. Original post
2012 money race pace, money bombs for all, and who’s running in today’s political law links
PARTY SUES IN NV. Roll Call. “The Nevada Republican Party has filed an application for an injunction that would keep candidates who were not nominated by their party from appearing on the special election ballot in the 2nd district.” THE 2012 MONEY RACE PACE. The Times. “The fund-raising effort reflects the modern campaign cycle andRead… Read more »
Personal rapid transit debuts at Heathrow
A personal rapid transit system started trials at Heathrow Airport (UK) this week, which will carry riders between the airport’s parking and terminals. Original post
On Minorities, Majorities and Years of Experience
I attended the President’s Breakfast for the Public Service yesterday (a fund raising event for the Ottawa Hospital), the Clerk gave the opening remarks. After the event I happened to run into him on the escalator. I had literally 240 seconds alone to speak with him. I asked him what he thought a majority parliamentRead… Read more »
Libraryhack at State Library of South Australia
Greetings from the Adelaide North Terrace Cultural Precinct. I am in town for a meeting for the ACS Education faculty, but thought I would spend some time at the Libraryhack at State Library of South Australia, this evening. Similar Library Hack events are being held around Australia, during Net Traveller: Information Awareness Month.Event Type: LaunchAgeRead… Read more »