Amtrak taps into fan base to improve security
Amtrak announced its Partners for Amtrak Safety and Security program, which invites rail fans to stay on the alert for suspicious events or people. Original post
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ACS Business Skills Fourth Access
After selecting courses for the ACS Business Skills On-Line Pilot Program, I thought I should start. But how do I start a course?The online system has a lit of the courses I selected. When I click on the first I see a brief description, a title “Lesson Objectives” (with nothing under it), a Course Overview,Read… Read more »
ACS Business Skills Third Access
After seeing I could navigate the ACS Business Skills On-Line Pilot Program, I thought I should select some courses. One annoyance I have found is the log-on screen has an option for accessibility, but I have to click this each time I enter the site, the option does not appeared to be remembered in myRead… Read more »
Micro-participation at ShropCamp
Continuing my current obsession with micro-participation, I ran a session on the subject at yesterday’s excellent ShropCamp. Basically I chatted through what micro-participation is and what it tries to achieve, where it came from etc. Then I gave some examples of it in action, and after that asked for some ideas and thoughts from theRead… Read more »
How Do You Get People to Take the Stairs Instead of the Escalator?
I just stumbled upon Volkswagen’s contest initiative called TheFunTheory.com, established around 2009. The “site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is thatRead… Read more »
Canberra International Music Festival and the Griffins
The 17th Canberra International Music Festival runs from, 11-22 May 2011. The program is emphasises Schubert. It also commemorates the work of Canberra’s original architects: Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. The conference program features a series of remarkable graphics, overlaying the plan of Canberra, with mystical symbols.The Griffins were invovled in anthroposophy .Read… Read more »
Telecommunications in Australia Podcast
The 30 minute audio Podcast “Telecommunications in Australia”, by Keri Phillips, ABC Radio National “Rear Vision” program, is available.This puts the National Broadband Network a historical context: “Everything to do with communications in Australia has always been highly political; the National Broadband Network provides the latest evidence. Rear Vision looks at the story of communicationRead… Read more »
I’m famous!
Okay, not really. But the American University School of Public Affairs, from which I’m about to graduate as the first person to earn a master’s in the school’s new political communications program, wrote a feature on me for the website. Not only that, but my sure-to-be-amazing GovLoop fellowship even got a mention. http://www.american.edu/spa/success/Political-Communications-Graduate-Student-Masters-the-Field.cfm
We Love our Feds, and So does GEICO
Geico is dedicated to serving those who serve our nation, but did you know that they also honor them? Federal employees better our country and make a difference every day, but rarely get the praise they deserve. In 1980, The GEICO Public Service Awards were established to emphasize GEICO’s belief that the contributions of manyRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: Should the Smithsonian Ban Products Made Overseas?
If you’re up for a challenge, you should definitely try your hand at Washington Post columnist Ed O’Keefe’s recent quiz on where popular Smithsonian souvenir items were manufactured. It is tougher than you might think… Guess Where Smithsonian Gifts Are Made Which leads me to a larger point, as well as another blog post fromRead… Read more »