It’s great to see the IAP2 Affiliates form in the US and Canada. IAP2 USA, where I serve on the Board, is making great progress, and Canada is only a few weeks behind us it seems. Anyway, I would love to go up to Vancouver for this one: IAP2 BC Chapter Spring Symposium May 19,Read… Read more »
A Workshop on Law and Computation will be held 22 April 2011 at the University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas, USA. The workshop is hosted by the Law Center’s Program on Law and Computation. According to the workshop announcement: The workshop will provide opportunities to show ways in which advanced computation can aidRead… Read more »
Hubway, a new bicycle-sharing program for Boston (MA), will have 600 bicycles and 61 stations across the city starting in July. Original post
Feeling like your small projects aren’t giving you the experience you need? I know where you’re coming from. It’s how “accidental” project managers like us start out. Small businesses, small projects, small teams. I’ve worked in environments like this in the past, and currently volunteer for several non-profits where this is the case. My activitiesRead… Read more »
You know you’re doing something wrong with your council website when you mostly say ‘YES’ to this list Are you a web manager or just someone who wishes to know how your local council website is performing? Or maybe just a curious observer of public services online? If you are, you should continue reading…. Good,Read… Read more »
What if the President and Congress made spending decisions based on what they wanted to achieve rather than on individual agencies and programs? That’s the premise of portfolio budgeting. Has its time arrived or is it still . . . A Pipe Dream? Maybe, but it is actually being done by other countries, such asRead… Read more »
What if the world’s largest economy somehow formed a partnership with one of the world’s greenest countries? What kinds of great green ideas and field-tested technologies would be shared, compared and implemented? How much mutual benefit would these two countries derive from this exchange? It seems as though we’re about to find out. The SwedishRead… Read more »
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
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 »
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 »