As the director of the National Park Service, Jon Jarvis oversees 20,000 employees, 140,000 volunteers and 394 national parks. With nearly 35 years of service with the National Park Service, Jarvis began his career as a ranger and was later promoted to superintendent positions in both Alaska and Idaho and regional director of the PacificRead… Read more »
Delaware is reforming how new teachers will get hired under a new law the Governor signed yesterday. The new bill changes an existing rule on how offers are made to teachers. Previously, districts were not guaranteed their full share of state funding for teacher salaries until the official September 30th student count was issued byRead… Read more »
Entrepreneur Magazine recently published a list of the best MBA programs for green business. Based on their assessment, some programs are clearly more substantive than others, but all seem to have a reasonable amount to offer the potential student interested in green business. Sixteen schools made the list, which includes some names you would expectRead… Read more »
A co-worker recently sent me a Fortune magazine article, Facebook: Where marketing efforts go to die? Knowing Facebook is an essential element of our recruitment marketing, I was immediately curious. As I started reading, I realized the article was talking more about product marketing than marketing a brand like we do at the IRS. WithRead… Read more »
Q1 LDA REPORT REMINDER. Courtesy of the Office of the Clerk here. “The first quarter report is due Wednesday, April 20, 2011, covering January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011.” “GOVERNMENT ETHICS LAW IN NORTH CAROLINA” BLOG. Are you dealing with North Carolina issues or just interested in a new perspective on ethics laws? CheckRead… Read more »
Kogan have announced the “Agora Internet TV Portal”, a $200 box to provide a web service on a TV screen. This uses Internet software and may also be useful as a low cost thin client computer for web browsing. The unit has three USB ports as well as a TV type remote control. It mayRead… Read more »
Kogan have announced a “Agora 7″ Tablet PC” for $189. The main feature is that it has a Capacitive Touchscreen.Specifications Model Number: KATBL07ANDAA CPU Model: Samsung Cortex A8 CPU Speed: 1.0 Ghz Memory: 512MB DDR2 Storage: 4GB NAND External Storage: microSD card expansion up to 32GB Operating System: Android 2.2 Bluetooth: Built-in Touchscreen: 7″ OriginalRead… Read more »
Kogan have announced an “Agora 12 inch Ultra Portable Laptop Computer” for $349. This is essentially a larger screen version of the 10 inch Linux netbook they sold previously (and was mostly good). Original post
European and UK biofuel requirements lead to production practices that violate human rights and damage the environment, according to a new study. Original post
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately the document is not in an efficient and easy to read format. Here is a web conversion of the DOC version of the document (without the images): <!– This file wasRead… Read more »