Call for Proposals Virginia Tech Social Media for Planning Conference Sponsored by the Virginia Tech Urban Affairs and Planning Program www.uap.vt.edu Held simultaneously in two locations, Falls Church and Blacksburg, Virginia Friday, April 22, 2011 8am-5pm This program will be submitted for AICP CM credits Social media tools, communications, databases and other technologies are increasinglyRead… Read more »
An announcement respecting a Ph.D. position in multiagent systems has been posted by the Leibniz Center for Law: A PhD position on agent concepts in public administration at the Leibniz Center for Law, University of Amsterdam. The PhD student will work on the design methodology for multi-agent simulations, and address the interesting theoretical questions weRead… Read more »
by Aaron Silvers (ADL). Aaron Silvers has innovated the design and production of learning experiences with a variety of technologies for organizations large and small, in both the private and public sectors, for over 15 years. He led the development of a number of SCORM 2004 content examples. Aaron returned to ADL in 2010 asRead… Read more »
WHAT IS AN EARMARK? That’s the topic of this Hill report. “‘One of the questions that will be worked out over the next year is the question of “what is an earmark,”‘ said Matt Dempsey, Inhofe’s spokesman. ‘Sen. Inhofe has been strong in saying that as long as something is authorized and appropriated, it’s notRead… Read more »
In Preparing your agency for big cuts ahead, Tom Fox wrote this about the coming Federal agency staff reductions: Kill the rumor mill. Agencies have well-developed rumor mills, and I’ve heard from many federal employees that the anxiety and frustrations associated with the budget uncertainties is high. While water cooler gossip is inevitable, as aRead… Read more »
The WellHome blog posted a list of 10 creative and bizarre new public transportation ideas. Original post
Dr Lachlan Blackhall presented a free seminar on “Educational Content Authoring Tools” at the Australian National University in Canberra today. He reviewed tools which might be suitable for the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science and concluded by recommending AContent.I had not heard of AContent before. But it is sponsored by The Adaptive TechnologyRead… Read more »
Several law-related data sets are linked at the Legal Information Systems Website. Click here for some additional law-related data sets. HT Law Librarian Blog.
The work of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is important and, because of the need to protect our nation’s information sources and advantages over international terrorists, criminals and other malicious actors, is not discussed much in the open. But there are things you can learn about NCTC by review of reputable sources. The most importantRead… Read more »
We’re glad to share this announcement from the American Planning Association’s Technology Division: “The Technology Division of the American Planning Association will be issuing the following awards at the 2011 National APA Conference in Boston, MA. The d Original post