Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Manning Clarke Centre at ANU where Professor Ian Young, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor is discussing the preparation of a new strategic plan for ANU. The current plan is entitled “ANU by 2010”. It was decided not to revise this until the new VC arrived. He is outlining a process where staffRead… Read more »
Greetings from the Manning Clarke Centre at ANU where Professor Ian Young, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor is discussing the preparation of a new strategic plan for ANU. The current plan is entitled “ANU by 2010”. It was decided not to revise this until the new VC arrived. He is outlining a process where staffRead… Read more »
Thieves are using glue to disable ATM keys. Original post
Unfortunately, a series of new gang crimes are in the news this week. Original post
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone Irish. And in the United States, we say, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Original post
NCDD member Cindy Gibson sent me this fascinating article from nextgov.com this afternoon, and I thought those of you following Open Gov would be interested… Widespread errors hinder Obama administration’s open government initiative by William Matthews, 03/14/2011, www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110314_5330.php There are two sides to the Obama administration’s push for open government: On the positive side: ARead… Read more »
I’d like to get your ideas on topics for future NCDD Confabs: conference calls and webinars for NCDD members where we explore key issues in the dialogue & deliberation community and encourage new connections among members. We held several great Confabs last year before we became neck-deep in planning the regional events. We held aRead… Read more »
In keeping with the spirit that GovLoop has started this week with GovMadness 2011, I thought I’d post a forum to highlight some of the smaller agencies and cities that may have gotten the snub from GovLoop’s big dance. There are a lot of agencies and departments out there doing great work with social media,Read… Read more »