I will be brief in my plea for help on my current working project. I am making an argument in a paper that although consolidation of programs and streamlining processes might lead to fiscal efficiencies, these state and local policy efforts may also be promoting hidden fragilities and greater risks that might result in futureRead… Read more »
We recently read a great piece at Sustainable Industries about LEED for renters. This is one of the first (if not the very first) time we’ve heard of a tenant successfully, and economically, implementing enough LEED-qualifying changes to a facility to earn a rating. In this case the tenant is Adobe, and according to theRead… Read more »
Attributed to Socrates, it is a foundational rule in place for centuries and followed by many. What baggage do you bring to the table of life? We all have baggage. I have 50 years of baggage. Unfortunately we perceive “baggage” as a negative when in fact it is simply our life experiences, some good, someRead… Read more »
Financial Goal: Do Something Smart With Your TSP and IRA Accounts How To Create a Retirement Portfolio: 1. Determine how long you expect to let the money sit and grow between now and retirement (so far away…) 2. If you already have a retirement account, consider the last time you sold your investments and useRead… Read more »
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Steve Ressler the driving force behind Govloop @govloop Steve is a very engaging and talkative guy who was over from the US for a flying visit. I came across Govloop some time ago when Julia Chandler @juliac2 who had been over in America for a conference mentioned it.Read… Read more »
The recent media frenzy over the latest social media offerings introduced at SXSW last week demonstrates that collaboration is one of the app themes for 2011. This isn’t the first time collaboration software has been the “next big thing’” I remember back in the early 90’s when computer-supported work applications were all the rage (rememberRead… Read more »
CANDIDATE LOAN STORY. In Roll Call this morning. “Members of Congress have discovered another way to err on their annual financial disclosure reports.” KOCH AND POMPEO. The Post reports. “When Mike Pompeo needed funding for a Wichita aerospace company, one of the places he and his partners went for help was Koch Industries, a hometownRead… Read more »
Columnist Joseph Rose reviewed TriMet’s audible pedestrian warning system and recapped a controversy involving the system manufacturer and a local engineer. Original post
Writing in The Huffington Post, Mayor of Los Angeles (CA) Antonio Villaraigosa outlined a proposal for LA Metro to test 30 electric buses. Original post
Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Commercial Use of your API – why you should allow it | The London Biker The great thing about letting people make money is that they’ll make you money in return – you don’t have to spend months locked away in an R&D lab – butRead… Read more »