November 30, 2009 BAC Agenda
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
PDF Document, 108kb Category: Budget Work Group Agendas
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
PDF Document, 108kb Category: Budget Work Group Agendas
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
PDF Document, 66kb Category: Budget Work Group Agendas
SBWire Press Releases (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oconee Medical Center has a long history of making a difference in the lives of families living in the foothills of Seneca, South Carolina. So when Director of Physician Services Susan Hilscher required a new gastroenterologist to round out her facility's medical staff, she trusted to proven success of The Carlisle Group to fulfill her opportunity. With the help of TCG's optimized procurement strategy,...
Seattle Traffic Watch (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
A state legislative work group finally settled last week on a choice for replacing the state Route 520 bridge. Now, state officials are seeking the public's opinion before submitting their recommendation to the Legislature in January.
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Responses to written questions submitted during BAC meetings. Updated 11/13/09. PDF Document, 69kb Category: Budget Work Group Key Documents
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A work group will be formed in near future for detail development of practical steps.
Library clips (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
NOTE: I’m not a futurist or organisational anthropologist, but it seems that my interest in knowledge and networks has led me into thinking about such matters as fundamental as the future of organisational structure. A while ago I posted on how organisations can become more agile. People can connect horizontally…the silos blinders can be removed. What [...]
Tip Top Toppers Things (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Do you remember the autumn?! Before all the rain and winds?! Well, I made this card with left over papers from my take on the Get Funky Challenge for November which was set by Enfys and is a theme of Autumn Woodland. The papers are from Now That's Funky - Sweetie Pie collection and I've simply rounded edges and then inked them. I've made the hat pin by using beads from my stash and the ribbon is also...
GrogNews (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Long-term conflicts frequently involve significant changes in the quality/state of the combatants. Based on this recent article about David Kilcullen's analysis of Afghanistan it looks like we're seeing that in Afghanistan as well. I wanted to highlight some of the points he made in remarks the other day to a British newspaper to clarify his position on Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s troop request,...
iCommandant (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Senior Executive Leadership Conference (SELC), Day Three: VADM PappOriginally uploaded by uscgpressGuardians,We closed out our Senior Leadership Executive Conference this afternoon after closing ceremonies for the Innovation Expo. We spent time today consolidating our work group activity and briefings regarding diversity, strategy and resources, cyber security, and command/ control/culture. Your
Greenpeace UK blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
As you probably know by now, marine reserves have a huge role to play in ensuring a future for our oceans, which is why we fish-huggers campaign so vehemently for them. The scientists tell us that between 20 and 50 per cent of the seas need to be set aside as fully protected, no-take zones – off-limits to all damaging and destructive activity. That means no mineral extraction, dredging, dumping...
eWeek (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Salesforce.com demonstrated a new work group collaboration tool dubbed Chatter as the highlight of opening keynote of its annual Dreamforce user conference Nov. 18 at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center. Chatter is designed with a Facebook-like interface and allows users to set up real-time feeds of selected Twitter posts. Chatter will run as part of Salesforce's customer relationship management...
EPR Network Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Released on: November 18, 2009, 1:27 pm Author: Hays Plc. Industry: Human Resources Hays, the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people, has revealed that whilst it is premature to talk about a recovery in the legal market, signs are emerging that recruitment activity for certain niche skill sets has remained steady. Hiring levels for transactional roles...
EPR Network Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Released on: November 18, 2009, 1:22 pm Author: Hays Plc. Industry: Human Resources Hays, the world’s leading recruitment experts in qualified, professional and skilled people, has reported that despite difficult trading conditions, there has been a steady growth in demand for retail banking roles. Signs are emerging that the market is starting to pick up, with organisations starting to prioritise...
A Writer's Desk (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Welcome to Poligny, a town of book lovers. From the piece in the Washington Post ... Just off the town square, a few hundred feet down La Grande Rue, a bookstore has been dispensing culture and entertainment to the people of Poligny for 150 years. Over the generations, residents said, it has become part of the landscape, a place where children tarry on the way home from school and their parents duck...