“Folks came to save me,” said Dr. Michael Zollicoffer ’85 (MD) of the more than $280,000 raised to pay off his cancer treatment bills.| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Officials confirmed the CRA will not be given additional funding to improve services.| ottawacitizen
So we were talking about the thriving trade of the East and the West market of Tang, so before we go into the actual content of their trading business, this is an interesting post on regulations during the Tang period, and how it was business-friendly and anti-corruption. Singaporeans might find this particularly interesting because this was 1,300 years ago!| Hanfugirl
A word of advice for Prime Minister Mark Carney: lean in to the political pain| The Logic
OTTAWA – As federal public servants race to wrap up an expenditure review the Liberals will use to map out massive change, the Carney government is learning how hard it is to shrink and reshape a bureaucracy that’s been growing for years. Departments have several weeks left to figure out what’s essential and what’s drift: […]| Magazines – Policy Options
Versatility dismantles barriers. Throughout my career in the UK Civil Service, I’ve worked in different professions, such as Operational Delivery and Government Digital & Data, however, within my BRM role I’ve had to connect and support staff across diverse government professions—from legal to finance and economics to policy and project delivery—over 28 professions in total, each with its own unique frameworks and capabilities.| BRM Institute
Mayors and county commissioners came together Friday, April 11, to anounce a new council to combat homelessness in the area.| InForum
Workers with access to secret information have been warned against boasting about it on social media as foreign spies target them online.| Canberra Daily
The School of Social Work since 2020 has been actively working toward a more inclusive and accessible digital presence.| UNC School of Social Work
New federal rules require advanced French for supervisors in bilingual regions, but one public servant says training support is still lacking.| ottawacitizen
Visit this page on the Barnstable County, Cape Cod website for more information about Barnstable County Assembly Supports AmeriCorps Cape Cod.| Barnstable County
Parliament may pass a law, but it doesn’t always take effect right away. Public servants can be told to delay or phase it in — here’s why.| ottawacitizen
Celestina León, District Manager of Brooklyn Community Board 4, has been honored with the esteemed Sloan Public Service Award for her outstanding contributions to the Bushwick community.| Bushwick Daily
An emerging draft charter, the Social Work Coalition on NC Workforce Development, has been established with the mission to diversify and expand the mental and behavioral health and child welfare workforce to not only tackle staffing shortages, but also develop more social work education programs and take part in legislative advocacy to bolster the social work system.| UNC School of Social Work
Ottawa is planning to allow more federal employees to retire after 25 years, bucking the private-sector trend toward later retirement.| Policy Options
The School of Social Work is proud to recognize a number of faculty and staff members who have dedicated years of service to both the School and the state. We highlighted a list of staff and faculty members whose talent and service have helped bring the School continued success.| UNC School of Social Work
Kevin Carey, director of the education-policy program at the New America Foundation, writes in Chronicle of Higher Education the speech he wished the dean of admissions had given to the incoming cl…| Social Capital Blog
Så har det varit premiär för #melfest 2016, och ett av Sveriges mest tittade på program samlar återigen en ansenlig del av befolkningen i sofforna. Och när Gina Dirawi drar manusförfattarnas ”skämt” så finns det, som alltid med skämt, en uppenbar risk att det uppfattas fel…| jardenberg.
Så är katten ur tunnan och ”public service-kommissionen” möter offentlighetens ljus. Jag tycker så klart att det i grunden är ett alldeles utmärkt initiativ, allt som kan bidra till en utökad diskussion om det svenska medielandskapet applåderar jag. Och med fullständig transparens kring beställarna gör det heller inget att sakägare ger sig in på arenan. Jag tycker alltså det är helt ok att fem medieaktörer som är kända för sina åsikter om public service lägger egna p...| jardenberg.