Public Policy

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• More Federal Money for Historic Preservation Exists, Needs to be Appropriated

  
  Ecology of Absence — Authority: 127
  In 1976, the U.S. Congress created the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). Funded by offshore oil leases, the $150 million fund is supposed to be available for matching grants to state and territorial historic preservation offices, tribal historic preservation offices, historically black colleges and universities and ...
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• Houston mayoral hopeful Gene Locke finally lifts veil on personal finances

  
  Texas Watchdog — Authority: 545
  Lockes release of his tax forms comes three weeks after Texas Watchdog called on Locke and opponent Annise Parker to make their tax forms public so voters could judge whether the two candidates had conflicts of interest that might cloud their decision-making as mayor. Parker made public her tax forms two weeks ago.
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• Australian responses to climate change - a background briefing

  
  Personal Reflections — Authority: 130
  I have watched the manoeuvring on climate change within the Australian Opposition with fascination. I thought that it might be of interest to look at some of the background dynamics involved. The views that follow are impressionistic, based on my overall knowledge. I stand to be corrected on errors of fact and ...
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• Acton Media Alert: Talking Health Care in South Florida

  
  Acton Institute PowerBlog — Authority: 529
  Acton Institute President Rev. Robert A. Sirico joined host Dennis O’Donovan this morning on Religion, Politics and the Culture on WLVJ in south Florida for a wide ranging, hour-long discussion on health care reform and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ role in the debate, among other topics. You can ...
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• A Dangerous Myth

  
  Promoting Hope, Preventing Suicide — Authority: 433
  Is there an increase in suicide deaths during the holiday season? Its been clearly demonstrated that, no, suicides actually increase in other seasons (spring and fall). But, how many times have you read or heard that suicide increases around the holidays? The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of ...
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• Why not open flu data?

  
  eaves.ca — Authority: 488
  On Monday, Nov. 23 the Globe ran this piece I wrote as a Special to The Globe and Mail. Im cross-posting it back here for those who may have missed it. Hope you enjoy! A n interesting thread keeps popping up in The Globes reporting on H1N1. As you examine the efforts of the federal and provincial governments ...
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• The Truth Behind Obamas Falling Approval Ratings - Hes Up With Democrats, Up With Independents, and Rock-Bottom With Republicans

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 440
  On our national survey in June Obama had an 82% approval rating with Democrats. Now its 83%. He had a 46% approval rating with independents. Now its 47%. No real change on either of those fronts. But with Republicans hes dropped from an 18% mark to just 10%.
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• Book Review: This Time Is Different

  
  The Aleph Blog — Authority: 603
  I love economic history books.  The book that I am reviewing tonight is different because unlike most economic history books, it is mainly empirical rather than mainly anecdotal. Don’t get me wrong, one good anecdote can deliver more information than a carefully controlled study.  But more often, it is the ...
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• Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part III

  
  MandM — Authority: 127
  In my last posts, Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part I and Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part II , I set out the doctrine of religious restraint and touched on some criticisms of it. I looked at and critiqued some of the key arguments in support of the doctrine of religious restraint. In this ...
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• Microfinances Elusive Quest: Finding an Accurate Measure of Social Impact

  
  Knowledge@Wharton — Authority: 133
  For three decades, microfinance institutions have given out small loans to the worlds poor -- mostly women -- and amassed thousands of case studies showing that the loans help alleviate poverty, improve health, increase education and promote womens empowerment. Skeptics, however, have argued there is not enough hard ...
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• California Public Utilities Commission approves $5M grant for fiber network

  
  MuniWireless — Authority: 498
  The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a $5 million grant from the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) to the Central Coast Broadband Consortium (CCBC).  The grant pays for 10% of the cost of a $50 million fiber optic trunk line network planned for Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito ...
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• PrismTech Claims DDS Middleware User Leadership after Outstanding Success of its Open Source Release of OpenSplice DDS

  
  Your Story — Authority: 555
  BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PrismTech™, a world leader in high-performance software integration and infrastructure solutions, is celebrating the six-month anniversary of its Open Sou
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• The right question

  
  shareholdersunite.com — Authority: 144
  From a smart economist..The puzzles of US political economy todayBard DeLongThree points to serve as background:First of all, from the day after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the policies followed by the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. administrations have been very helpful. They have been ...
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• Food Matters

  
  11D — Authority: 136
  After deadening my soul by watching a debate about Sarah Palin on BloggingHeads, I moved onto to a discussion about food politics with Ezra Klein and Mark Bittman. They touch on several important topics, including school lunches. Our school serves mozzarella sticks as a main course for lunch. Argh! I love their rant ...
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• More Spectrum Needed for Ever-Growing Wireless Broadband Services

  
  CTIA - The Wireless Association Blog — Authority: 123
  As you’ve heard us say a million times, spectrum is our industry’s backbone and is pivotal to providing Americans with access to broadband per the National Broadband Plan .     In our spectrum reply comment filing  last week to the FCC, we described the numerous supporters who agree with our request for ...
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• California Public Policy Conference featuring Mitt Romney in Newport Beach on Dec. 5

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 552
  Come join us for the Claremont Institute’s California Public Policy Conference at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, California, on Saturday, December 5, 2009. You will hear candid discussions of state and local government policies – how they impact us and what we can expect in the future. Invited panelists ...
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• SEIU and the Law of Intended Consequences

  
  Big Government — Authority: 813
  SEIU has made a good living off the law of unintended consequences .  Or so the labor union would have you think. The reality is, there’s nothing unintended about the consequences they reap.  And when it comes to local, state and federal lawmaking, SEIU banks on the propensity of the American people to respond to ...
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• MA in Politcal Science v. M Public Policy

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 648
  ¿Master in Political Science or Master in Public Policy? Im an Spaniard that wants to study a Master in the US next year. After a lot of research my final list of universities Im applying, is this one: 1.Georgetown 2. U. of Chicago 3. Columbia 4. NYU 5. GWU 6. Northeastern 7. American University 8. Loyola University ...
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• IDC Readies ICT Sustainability Index Ahead of United Nations’ COP15 Climate Change Conference

  
  Your Story — Authority: 555
  FRAMINGHAM, Mass., LONDON, MILAN, SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDC today announced that it has completed an index, the ICT Sustainability IndexTM, that scores a country
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• AlumiFuel Power, Inc.’s Technology Showcased at Naval Energy Forum

  
  Your Story — Authority: 555
  CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power, Inc. (“API”), the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based wholly owned operating s
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