Saturday, January 31, 2009

Our Missing History

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Read Fred Kaplan on the chasms in our federal archives. The one problem with his piece is he's citing a National Archives study from ...

One's Belief in Reason Suffers

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From a Consumer Reports piece [subscription probably required--emphasis added] on finances: Retirement-planning strategies encourage invest...

Those Bureaucratic Rules Snag TARP Oversight

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Armit Paley in the Post reports that an instrument of good government reformer-types, the Paperwork Reduction Act, is slowing efforts to ov...
Friday, January 30, 2009

New Trees for Old?

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The NYTimes has an article on the spread of "rain forests". Yes, I wrote spread . It seems the phenomena of abandoned farms/pl...

Blogging Secretaries

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The TSA (Transportation Security Admin) has a blog, and they just referenced their Secretary's blog . I'm not terribly impressed by ...
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One Obama Promise Broken

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Nextgov's post says "Unfulfilled", but in my mind, broken is broken. (Not that he can't fix it later.) I think it's...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

John Berge as White House Liaison for USDA

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Apparently this guy , a former FSA state director, is to be a liaison between the White House and USDA.

How Many USDA Employees?

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Here Hat tip, Farmpolicy.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Standards

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The "21" club has dropped its absolute tie requirement. For you whippersnappers, good restaurants used to require a coat and tie....
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

One E-Mail System for USDA

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From Vilsack's press conference : It [updating USDA systems] will not be easy. It's not easy because the way in which technology ha...
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