In regard to permitting and enforcement, kudos to you if the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies are clear cut. I have been planning to put together a chart to help sort out and keep straight which federal and state agencies are responsible for what. I discovered this morning that EPA has a source that [...]
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Where are your papers?
Posted in Homeland security, Public Awareness, Regulations, tagged border, Homeland security, travel on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to a very recent post on the Department of Homeland Security Web site, a picture i.d. is worth a thousand words to an American or Canadian wanting to cross the border. From the Office of the Press Secretary, January 18, 2008:
“Beginning Jan. 31 of this year, U.S. and Canadian citizens ages 19 and older [...]
Digital guide to Russian history sources
Posted in Historical, Resource guides, tagged bibliography, history, Resource guides, Russia, russian history, soviet union on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Of interest to Alaskans is a 650 plus page bibliography that recently made available free in both searchable PDF and “page turner” Web formats. The authors spent seven years contacting institutions in Alaska, Hawaii, and the continental U.S. and have collected a list of documents related to the history and cultures of the [...]
Education is Sixth in State Legislative Priorities
Posted in Education on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A recent post by Meagan Dorsch on the Thicket, the Blog for the National Council of State Legislatures is something that I think will be of interest to many:
Transforming Education: Top 10 Issue in 2008
From the post: “Dealing with high school drop outs, retaining teachers and principals, and making college more affordable are [...]
Finding federal information?
Posted in E-government, Federal Digital Documents about Alaska, Federal government, Information seeking, Libraries, tagged digital, E-government, Federal, government, information, Information seeking, internet, Libraries on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lately, there has been a train of comments and reports on how we are locating or not locating federal information on the Internet. This post points to three sources (which point in turn to further sources ) worth looking at for recent news on the topic of finding government information.
Surprise? Our younger “Gens,” the Gen [...]
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Cruise Ship Waste–EPA Comment period
Posted in Environment, Public Comments, Uncategorized, tagged cruise ships, discharge, graywater, hazardous waste, invasive species, oily bilge water, solid waste, waste sewage, waste stream on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just in from EPA news briefs. For the next 45 days the public has a chance to comment on its Draft Cruise Ship Discharge Report.
The report “assesses five waste streams from cruise ships: sewage, graywater, oily bilge water, solid waste and hazardous waste. For each waste stream, the draft report discusses [...]
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