Strategic Workplace Learning in the Public Sector A little less than two years ago on this blog, I entered a curmudgeonly post on "The Non-Strategic State of Workplace Learning" (See Agile Bureaucracy, June 16, 2008 - http://community.thepublicmanager.org/cs/blogs/agile... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Government

ASTD Press Room , Conferences

Background The New York State Office of the State Comptroller (NYSOSC) in Albany maintains a broad scope of responsibility unmatched by similar offices in the United States. As the state's chief fiscal and accounting officer, the Comptroller is a separately elected stat... More »

Government

Ive never been on the executive staff although I have ridden with my company president in his helicopter; I have been on a first name basis with more than one president of Intel, and I feel like I have exercised a great deal of influence driving the importance of employ... More »

Government , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Change Management , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Leadership Development , Training and Development - General , Trends

The Department of Labor announced its' Community Based Job Training Grants on Monday. Grants from $1-$5 Million will be awarded. Full information about the grant can be found here: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA-DFA-PY-09-07.pdf Grant applications need to be to DO... More »

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Economy

Industry News , Public Policy

As many of you know, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is the largest and most significant piece of training legislation which has been due to be reauthorized for the past 3 Congresses; and, for mostly political reasons, it has not been reauthorized. When the Bush Admi... More »

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