The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Announces $159.1 Million to Support Health Care Workforce Training.

ASTD Staff

Earlier in August, HHS announced grant awards to support health care workforce training. The grants will target three types of programs: nursing workforce development programs; interdisciplinary geriatric education and training programs; and Centers of Excellence progra... More »

Department of Labor Announce an On the Job Training Toolkit (and program)!

ASTD Staff

Earlier this summer, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced an online toolkit to help local workforce boards and agencies implement the On the Job Training (OJT) programming through the Workforce Investment Act and National Emergency Grants (NEG). The toolkit, located ... More »

A Cliffside View of Government Oversight

ASTD Staff

Having mused over The Public Manager's fall 2010 forum (presently in layout) on lessons learned from Katrina and the more recent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - it's hard not to get sick over government's failure to see in advance that something was terribly wrong,... More »

Hermeneutics: Something New for the Bureaucrat's Toolkit, By Griffin Coop

ASTD Staff

Public managers within a single organization commonly define fundamental terms differently. Since public managers come from diverse backgrounds and have different experiences, it's not unexpected that they interpret the world around them differently. Are these differenc... More »

ASTD CEO Tony Bingham Responds to News on Training

ASTD Staff

ASTD President and CEO Tony Bingham has issued this open letter: The topic of training and its efficacy have been featured in three national newspapers this summer. USA Today opened the conversation with a June 11 article titled, "Laid off workers retrain but end up in ... More »