NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake. The stay-at-home mom was cut off not only from her 330 friends, including many she had no other way of contacting, but also from the pages […]
Digital Safety Conference in England
19th June 2009The Brewery, Barbican, London Dear Colleague, Did you know that 92% of UK Internet time is spent on non-UK websites? Did you know that without a global legal framework there is little interoperability between enforcement agencies thus rendering virtually impotent the work of key initiatives seeking to protect the privacy and civil liberties
A Medicare Update…..
Hello Everyone, Please enjoy the information contained in this edition of Frontier Focus. Please be sure to share it with your members, colleagues, providers and office billing staff. Thank you for your continued efforts to broadcast Medicare information to the providers in Region VIII. Table of Contents 1. Reminder: National Provider Conference Call on ICD-10-CM/PCS
North Dakota Information Technology News
IT workforce needs featured in Bismarck Tribune: The Bismarck Tribune recently published an article entitled “Room to grow: IT expansion expected to continue in N.D.” The article focused on the workforce needs revealed by the 2008 North Dakota IT Workforce Needs Assessment completed by ITCND, North Dakota Workforce Development Council, North Dakota Department of Career
National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
Volume 41, No. 19/May 14, 2009 In this issue: NTCA Comments on Nonrural USF Support FCC Shortens Porting Time to One Business Day FTC Delays Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline; Publishes Template Obama Administration Releases Detailed FCC Budget Request Promises Accelerate Health Care Reform White House Targets Estate Taxes to Pay for Health Care Overhaul
Education Commission of the States
State Partnerships For Quality Teacher Preperation-This issue paper examines how the effective use of data, competency-based teacher education standards and current relationships between districts and teacher education programs can lead to powerful partnerships that drive both the continuous improvement of schools and teacher education programs. (ECS and the National Center for Teacher Transformation, May 2009).http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/80/55/8055.pdf
Colleges for Teacher Education
AACTE Weekly News Briefs | May 12, 2009. . . delivered to your inbox so you can enjoy up-to-date news on colleges of education, teaching and the classroom, legislation, STEM teacher issues, grants, and upcoming events. Please click on linked headlines for full story. AACTE ANNOUNCEMENTS Learn About the New Accountability Provisions in Title II
News from Oil Country
Dedicated to …Updated Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Mountrail County is a rolling grassland of nearly 2000 square miles in northwestern North Dakota. The county’s economy has long been based on agriculture. It is a land of farms and ranches together with small towns providing services to the rural population. In 2007 the county found itself
North Dakota Legislative Wrap-up — North Dakota Council on Information Technology
61st Legislative Session Comes to an End The 61st Legislative Session concluded Monday, May 4, its 79th day. The 2009 session went down in history as the longest and the only to extend into May. Overall highlights of 2009 legislation are available here. Below are brief summaries of the key bills monitored by ITCND this
How to Communicate with your Citizens
Dear Tom Seymour, Last week you were invited to join us at our industry leading 60-minuteAudio conference. I’m now pleased to send for your review the ConferenceAgenda which profiles this comprehensive program: “Using Government Blogs to Effectively Communicate with Your Citizens”Thursday, June 4, 2009, 1:00 PM EThttp://www.governmenteducator.com/DL/0/2/p2F6VXc/p2D47X9Ji/p0e Government Blogging: What You Need to Know to
Medicare Update
Hello Everyone, Please enjoy the information contained in this edition of Frontier Focus. Please be sure to share it with your members, colleagues, providers and office billing staff. Thank you for your continued efforts to broadcast Medicare information to the providers in Region VIII. Table of Contents 1. 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and Electronic
Education Review
ED REVIEWMay 8, 2009 …a bi-weekly update on U.S. Department of Education activities relevant to the Intergovernmental and Corporate community and other stakeholders______________________________________________________________________LISTENING AND LEARNING On May 4, Secretary Duncan officially kicked-off his “Listening and Learning: A Conversation About Education Reform” tour with three events in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The tour will