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Hot Topics or Notes of
Interest, check here for current information between newsletters.
Promising
Practices
for
Regional Educational and Workforce Training
The Institute for a Competitive Workforce, part of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, has created a state-by-state resource on that is
working
on a regional basis to improve local educational and workforce training
systems. To view your state’s practices
or any other state in the nation, access http://icw.uschamber.com/promising-practices. You can sort by business, state, chamber, and
programs.
Non-Profits Prepare to
Deliver More With Less
According to the results of a survey of nonprofits, the
economic climate necessitates providing more services with less funding. This means different strategies are being
used to be successful and efficient. The
following strategies are being used (listed in order of highest to
lowest
frequency):
- Engaging more closely with their board through more
reporting and increased communication,
- Collaborating with another organization to provide
programs,
- Adding or expanding programs,
- Relying more on volunteers, and
- Expanding geographies served.
Access an
overview
of Nonprofit Finance Fund Survey:
America’s Nonprofits Brace for Tough 2010 at
http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/content.php?autoID=230.
The full survey
results are available at http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/docs/2010/2010SurveyResults.pdf.
Grant Reviewers
Needed
If you are interested in serving as a review panelist for
grants submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, you can submit your
contact
information and a resume highlighting your primary and secondary areas
of
expertise as indicated on their web site at http://www.doleta.gov/doc/grant_panelist.cfm
to: eta.paneling@dol.gov. Additional questions can be referred to
contact
Kristopher Turner of the Employment and Training Administration’s
Division of
Federal Assistance at 202.693.3605, or email: turner.kristopher@dol.gov.
Open Government at U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
In response to a
call for greater transparency of and involvement in government, the
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services has developed a new website: “…we
are committing to take Open Government to a whole new level at
HHS. We
believe that greater transparency of our data and operations, expansion
of
opportunities for citizens to participate in government, and improved
collaboration across government and with the world outside government
are
essential to our ability to deliver optimally on our mission of
advancing the
health and well-being of the American people.”
The web site can be accessed at http://www.hhs.gov/open. The plan developed from the input of a
variety of stakeholders can be accessed at http://www.hhs.gov/open/plan/opengovernmentplan/index.html
and includes the following topics among others:
- Health and Human Services Flagship Initiatives;
- Leadership, governance, and culture change;
- Participation and collaboration; and
- Transparency.
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