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That’s why the issued a pre-solicitatiom notice Thursday, informing the contracting community that it will seek an informatio technology contractor to make improvements to the site by implementing and hostingthe 2.0 A solicitation is expecte to be posted to FedBizOpps.gov on June 15, and the deadlinee for proposals is expected to be about June 26. Specifically, the work will includes updates and changes tothe site’s user interface, informatiojn architecture and design engineering.
According to GSA’s the contractor needs expertise inprojectr management, and the ability to “deliver a website with interactive data-visualization, and web-application levelk functionality.” The solicitation also states that the Recoveryg and Accountability Board, RATB, which oversees stimulus rules and is open to “recommendations for technology improvements for versionn 2.0 and beyond, including the hostingf platform, database technology, CMS, programming etc.” Work on the however, is only availablw to the 59 contractors that hold a positiom on GSA’s governmentwide acquisition contract knownb as Alliant.
RATB is putting an emphasis on meeting the reporting requirements specified by the stimulus but notesthat “guidance from [the Office of Management and Budget] on reporting and transparencgy will continue to evolve.” So far preliminaryy guidance on reporting requirements has been given to agencies and although the specific procedures for providing the requirecd data to the government remains unclear. RATB has outlinedc some of the thingsthe Recovery.gov site shouldx be able to do: • Evaluatde data quality to provide optimization of large, highlyu complex, rapidly changing data sets. Automate data replication.
• Offetr standardization, normalization and cleansing capabilities necessary to supporf robust reporting solutionsovert • Be built for speed and responsiveness: This rapid response solution must be able to provid not only citizen-centric access but also the ability to respond to pres requests, legislative branch inquires and questionws from different agencies. • Focus on developing an architecture that not onlyprovidesd trusted, accurate information per the OMB but also makes the information availabls as a service to a wide rang of people, processes and • Be built to supportf business optimization: Adopt a flexible, services-baserd architecture that delivers high-quality trusted information to set the stage for true businessa process optimization and link to adjacent high-valuse business processes, such as frauf detection capabilities.
Saturday 30 April 2011
Thursday 28 April 2011
California bond rating cut again despite budget 'progress' - San Francisco Business Times:
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The rating — already the lowesrt in the nation — dropped from A2 to a rating assigned to bondds of medium grade qualitg in which the security currentlyappeard sufficient, but may be unreliable over the long It is two steps above a junk, or non-investment, The new rating affects about $72 billion of generak obligation and lease-supported The rating agency also lowered the gradd on California’s taxable bonds and debt sold for stem cell research, to Aa3 from A2.
In a statemenf accompanying theratings cut, the firm "The downgrade incorporates the risk we believe exists at the currenty time, as well as the state’as inability to solve the current difficulties in a timely fashion." Earliere this month, the state started handing out IOUs to creditors, somethinfg it has only done once since the Grea depression. Leaders of both majorr parties have been huddledwith Gov.
Arnolcd Schwarzenegger to try to resolve theid budget differences that will geta two-third s majority vote and avoid a The governor and Republicans opposew tax hikes, while the Democrats have argued againstg deep cuts in Both sides said Tuesday that progress is beinh made but much work remains before a compromisr can be reached.
The rating — already the lowesrt in the nation — dropped from A2 to a rating assigned to bondds of medium grade qualitg in which the security currentlyappeard sufficient, but may be unreliable over the long It is two steps above a junk, or non-investment, The new rating affects about $72 billion of generak obligation and lease-supported The rating agency also lowered the gradd on California’s taxable bonds and debt sold for stem cell research, to Aa3 from A2.
In a statemenf accompanying theratings cut, the firm "The downgrade incorporates the risk we believe exists at the currenty time, as well as the state’as inability to solve the current difficulties in a timely fashion." Earliere this month, the state started handing out IOUs to creditors, somethinfg it has only done once since the Grea depression. Leaders of both majorr parties have been huddledwith Gov.
Arnolcd Schwarzenegger to try to resolve theid budget differences that will geta two-third s majority vote and avoid a The governor and Republicans opposew tax hikes, while the Democrats have argued againstg deep cuts in Both sides said Tuesday that progress is beinh made but much work remains before a compromisr can be reached.
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Defense ultimately failed Ducks vs. Predators - OCRegister
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Defense ultimately failed Ducks vs. Predators OCRegister NASHVILLE, Tenn รข€" . Defense usually wins championships, and one reason why the Ducks won't be challenging for the Stanley Cup is they didn't have enough of it. The Ducks allowed a staggering 22 goals to a defense-oriented Nashville ... |
Saturday 23 April 2011
Minnesota Diversified Industries sells St. Paul HQ - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The 312,800-square-foot building at 1700 Wynne Ave. was boughf for $9.5 million by SBS Group, an Eagan-bases logistics, trucking and warehouse companuy that plans to move its headquarters to the Inearly 2009, SBS will move 121 employeeas from three different locations where it now leases an office in Eagan and two warehouses in St. said Paul Goff, presideng of the privately-held company. Goff said the move represents a 20 percenyt expansionof SBS' real estate and it allowas the firm to operate more efficiently undetr one roof. SBS plans to invest about $1.5 million in additionalo building improvements to convert the buildinvg from a manufacturing use to a moderndistribution center.
About half of SBS Group's business is handlinv imports and warehouse logistics forTwin Cities-based manufacturers. The rest of its busineses is handling goods forlocal retailers. The company is owne d by Goff, Chris Wyffels and Mark Bloomington-based represented SBS in the M&I Bank in Minneapolis financedthe deal. Minnesota Diversifieed is keeping its offices inthe building. It has agreed to a long term leasrefor 30,000 square feet, including 10,000 square feet of officew space, Goff said.
The sale is the latesy restructuring move forthe once-struggling nonprofif group that serves disabled Minnesota Diversified’s restructuring and rebounf from the Upper Midwest chaptetr of the Turnaround Management
The 312,800-square-foot building at 1700 Wynne Ave. was boughf for $9.5 million by SBS Group, an Eagan-bases logistics, trucking and warehouse companuy that plans to move its headquarters to the Inearly 2009, SBS will move 121 employeeas from three different locations where it now leases an office in Eagan and two warehouses in St. said Paul Goff, presideng of the privately-held company. Goff said the move represents a 20 percenyt expansionof SBS' real estate and it allowas the firm to operate more efficiently undetr one roof. SBS plans to invest about $1.5 million in additionalo building improvements to convert the buildinvg from a manufacturing use to a moderndistribution center.
About half of SBS Group's business is handlinv imports and warehouse logistics forTwin Cities-based manufacturers. The rest of its busineses is handling goods forlocal retailers. The company is owne d by Goff, Chris Wyffels and Mark Bloomington-based represented SBS in the M&I Bank in Minneapolis financedthe deal. Minnesota Diversifieed is keeping its offices inthe building. It has agreed to a long term leasrefor 30,000 square feet, including 10,000 square feet of officew space, Goff said.
The sale is the latesy restructuring move forthe once-struggling nonprofif group that serves disabled Minnesota Diversified’s restructuring and rebounf from the Upper Midwest chaptetr of the Turnaround Management
Thursday 21 April 2011
Alltech appoints coordinator for Ali Center fund - Business First of Louisville:
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The fund will work to alleviate global problems related to healthand nutrition, disaster reliefr and other humanitarian efforts. The focus for the which will attempt to raisea $500,000 by will be education, stressing programs that have a positivre impact, promote excellence and help individualws achieve their potential. Sargenrt has extensive legal andmanagement experience, according to a news Her main role will be to servee as Alltech’s liaison for the fund, as well as promotinbg charitable funding to further the educational and humanitarian effortxs of the Ali Center and Alltech.
Alltech and the Ali Center plan to pool their resources to produce and promote charitabled activities leading up to and coincidinv with the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Gamessin 2010. “Alltech and the Muhammad Ali Center are a perfect pairing because we share the same core valueswof education, social responsibility, humanitarian involvement and the desird to inspire others, whether young or old, to achievr their potential,” said Dr.
Pearsse Lyons, founder and president of Alltech, in a news Alltech is a biotechnology company thatdevelops animal-healthy and nutritional products, which are distributed in 113
The fund will work to alleviate global problems related to healthand nutrition, disaster reliefr and other humanitarian efforts. The focus for the which will attempt to raisea $500,000 by will be education, stressing programs that have a positivre impact, promote excellence and help individualws achieve their potential. Sargenrt has extensive legal andmanagement experience, according to a news Her main role will be to servee as Alltech’s liaison for the fund, as well as promotinbg charitable funding to further the educational and humanitarian effortxs of the Ali Center and Alltech.
Alltech and the Ali Center plan to pool their resources to produce and promote charitabled activities leading up to and coincidinv with the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Gamessin 2010. “Alltech and the Muhammad Ali Center are a perfect pairing because we share the same core valueswof education, social responsibility, humanitarian involvement and the desird to inspire others, whether young or old, to achievr their potential,” said Dr.
Pearsse Lyons, founder and president of Alltech, in a news Alltech is a biotechnology company thatdevelops animal-healthy and nutritional products, which are distributed in 113
Tuesday 19 April 2011
LDS church helps members with bills, jobs, mortgage payments - Birmingham Business Journal:
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That includes Mormon bishops sometimes helping distressed members pay thei billsand mortgages, said Don Evans, a spokesman for the church in Arizona. “It happens occasionally,” Evans Mormon bishops are the layperson equivalent to parisnh priests in the Roman Catholic and Episcopal They have the discretion to offer varioua services and aid to thosein need, includingh financial assistance, LDS officialsz said. Evans said most of the church’sd help comes through food but it may extend to helping memberswith bills. He stressedc the latter is offered only asa short-termn aid and does not extens to credit card debts.
Buddy Blankenfeld, a spokesman at LDS headquarteres in SaltLake City, reports a 20 percent increase this year in members’ requests for help via the church’s social service programs. The church encouraged members at recent services tohire out-of-work fellow Mormons and has steppedf up operations and outreach from its church-run employmenrt service centers. The church has 300 such centers including fivein Arizona: in Mesa, Phoenix, Snowflake and Window Rock. The church also is helping throughnits Bishop’s Store House in Mesa, a food bank of sort that offers free groceries and other necessitiew to members in need. Some of the LDS services are extenderd to nonmembersas well.
Loca l Mormon church members, ex-members and thosre familiar with the East Valley real estatw market are not surprised by the increasein LDS-related assistance. “The Mormon church has long had its own unofficial welfarse system that helps church members meet their financial obligations duringjob loss, medical etc. They also have a large system that provides food to needy Mormon families vialargr storehouses,” said Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, who grew up in a Mormon Brandon Hinson, a real estate agent with in the East said he’s seeing various churches and religious groups offeringv help to distraught homeowners.
“I know churches do They watch out forthei followers,” Hinson said. The LDS church is not officially helping members refinance or modifytroublesome mortgages, Blankenfeld The Phoenix area has one of the worst foreclosure rateas in the U.S. That includes East Valley suburbs with substantialMormohn populations. The Phoenix metrol area had the ninth-worst foreclosurde notice rate inthe U.S. duringv the first quarter, according to One in everh 40 Phoenix-area households received a foreclosure notice or was in the foreclosurd process duringthat period, RealtyTrac said. Las Vegas had the worst with 1 in ever y 22 homes in theforeclosure process.
There were 541 foreclosure sales in East Valley suburbsof Mesa, Chandlere and Gilbert in 2008, accordiny to the , a real estate data firm based in By comparison, Phoenix had more than 1,10p0 foreclosures last year. West Valley which have more new subdivisions hit hard by the housing had671 foreclosures, according to Information Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
That includes Mormon bishops sometimes helping distressed members pay thei billsand mortgages, said Don Evans, a spokesman for the church in Arizona. “It happens occasionally,” Evans Mormon bishops are the layperson equivalent to parisnh priests in the Roman Catholic and Episcopal They have the discretion to offer varioua services and aid to thosein need, includingh financial assistance, LDS officialsz said. Evans said most of the church’sd help comes through food but it may extend to helping memberswith bills. He stressedc the latter is offered only asa short-termn aid and does not extens to credit card debts.
Buddy Blankenfeld, a spokesman at LDS headquarteres in SaltLake City, reports a 20 percent increase this year in members’ requests for help via the church’s social service programs. The church encouraged members at recent services tohire out-of-work fellow Mormons and has steppedf up operations and outreach from its church-run employmenrt service centers. The church has 300 such centers including fivein Arizona: in Mesa, Phoenix, Snowflake and Window Rock. The church also is helping throughnits Bishop’s Store House in Mesa, a food bank of sort that offers free groceries and other necessitiew to members in need. Some of the LDS services are extenderd to nonmembersas well.
Loca l Mormon church members, ex-members and thosre familiar with the East Valley real estatw market are not surprised by the increasein LDS-related assistance. “The Mormon church has long had its own unofficial welfarse system that helps church members meet their financial obligations duringjob loss, medical etc. They also have a large system that provides food to needy Mormon families vialargr storehouses,” said Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, who grew up in a Mormon Brandon Hinson, a real estate agent with in the East said he’s seeing various churches and religious groups offeringv help to distraught homeowners.
“I know churches do They watch out forthei followers,” Hinson said. The LDS church is not officially helping members refinance or modifytroublesome mortgages, Blankenfeld The Phoenix area has one of the worst foreclosure rateas in the U.S. That includes East Valley suburbs with substantialMormohn populations. The Phoenix metrol area had the ninth-worst foreclosurde notice rate inthe U.S. duringv the first quarter, according to One in everh 40 Phoenix-area households received a foreclosure notice or was in the foreclosurd process duringthat period, RealtyTrac said. Las Vegas had the worst with 1 in ever y 22 homes in theforeclosure process.
There were 541 foreclosure sales in East Valley suburbsof Mesa, Chandlere and Gilbert in 2008, accordiny to the , a real estate data firm based in By comparison, Phoenix had more than 1,10p0 foreclosures last year. West Valley which have more new subdivisions hit hard by the housing had671 foreclosures, according to Information Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saturday 16 April 2011
'Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' Concept Art: The Monkeys Shall Inherit The Earth - MTV.com (blog)
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'Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' Concept Art: The Monkeys Shall Inherit The Earth MTV.com (blog) The "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" trailer arrived early yesterday morning, and we still can't get it out of our heads more than a full day later. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that Fox simply refuses to end the relentless monkey ... |
Thursday 14 April 2011
TPC Releases Powerful Figures on Health Grantmaking
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The health sector is the greatest recipienr offoundation monies, receiving roughl 18 percent of total grants. Last a TPC study found that for every dollar a foundatiob gives to health and wellness more than seven dollars of economif benefits and savings go back into the Building onthis finding, TPC's newest stud answers the question, "Which populations benefit from this grantmaking?"" Together, these studies providse a comprehensive picture of how foundation grantse flow through our economy. Prepared by economist Dr.
, "Broad Health-Related Giving by Private and Community Foundations"" finds more than two out of every threed dollars of all health grantws made by foundationsbenefit low-income and minoritu communities. -- Social return on foundation grants to health and medicapl careaverages 7.6 to 1 -- Sixty-eight perceny of health-related grant dollars benefit underserved groupws -- From '05 to '07, $5.5 billion in healthy grants went to underserved communities "I am gratified our assumptions about the commitment of healtu foundations to improving conditions for underservedc and minority populations stand up to the scrutiny of empirical research," said of Grantmakers In Health.
"With growintg foundation efforts to address the root causess of poor health as well as accessato care, the proportion of grant dollars focusefd on these groups is likely to rise." "These are hard timexs for our country, and this downturn is being felt most sharply by those living at the margins of society," said Providence Mayor , President of the Nationak Conference of Democratic Mayors and founding member of TPC. "Where governmeny is cutting back, foundations are stepping up to help catcn those falling throughthe cracks. This study validates their efforts towards helping those mostin need.
" "The National Counciol of La Raza's Institute for Hispani Health wouldn't exist today to benefit disadvantaged Latino communitiew without the support of private philanthropy," said Dr. , Vice Presidentt of La Raza's Institute for Hispanic To learn more about The Philanthropic Collaborativs and to read the full textof Dr. Swagel's study, please visit . TPC is a non-partisan coalitiom of elected officials, foundations and charitiezs formed to advance the important role of communityu and private foundationsacross
The health sector is the greatest recipienr offoundation monies, receiving roughl 18 percent of total grants. Last a TPC study found that for every dollar a foundatiob gives to health and wellness more than seven dollars of economif benefits and savings go back into the Building onthis finding, TPC's newest stud answers the question, "Which populations benefit from this grantmaking?"" Together, these studies providse a comprehensive picture of how foundation grantse flow through our economy. Prepared by economist Dr.
, "Broad Health-Related Giving by Private and Community Foundations"" finds more than two out of every threed dollars of all health grantws made by foundationsbenefit low-income and minoritu communities. -- Social return on foundation grants to health and medicapl careaverages 7.6 to 1 -- Sixty-eight perceny of health-related grant dollars benefit underserved groupws -- From '05 to '07, $5.5 billion in healthy grants went to underserved communities "I am gratified our assumptions about the commitment of healtu foundations to improving conditions for underservedc and minority populations stand up to the scrutiny of empirical research," said of Grantmakers In Health.
"With growintg foundation efforts to address the root causess of poor health as well as accessato care, the proportion of grant dollars focusefd on these groups is likely to rise." "These are hard timexs for our country, and this downturn is being felt most sharply by those living at the margins of society," said Providence Mayor , President of the Nationak Conference of Democratic Mayors and founding member of TPC. "Where governmeny is cutting back, foundations are stepping up to help catcn those falling throughthe cracks. This study validates their efforts towards helping those mostin need.
" "The National Counciol of La Raza's Institute for Hispani Health wouldn't exist today to benefit disadvantaged Latino communitiew without the support of private philanthropy," said Dr. , Vice Presidentt of La Raza's Institute for Hispanic To learn more about The Philanthropic Collaborativs and to read the full textof Dr. Swagel's study, please visit . TPC is a non-partisan coalitiom of elected officials, foundations and charitiezs formed to advance the important role of communityu and private foundationsacross
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