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Privacy vs. Security? 27 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
By Wiha Powell There is still a long-standing debate about how much privacy the American people should be deprived in the name of national security. Since September 11, the government has been slowly...
A List for a Good Semester 22 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
By Robyn Jay Bage Campuses around the country are getting ready to open for the Fall 2013 semester. Students are buying books, checking out schedules and class locations. Professors are organizing d...
ACA Consumer Assistance to Affect Administrative Procedures 20 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
By Ferd and Cheryl Mitchell Recent federal regulations have established complex new consumer-assistance activities under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). State and local governmental units; nonprofits,...
The Value of Leadership and Other Unnecessary Overhead Costs 15 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
Although grant writing is a year-round activity, things tend to pick up substantially between January and May. Without a grant writer or development person, grant-writing season is an “all hands on de...
History of Public Administration 14 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
By Dr. Michael Popejoy http://georgetowncountylibrary.sc.gov I have been fascinated with reading history since I was in the 8th grade. History was the one thing that I cared about (other than girls)...
Silence–Today’s Conversation on Racism 8 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
By Wiha Powell “The legacy of past racism directed at blacks in the United States is more like a bacillus that we have failed to destroy, a live germ that not only continues to make some of us ill bu...
ACA Enrollment Procedures Need to Improve 1 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
How About Postcards, Video Games and Social-Media Apps? By Cheryl and Ferd Mitchell Both online and paper-based enrollment procedures for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seem somewhat out-of-date and ...
Investing in a New Nation 30 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm
By Wiha Powell Innovative Infrastructure Investment “We invest less in our infrastructure than we did two decades ago. That’s inefficient at a time when it’s as cheap as it’s been since the 1950s to...
The ACA Needs Outreach Workers, Along With Trainers and Experts 16 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
Preparing for Health Exchange Enrollment The Affordable Care Act (ACA) needs outreach workers, and trainers and experts to support enrollment efforts for the new Exchange marketplaces. A working know...
Raise the Minimum Wage 11 Jul 2013 | 07:47 pm
Promoting a Living Wage By Wiha Powell In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Fair Labor Standard Act. It established the nation’s first federal minimum wage for low wage full-tim...
