In the National Interest: The 1990 Urban Summit : With Related Analyses, Transcript, and Papers
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
How best to evolve policies and regulatory guidelines that will address the ICT concerns of the physically challenged and the elderly people in the society was the focus of a one -day national summit on "ICTs and Accessibility for Persons with Special Needs and the Elderly" organized by the telecom regulatory agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC .
WorldHope Corps (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Columbia, SC. If the purpose of a National Summit is to bring together representatives from a national network for a time of community sharing, inspiration, team building, and training, then ‘ast weeks’ Shalom Summit fulfilled this purpose and more through onsite participation and live streaming of sessions to those unable to attend in person. Together, they...
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... team has made a priority of reaching out to the new faces of workers. Speaking at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Diversity in Pittsburgh in September, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the federation’s commitment to diversity is on its way to becoming a reality: I’m here to tell you that we must change. That is why we’re seeking out and encouraging young people,...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
If elected, Obama promised, he would convene a major national summit on rural issues within 100 days of taking office. Across the country, rural activists held their breath.
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Gary Dick, a University of Cincinnati associate professor of Social Work, presents at a national summit this week that is aimed at ending homelessness among the nation's veterans.
Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
What a difference a few weeks makes. September 23-24, Newsweek was the “media partner” for the Council on Competitiveness’ National Energy Summit, mainly dominated by business leaders focused on developing meaningful responses and policies to tackle climate change. That session was a coming out, of sorts, for Newsweek’s green business rankings, which purported...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... 2009. On July 22, over one hundred leading law enforcement officials gathered in Phoenix for the National Summit on Local Immigration Policies. According to the Arizona Republic : Police administrators were especially critical of the government's "287(g)" program, which provides for state and local police to enforce immigration law. This view was articulated most recently by Los Angeles...
