Check out the new link in my blog. More to come on this subject.
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Speaking at ASQ Lehigh Valley
Posted on February 2, 2010 by Rob Sayre
Check here for topic and video into of QUALITY IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
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Cool Example of Using Value Adding Process and Takt Time
Posted on January 20, 2010 by Rob Sayre
This is the best explanation of Tact Time and Value Adding and Non-Value Adding activities that I’ve seen. Really cool video introduction on an actual case study.
Through this process, a City saved over $500,000 by reducing their inventory. If you havn’t checked out what is happening with Lean and Six Sigma in the government sector, get in there. This is where the next big area of focus and activity is going to be.
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Pennsylvania Takes in $128 Million from Leases on National Forests
Posted on January 17, 2010 by Rob Sayre
The Rendell Administration took in a cool $128 million (or will once the companies who won the bids pony up) in an auction for the right to drill for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale deposits in Pennsylvania.
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Survey on Municipal Finance
Posted on January 16, 2010 by Rob Sayre
Empowered Municipality is an on-line community that is promoting best practices and connecting decision makers and experts.
This survey will focus upon Municipal finance, is confidential to any participant and you will have the option of receiving the results of the survey.
Thank you for your participation.
<a href="Click here to take survey“>
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EPA Provides Interactive Maps of Violations
Posted on January 5, 2010 by Rob Sayre
These interactive maps show information on EPA enforcement actions and cases from 2009. They include civil enforcement actions taken at facilities, criminal cases prosecuted under federal statutes and the U.S. Criminal Code, and cases in which EPA provided significant support to cases prosecuted under state criminal laws.
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Revisiting Little Boxes, Limited Horizons
Posted on January 4, 2010 by Rob Sayre
This seminal report by Dean Rusk in 2003 was a background report for a Brookings Institute Report on Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania.
We are looking for professionals and academics to participate in this study.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Philadelphia Federal Reserve Predicts Growth in Keystone State
Posted on January 4, 2010 by Rob Sayre
The Philadelphia Reserve Bank is predicting growth in business activity in Pennsylvania. To view the trends since 1960, 2000 and the last two years, go to:
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Revisiting Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania
Posted on January 3, 2010 by Rob Sayre
In 2003, this report found that the economic future of a major rust belt state depended upon revitalizing its demographic mix and curbing some of the nation’s most radical patterns of sprawl and abandonment.
We are looking for professionals and academics to participate in this study.
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