Cool Example of Using Value Adding Process and Takt Time

This is the best explanation of Tact Time and Value Adding and Non-Value Adding activities that I’ve seen.

Pennsylvania Takes in $128 Million from Leases on National Forests

The Rendell Administration took in a cool $128 million

Survey on Municipal Finance

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.

EPA Provides Interactive Maps of Violations

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.

Revisiting An Analysis of Pennsylvania’s Brownfield Program

This seminal report by Charles Bartsch of the North East Mid West Institute in 2003 was a background report for a Brookings Institute Report on Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania.

Revisiting Little Boxes, Limited Horizons

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

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Predicts Growth in Keystone State

The Philadelphia Reserve Bank is predicting growth in business activity in Pennsylvania.

Revisiting Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania

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.

LEED Building Standards in the Future for Muncipal Buildings

With the City of Philadelphia adopting LEED standards for City projects, we spoke with Tim McDonald of Onion Flats about municipal buildings and the future of sustainable technologies.