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Health Improvement Institute Call for Entries: Aesculapius Awards
Aesculapius Awards (of Excellence in Health Communication) are given to producers of health-related World Wide Web (WWW) sites and television and radio public service announcements (PSAs) that Health Improvement Institute judges consider excellent in communicating health information to the public. Each year, judges choose one Web site and one PSA to receive the Aesculapius Award. Deadline for entries: Sept. 5, 2008.
Smithsonian seeks volunteer exhibit hosts for new Ocean Hall exhibit, the largest permanent exhibit ever created in the Natural History Museum. Details here.
Congratulations to George Selby...
NAGC President-Elect George Selby is winner of the Toastmasters, Division E speech contest and will compete for the title of District 27 champion on May 24. Details here.
NAGC has entered the blogosphere...
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Outside Job, by Brian Friel, GovernmentExecutive.com e-newsletter, Feb. 6, 2008
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Agencies Share Information by Taking a Page from Wikipedia, by Stephen Barr, Federal Diary, Washington Post, Jan. 28, 2008
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State and Federal E-Government in the United States 2007, Darrell M. West, Taubman Center for Public Policy, Brown University
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Major Progress on the Plain Language Initiative in Government