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New GMU program targets sales/marketing professionals
Host Mark Amtower is joined by Dr. Roy Hinton, Associate Dean for the School of Management at George Mason University, and Louis Numkin, lifetime member and former board member of the Federal Information Systems Security Educators Association (FISSEA).
February 21, 2011
Tags: Roy Hinton , Government Marketing Best Practices seminar , Louis Numkin , FISSEA
Analyst: Regulations, like gardens, need weeding
When looking at which programs to cut, ask yourself what the results and what have the costs been. That from an expert on the art and science of regulations, the Mercatus Center's Jerry Ellig.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , Mercatus Center , Jerry Ellig
Report. Va. transportation projects would grow economy
Time is money, and a new report says some major transportation investments could save area residents both.
Tags: Stephen Fuller , HOT lanes , I-495 , Beltway , I-395 , I-66 , Adam Tuss
Va. Senate renews debate on guns
Can you carry a gun in a bar and then drink? Can colleges prohibit guns on campus? Both questions will be part of the debate in Richmond this week.
Tags: gun control , Virginia Senate , Virginia Supreme Court , Jill Vogel , Andy Pollard , Virginia Center for Public Safety
Va. legislator seeks limiting out-of-state college students
A Virginia legislator is trying to change the rules on state college admissions, which many parents say favors out-of-state students.
Tags: Tim Hugo , Virginia House of Delegates , Virginia Tech , University of Virginia , College of William and Mary , Hank Silverberg , Paul D. Shinkman
Region's housing market stabilizes
As Maryland sees its largest decline ever in residential property assessments, a well-known local economist says the Washington area's housing slump is nearly over.
Tags: housing , home sales , real estate , John McClain , assessments , Colleen Kelleher
New color-coded 'smart' speedometer warns drivers
Driver know they should slow down when the weather is bad and road conditions are dicey, but sometimes they don't know how slow or fast they should travel to be safe.
Tags: speedometer , driving conditions , weather conditionsi , speeding , Human Factors and Applied Cognition Program , David Kidd
Analysis: Deficit Commission's lasting effects
While the recommendations from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform didn't pass, we may not have seen the end of them. Jason Fichtner, senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins us with more.
Tags: National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and R , Deficit Commission , Jason Fichtner , Mercatus Center , deficit , management , Dorobek Insider
Pension, health care programs could be cut next
The Fiscal Commission issued its final set of recommendations detailing several that would affect federal employees. The panel suggested reducing the federal workforce by 200,000 employees over the next five years, changing the FEHB to a defined contribution premium program and several other short term changes.
Tags: management , White House , OMB , National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and R , Paul Posner , Robert Shea , Alice Rivlin , Grant Thornton , budget deficit , pay freeze , spending cuts , Jason Miller
State salaries soar for Virginia academics, coaches
More than 4,800 state workers in Virginia earned more than $100,000 this year -- including George Mason University basketball Coach Jim Larranaga, whose salary is $525,000.
Tags: Richmond Times-Dispatch , Arthur Garson Jr. , Frank Beamer , Jim Larranaga , Bob McDonnell , state salaries , salaries , University of Virginia
