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      <title>Online Course: Congress in the Classroom Online</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/904</link>
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      <description>* Online Course: Congress in the Classroom Online * September 12, 2007, marked the official debut of The Dirksen Congressional Center&#39;s new online version of</description>
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      <title>New Resource: TheCongressBlog</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:03:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/903</link>
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      <description>* NEW * TheCongressBlog: News About Congress for Teachers and Students We at The Dirksen Congressional Center look forward to entering the blogosphere world.</description>
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      <title>Second Annual Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Conferenc</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:51:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>SCHUSSLER Howard R</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/902</link>
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      <description>Here is an interesting conference announcement.  For those of you who also got the original, I apologize for the redundancy. Howard Schussler List Moderator </description>
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      <title>New Resource: Dirksen Center Special Projects</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:56:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/901</link>
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      <description>* NEW * Dirksen Center Special Projects Over the years, The Dirksen Center has developed a series of multi-media projects rich in Web-based resources on a</description>
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      <title>HUMSEC Annual Conference: 2-4 October 2008, Belgrade</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:57:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>maddavivona</dc:creator>
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      <description>Dear Madam or Sir, On behalf of the HUMSEC project partners, the ETC Graz and the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights are pleased to invite you to the Third</description>
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      <title>New Lesson Plan: Noncompetitive Elections for Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:48:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/899</link>
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      <description>* NEW LESSON PLAN * Noncompetitive Elections for Congress During The Dirksen Center&#39;s annual Congress in the Classroom® workshop --</description>
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      <title>New Resource: Facing the Post-War World: Everett M. Dirksen Abroad, </title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:02:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Cindy Koeppel</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/898</link>
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      <description>* NEW * &quot;FACING THE POST-WAR WORLD: EVERETT M. DIRKSEN ABROAD, 1945&quot; On February 21, 1945, then Congressman Dirksen set out on a world trip that would take him</description>
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      <title>Conference on local governance and intergovernmental relationships -</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>SCHUSSLER Howard R</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/897</link>
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      <description>LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN: Examining the Past, Assessing the Present and Predicting the Future To be held January 8-9,</description>
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      <title>ESADE - Newsletter IDGP N? 16 September  2008</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>public@...</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/896</link>
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      <description>N? 16 September of 2008 ESADE?s IDGP Newsletter N? 16 September of 2008 Public Service and Public-Private Cooperation 01/09/2008 - Editorial Office The new</description>
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      <title>Metrics for Telework Administrators</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:03:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>vickicgrant</dc:creator>
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      <description>I would appreciate receiving info on measures of productivity for administrators and middle managers who work from home.  Thanks.</description>
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      <title>Re Need Help Employee Incentives</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>rrlisk</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/894</link>
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      <description>I suggest a reading of Abolishing Performance Appraisals - Why They Backfire and What To Do Instead by Coens and Jenkins, and perhaps also No Contest by Alfie</description>
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      <title>Re: Need Help - Employee Incentives</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:25:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Steven Wilson</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/893</link>
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      <description>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has finalized its new &quot;pay for performance&quot; system and now all sub agencies are paid to this new process.</description>
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      <title>Re: Need Help - Employee Incentives</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:34:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Donna Wies</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/892</link>
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      <description>I completely agree with Howard on sick leave programs. I should have pointed out that even though we have one, no one is really excited about it. If someone is</description>
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      <title>Need Help - Employee Incentives</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:44:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>SCHUSSLER Howard R</dc:creator>
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      <description>From: notify@yahoogroups.com [mailto:notify@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rich_mallory Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:32 AM To: SCHUSSLER Howard R Subject:</description>
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      <title>Re: Need Help - Employee Incentives</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Donna Wies</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PSN/message/890</link>
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      <description>We have separate incentive programs for attendance, safety and process improvement. All were developed jointly with the Union. Sick leave/Attendance: This</description>
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