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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: International Trade Administration (Monday, 12/1/03)
If you want to export your products to other countries, the International Trade Administration from the United States Department of Commerce can tell you about tariffs and other things you will need to know.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: JobBank USA (Tuesday, 12/2/03)
JobBank USA is one of the original, larger, and best-known jobs site on the Internet. It helps job seekers, employers, and recruiters find one another, and also offers a variety of additional services and resources to interested persons. Coincidentally, JobBank USA started at about the same time as BNWW in 1995, so both are among the Internet's "pioneers."
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Vault (Wednesday, 12/3/03)
Vault is one of a great many online jobs sites but offers much additional career information as well.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Norway Forum on Trade in Educational Services (Thursday, 12/4/03)
The Internet has made geography largely irrelevant for many purposes. For instance, in addition to many other aspects of the economy, higher education services are also becoming "globalized." The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development recently held a forum in Norway on trade in educational services.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Workforce USA (Friday, 12/5/03)
If you're a workforce development professional, you will want to examine Workforce USA for access to a rich collection of resources. The portal was developed in Cambridge, Massachusetts with support from the United States Department of Labor, as well as the Ford and Rockefeller foundations.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: EthnoMed (Saturday, 12/6/03)
EthnoMed is a source of information for health care professionals who specialize in the healthcare problems of several immigrant or refugee populations. The site covers both medical and cultural information.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Teaching K-12 Economics (Sunday, 12/7/03)
With too many Americans reaching adulthood knowing more about the dark side of the moon than about economics, there is general agreement that economic and financial principles should be part of basic education. The University of Nebraska at Omaha's Center for Economic Education is attempting to help those who want to help young people overcome their economic illiteracy by offering access to instructional resources on its Teaching K-12 Economics site.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: America on the Move (Monday, 12/8/03)
The Smithsonian Institution's America on the Move collection tells the story of the development of the U.S. interstate highway system and how it became a principal element of America's economic infrastructure.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Medicare Personal Plan Finder (Tuesday, 12/9/03)
The Medicare Personal Plan Finder is intended to help you choose the health plan that's best for you. The information provided in the tool is effective beginning January 1, 2004.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The American Society for Quality (Wednesday, 12/10/03)
The American Society for Quality works to create better workplaces and communities throughout the world and also advises government on policy. The Society's headquarters is in Milwaukee.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Medicare and Prescription Drugs (Thursday, 12/11/03)
AARP's web site offers an extensive page on Medicare and prescription drugs
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Web Sites for Tracking the U.S. Economy (Friday, 12/12/03)
Mark Rogers, author of The Handbook of Key Economic Indicators, maintains a portal called Web Sites for Tracking the U.S. Economy.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Eurostat (Saturday, 12/13/03)
Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities with data covering, not only the European Union and its member countries, but also its partners.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World Values Survey (Sunday, 12/14/03)
Here's an effort to take a snapshot of the contemporary world through a very wide-angle lens. The World Values Survey project began in 1981.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Southern Rural Development Center (Monday, 12/15/03)
The Southern Rural Development Center is located on the campus of Mississippi State University and aims to reduce poverty in the rural South.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Alliance for Life-Long Learning (Wednesday, 12/17/03)
The Alliance for Life-Long Learning, or AllLearn, is an online learning alliance made up of three of world's great universities: Oxford, Stanford, and Yale.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK (Thursday, 12/18/03)
Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK is on the online version of the United Kingdom's university system Research Assessment Exercise which provides the public with information about various institutions' research activities.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economics Policy Institute (Friday, 12/19/03)
The Economics Policy Institute favors analysis of issues relating to the living standards of low- and middle-income workers.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Changing the Beat (Saturday, 12/20/03)
Changing the Beat: A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians finds that common stereotypes are not supported.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Community College Web (Sunday, 12/21/03)
The Community College Web offers access to nearly 1250 community college web sites as well as nearly 200 resource sites.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Arabs in the U.S. (Monday, 12/22/03)
Here's a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau which examines the Arab population in the United States.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: History of Education - Selected Moments of the 20th Century (Friday, 12/26/03)
The University of Toronto's Daniel Schugurensky continues to compile an assortment of pieces having to do with key events in 20th century education.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: LawInfo (Saturday, 12/27/03)
LawInfo wants to help you find an attorney with the right specialty in your part of the country.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Center for History and New Media (Sunday, 12/28/03)
History isn't dead. We respond to things in terms of how they look to us, and context and perspective determine how they look. Historical context is particularly important in shaping our perceptions of the present and future, and, thus, in shaping our actions. As we learn more about history, our assessment of present options is altered. Many people believe that the new media are having a profound influence on how people are teaching and studying history, so several institutions have collaborated on the Cednter for History and New Media.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Emergence of Advertising in America (Monday, 12/29/03)
Consumer spending accounts for approximately two-thirds of the U.S. economy, so it has played a major role in building the American economy into the world's principal economic engine. Advertising, in its role as a stimulator of consumer demand, has been an important factor. Emergence of Advertising in America traces the early history of American advertising from 1850 to 1920 with thousands of images and other items.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Real Estate Library (Tuesday, 12/30/03)
The Real Estate Library intends to offer access to a range of resources of interest to buyers, sellers, home owners, and professionals in the real estate industry.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The NAFTA Secretariat (Wednesday, 12/31/03)
The NAFTA Secretariat administers the dispute settlement provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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