UPSC Civil Service - Examination Public administration

PAPER – I
Administrative Theory
1.        Introduction: Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration;
Wilson’s vision of Public Administration;  Evolution of the discipline and its
present  status;   New  Public Administration;    Public Choice  approach;
Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation;  Good Governance:
concept and application;  New Public Management.
2.  Administrative Thought: Scientific Management and Scientific Management
movement; Classical Theory; Weber’s bureaucratic model – its critique and
post-Weberian Developments; Dynamic Administration (Mary Parker Follett);
Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others);  Functions of the Executive
(C.I. Barnard); Simon’s decision-making theory; Participative Management
(R. Likert, C.Argyris, D.McGregor).
3.        Administrative Behaviour: Process and techniques of decision-making;
Communication; Morale; Motivation  Theories  –  content,  process  and
contemporary; Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern.
4.        Organisations: Theories  –  systems,  contingency; Structure  and  forms:
Ministries  and Departments,  Corporations, Companies,  Boards  and
Commissions; Ad  hoc  and  advisory  bodies; Headquarters  and Field
relationships; Regulatory Authorities; Public - Private Partnerships.
5.        Accountability  and  control: Concepts  of  accountability  and  control;
Legislative, Executive and Judicial control over administration; Citizen and
Administration; Role of media, interest groups, voluntary organizations; Civil
society; Citizen’s Charters; Right to Information; Social audit.
6.        Administrative  Law:   Meaning,  scope  and  significance; Dicey  on
Administrative law; Delegated legislation; Administrative Tribunals.
7.        Comparative Public Administration:  Historical and sociological factors
affecting administrative systems; Administration and politics  in different
countries; Current status of Comparative Public Administration; Ecology and
administration; Riggsian models and their critique.
8.        Development Dynamics: Concept of development; Changing profile of
development administration; ‘Anti-development thesis’; Bureaucracy and
development; Strong state versus the market debate; Impact of liberalisation
on administration in developing countries; Women and development - the
self-help group movement.
9.        Personnel Administration: Importance of human resource development;
Recruitment, training, career advancement, position classification, discipline,
performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service conditions; employeremployee
  relations,  grievance  redressal mechanism; Code  of  conduct;
Administrative ethics.

10.      Public Policy: Models of policy-making and  their critique; Processes of
conceptualisation, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review
and their limitations; State theories and public policy formulation.
11.      Techniques of Administrative Improvement: Organisation and methods,
Work study and work management; e-governance and information technology;
Management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM.
12.      Financial Administration: Monetary and fiscal policies;  Public borrowings
and public debt Budgets  - types and forms;  Budgetary process;  Financial
accountability; Accounts and audit.
PAPER - II
Indian Administration
1.         Evolution  of  Indian Administration: Kautilya’s Arthashastra; Mughal
administration;    Legacy  of British  rule  in  politics  and  administration  -
Indianization of public services, revenue administration, district administration,
local self-government.
2.        Philosophical and Constitutional  framework of government: Salient
features and value premises; Constitutionalism; Political culture; Bureaucracy
and democracy; Bureaucracy and development.
3.        Public Sector Undertakings: Public sector in modern India; Forms of Public
Sector Undertakings; Problems of autonomy, accountability and control;
Impact of liberalization and privatization.
4.        Union Government and Administration: Executive, Parliament, Judiciary -
structure, functions, work processes; Recent  trends;    Intragovernmental
relations;  Cabinet Secretariat; Prime Minister’s Office; Central Secretariat;
Ministries and Departments; Boards; Commissions; Attached offices; Field
organizations.
5.        Plans and Priorities: Machinery of planning;  Role, composition and functions
of the Planning Commission and the National Development Council;  ‘Indicative’
planning;  Process of plan formulation at Union and State levels;  Constitutional
Amendments (1992) and decentralized planning for economic development
and social justice.
6.        State Government  and Administration: Union-State  administrative,
legislative and financial relations;  Role of the Finance Commission;  Governor;
Chief Minister; Council of Ministers; Chief Secretary; State Secretariat;
Directorates.
7.        District Administration since Independence: Changing role of the Collector;
Union-state-local relations; Imperatives of development management and law
and  order  administration;  District  administration  and  democratic
decentralization.
8.        Civil Services: Constitutional position; Structure, recruitment, training and

capacity-building;  Good governance initiatives;  Code of conduct and discipline;
Staff associations; Political rights; Grievance redressal mechanism; Civil
service neutrality; Civil service activism.
9.        Financial Management:  Budget as a political instrument;  Parliamentary
control of public expenditure;  Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal
area;  Accounting techniques; Audit;  Role of Controller General of Accounts
and Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
10.      Administrative Reforms since Independence: Major concerns; Important
Committees and Commissions; Reforms in financial management and human
resource development; Problems of implementation.
11.      Rural Development:  Institutions and agencies since independence; Rural
development  programmes:    foci  and  strategies; Decentralization  and
Panchayati Raj; 73rd Constitutional amendment.
12.      Urban Local Government:  Municipal governance:  main features, structures,
finance and problem areas;  74th Constitutional Amendment;  Global-local
debate; New localism;  Development dynamics, politics and administration
with special reference to city management.
13.      Law and Order Administration: British legacy;  National Police Commission;
Investigative agencies; Role of central and state agencies including paramilitary
forces  in maintenance of  law and order and countering  insurgency and
terrorism;   Criminalisation  of  politics  and  administration;   Police-public
relations;  Reforms in Police.
14.      Significant  issues  in  Indian Administration: Values  in public service;
Regulatory Commissions; National Human Rights Commission; Problems of
administration in coalition regimes; Citizen-administration interface; Corruption
and administration;   Disaster management.

UPSC Civil Service Examination - Psychology

PAPER - I
Foundations of Psychology
1. Introduction:  Definition of Psychology; Historical antecedents of Psychology
and trends in the 21st century; Psychology and scientific methods;  Psychology
in relation to other social sciences and natural sciences;   Application of
Psychology to societal problems.
2. Methods of Psychology: Types of research: Descriptive, evaluative, diagnostic
and prognostic; Methods of Research: Survey, observation, case-study and
experiments; Characteristics of experimental design and non-experimental
design, Quasi-experimental designs; Focussed group discussions, brain
storming, grounded theory approach.
3. Research Methods: Major  steps  in  Psychological  research  (problem
statement, hypothesis formulation, research designs, sampling, tools of data
collection, analysis and interpretation and report writing)  Fundamental versus
applied  research;   Methods  of  data  collection  (interview,  observation,
questionnaire);   Research  designs  (ex-post  facto  and  experimental);
Application of statistical technique (t -  test, two way ANOVA correlation,
regression and factor analysis);  Item response theory.
4. Development of Human Behaviour: Growth and development; Principles
of development, Role of genetic and environmental factors in determining
human behaviour;  Influence of cultural factors in socialization; Life span
development  -  Characteristics, development tasks, promoting psychological
well-being across major stages of the life span.
5. Sensation, Attention and Perception: Sensation: concepts of threshold,
absolute and difference thresholds, signal-detection and vigilance; Factors
influencing attention including set and characteristics of stimulus;    Definition
and concept of perception, biological  factors  in perception;   Perceptual
organization-influence  of  past  experiences,  perceptual  defence-factors
influencing  space and depth perception, size estimation and perceptual
readiness;  The plasticity of perception;  Extrasensory perception;  Culture
and perception, Subliminal perception.
6. Learning: Concept and theories of learning (Behaviourists, Gestaltalist and
Information processing models); The Processes of extinction, discrimination
and  generalization;  Programmed  learning,  probability  learning,  selfinstructional
 learning, concepts; Types and the schedules of reinforcement,
escape, avoidance and punishment, modeling and social learning.
7. Memory: Encoding and  remembering;   Short  term memory, Long  term
memory, Sensory memory, Iconic memory, Echoic memory:  The Multistore
model, levels of processing; Organization and Mnemonic techniques to improve
memory;  Theories of forgetting:  decay, interference and retrieval failure:
Metamemory;  Amnesia:  Anterograde and retrograde.

8. Thinking and Problem Solving: Piaget’s theory of cognitive development;
Concept formation processes;  Information processing, Reasoning and problem
solving, Facilitating and hindering factors in problem solving, Methods of
problem solving:  Creative thinking and fostering creativity;  Factors influencing
decision making and judgment;  Recent trends.
9.         Motivation and Emotion: Psychological and physiological basis of motivation
and emotion; Measurement of motivation and emotion; Effects of motivation
and  emotion  on  behaviour; Extrinsic  and  intrinsic motivation;  Factors
influencing intrinsic motivation; Emotional competence and the related issues.
10. Intelligence and Aptitude: Concept of intelligence and aptitude, Nature
and theories of intelligence  -  Spearman, Thurstone, Gullford Vernon, Sternberg
and J.P; Das;  Emotional Intelligence, Social intelligence, measurement of
intelligence and aptitudes, concept of IQ, deviation IQ, constancy of IQ;
Measurement of multiple  intelligence; Fluid intelligence and crystallized
intelligence.
11. Personality: Definition and concept of personality;  Theories of personality
(psychoanalytical, socio-cultural, interpersonal, developmental, humanistic,
behaviouristic, trait and  type approaches);  Measurement of personality
(projective tests, pencil-paper test);  The Indian approach to personality;
Training for personality development;  Latest approaches like big 5 factor
theory;  The notion of self in different traditions.
12. Attitudes, Values and Interests:  Definition of attitudes, values and interests;
Components  of  attitudes;    Formation  and maintenance  of  attitudes;
Measurement of attitudes, values and interests;  Theories of attitude change;
Strategies for fostering values;  Formation of stereotypes and prejudices;
Changing others behaviour; Theories of attribution;  Recent trends.
13. Language and Communication: Human language - Properties, structure
and linguistic hierarchy, Language acquisition-predisposition, critical period
hypothesis;  Theories of language development  -  Skinner and Chomsky;
Process and types of communication  -  effective communication training.
14. Issues and Perspectives in Modern Contemporary Psychology: Computer
application in the psychological laboratory and psychological testing;  Artificial
intelligence;    Psychocybernetics;    Study  of  consciousness-sleep-wake
schedules; dreams, stimulus deprivation, meditation, hypnotic/drug induced
states;  Extrasensory perception;  Intersensory perception Simulation studies.
PAPER - II
Psychology:  Issues and Applications
1. Psychological Measurement of Individual Differences: The nature of
individual differences;  Characteristics and construction of standardized
psychological tests;  Types of psychological tests;  Use, misuse and limitation
of psychological tests;  Ethical issues in the use of psychological tests.
2. Psychological well being and Mental Disorders: Concept of health-ill

health; Positive health, well being;  Causal factors in mental disorders (Anxiety
disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia and delusional disorders; personality
disorders, substance abuse disorders);  Factors influencing positive health,
well being, life style and quality of life;  Happiness disposition.
3. Therapeutic Approaches: Psychodynamic therapies;  Behaviour therapies;
Client centered therapy;  Cognitive therapies; Indigenous therapies (Yoga,
Meditation); Bio-feedback  therapy;   Prevention and rehabilitation of  the
mentally ill;  Fostering mental health.
4. Work Psychology and Organisational Behaviour: Personnel selection
and training;  Use of psychological tests in the industry;  Training and human
resource development;  Theories of work motivation – Herzberg, Maslow,
Adam Equity theory, Porter and Lawler, Vroom; Leadership and participatory
management;  Advertising and marketing;   Stress and  its management;
Ergonomics;  consumer  psychology;  Managerial  effectiveness;
Transformational  leadership; Sensitivity  training; Power  and  politics  in
organizations.
5. Application of Psychology to Educational Field: Psychological principles
underlying  effective  teaching-learning  process;  Learning  styles; Gifted,
retarded, learning disabled and their training;  Training for improving memory
and better academic achievement;  Personality development and value
education, Educational, vocational guidance and career counseling;  Use of
psychological tests in educational institutions;  Effective strategies in guidance
programmes.
6. Community Psychology: Definition and concept of community psychology;
Use of small groups in social action;  Arousing community consciousness
and action for handling social problems;  Group decision making and leadership
for social change;  Effective strategies for social change.
7. Rehabilitation Psychology: Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
programmes-role of psychologists;  Organising of services for rehabilitation
of physically, mentally and socially challenged persons including old persons,
Rehabilitation of persons suffering from substance abuse, juvenile delinquency,
criminal behaviour;  Rehabilitation of victims of violence, Rehabilitation of
HIV/AIDS victims, the role of social agencies.
8. Application of Psychology to disadvantaged groups: The concepts of
disadvantaged,  deprivation;    Social,  physical,  cultural  and  economic
consequences  of  disadvantaged  and  deprived  groups;   Educating  and
motivating the disadvantaged towards development;  Relative and prolonged
deprivation.
9. Psychological problems of social integration: The concept of social
integration;  The problem of caste, class, religion and language conflicts and
prejudice;  Nature and manifestation of prejudice between the in-group and
out-group;  Causal factors of social conflicts and prejudices;  Psychological

strategies for handling the conflicts and prejudices;  Measures to achieve
social integration.
10. Application of Psychology in Information Technology and Mass Media:
The present scenario of information technology and the mass media boom
and  the  role  of  psychologists;    Selection  and  training  of  psychology
professionals to work in the field of IT and mass media;  Distance learning
through  IT  and mass media;    Entrepreneurship  through  e-commerce;
Multilevel marketing;  Impact of TV and fostering value through IT and mass
media;  Psychological consequences of recent developments in Information
Technology.
11. Psychology and Economic development:  Achievement motivation and
economic  development;   Characteristics  of  entrepreneurial  behaviour;
Motivating and training people for entrepreneurship and economic development;
Consumer rights and consumer awareness, Government policies for promotion
of entrepreneurship among youth including women entrepreneurs.
12. Application  of  psychology  to  environment  and  related  fields:
Environmental psychology-effects of noise, pollution and crowding; Population
psychology: psychological consequences of population explosion and high
population density; Motivating for small family norm; Impact of rapid scientific
and technological growth on degradation of environment.
13. Application of psychology in other fields:
(a)  Military Psychology
Devising psychological tests for defence personnel for use in selection,
Training, counseling; training psychologists to work with defence personnel
in promoting positive health;  Human engineering in defence.
(b) Sports Psychology
Psychological interventions in improving performance of athletes and sports.
Persons participating in Individual and Team Games.
(c) Media influences on pro and antisocial behaviour.
(d) Psychology of terrorism.
14. Psychology of Gender: Issues of discrimination, Management of diversity;
Glass ceiling effect, Self fulfilling prophesy, Women and Indian society

UPSC syllabus for civil services exam political science and international relations

PAPER - I
Political Theory and Indian Politics:
1.  Political Theory: meaning and approaches.
2.  Theories of the State:  Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial
and feminist.
3.  Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of
justice and its communitarian critiques.
4.  Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and
freedom; Affirmative action.
5. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; concept of Human
Rights.
6.  Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models
of democracy – representative, participatory and deliberative.
7. Concept of power, hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.
8.  Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism
and Feminism.
9.  Indian Political Thought  : Dharamshastra, Arthashastra  and Buddhist
traditions;   Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo,   M.K. Gandhi, B.R.
Ambedkar, M.N. Roy .
10.  Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John
S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.
Indian Government and Politics:
1.  Indian Nationalism:
(a) Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle: Constitutionalism to mass
Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and revolutionary
movements, Peasant and workers’ movements.
(b) Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Liberal, Socialist and Marxist;
Radical humanist and Dalit.
2.  Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social
and political perspectives.
3.  Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights
and Duties, Directive Principles; Parliamentary System and  Amendment
Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine.
4.  (a) Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working
of  the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court.
(b) Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working
of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.
5.  Grassroots  Democracy: Panchayati Raj  and Municipal Government;
significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements.

6.  Statutory Institutions/Commissions:  Election Commission, Comptroller and
Auditor General, Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission,
National Commission  for Scheduled Castes, National Commission  for
Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women; National Human Rights
Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes
Commission.
7.  Federalism: Constitutional  provisions;  changing  nature  of  centre-state
relations;  integrationist  tendencies  and  regional  aspirations;  inter-state
disputes.
8.  Planning and Economic Development : Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives;
role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian
relations; liberalilzation and economic reforms.
9.  Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
10.  Party System: National and regional political parties, ideological and social
bases of parties; patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in
electoral behaviour; changing socio- economic profile of Legislators.
11.  Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s
movements; environmentalist movements.
PAPER – II
Comparative Politics and International Relations
Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics:
1.  Comparative Politics: Nature and major approaches; political economy and
political sociology perspectives; limitations of the comparative method.
2.  State in comparative perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the
State in capitalist and socialist economies, and, advanced industrial and
developing societies.
3.  Politics of Representation and Participation: Political parties, pressure groups
and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies.
 4.  Globalisation:  Responses from developed and developing societies.
5.  Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist, Realist, Marxist,
Functionalist and Systems theory.
6.  Key concepts in International Relations: National interest, Security and power;
Balance of power and deterrence; Transnational actors and collective security;
World capitalist economy and globalisation.
7.  Changing International Political Order:
(a) Rise of super powers; strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and Cold
War; nuclear threat;
(b) Nonaligned movement: Aims and achievements;
(c) Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; relevance
of non-alignment in the contemporary world.

8.  Evolution of the International Economic System: From Brettonwoods to  WTO;
Socialist  economies  and  the CMEA  (Council  for Mutual  Economic
Assistance);  Third  World demand for new international economic order;
Globalisation of the world economy.
9.  United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; specialized UN agenciesaims
 and functioning; need for UN reforms.
10.  Regionalisation of World Politics:  EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA.
11.  Contemporary Global Concerns:  Democracy, human rights, environment,
gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation.
India and the World:
1.  Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants of foreign policy; institutions of policymaking;
 continuity and change.
2.  India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement: Different phases; current
role.
3. India and South Asia:
(a) Regional Co-operation: SAARC – past performance and future prospects.
(b) South Asia as a Free Trade Area.
(c) India’s “Look East” policy.
(d) Impediments to regional co-operation: river water disputes; illegal cross-border
migration; ethnic conflicts and insurgencies; border disputes.
4.  India and the Global South:  Relations with Africa and Latin America; leadership
role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations.
5.  India and the Global Centres of Power:  USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia.
6.  India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; demand for Permanent
Seat in the Security Council.
7. India and the Nuclear Question:  Changing perceptions and policy.
8.  Recent developments in Indian Foreign policy: India’s position on the recent
crisis in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and
Israel; vision of a new world order.

Deadline extended to May 8th for 2012 BOW and DEAA

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2012 DEAA and BOW CALL for ENTRIES! The Center for Digital Education invites nominations for the annual Best of the Web (BOW) and the Digital Education Achievement Awards (DEAA)!  Best of the Web Awards: The Best of the Web awards recognize and honor outstanding education websites. The contest is open to all U.S. education institution websites including K-12 districts, schools, colleges, universities, teachers, multi-class, parent and student websites. Digital Education Achievement Awards: The Digital Education Achievement Awards (DEAA) provide recognition for IT applications, intranet, infrastructure and other projects that enhance services or interactions. Examples include mobile/wireless applications, internal and/or shared applications or systems, innovative classroom technologies and other innovative projects. The DEAA is open to all educational institutions. There is no fee for nominations for the BOW or DEAA. Entries for both contests are due May 8, 2012. For the Best of the Web Education Awards contest information and entry form, visit www.centerdigitaled.com/2012BOWEdu.   For the Digital Education Achievement Awards contest information and entry form, visit www.centerdigitaled.com/2012DEAA. If you have any questions, please contact Janet Grenslitt, Surveys and Awards Director, at jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com. Details Click here for the the Digital Education Achievement Awards. Click here for the the Best of the Web Awards SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Entries are due Tuesday, May 8, 2012 QUESTIONS? Please contact: Janet Grenslitt Surveys and Awards Director 916.932.1363 jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com

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REMINDER: Due date for 2012 BOW and DEAA due May 1st

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2012 DEAA and BOW CALL for ENTRIES! The Center for Digital Education invites nominations for the annual Best of the Web (BOW) and the Digital Education Achievement Awards (DEAA)!  Best of the Web Awards: The Best of the Web awards recognize and honor outstanding education websites. The contest is open to all U.S. education institution websites including K-12 districts, schools, colleges, universities, teachers, multi-class, parent and student websites. Digital Education Achievement Awards: The Digital Education Achievement Awards (DEAA) provide recognition for IT applications, intranet, infrastructure and other projects that enhance services or interactions. Examples include mobile/wireless applications, internal and/or shared applications or systems, innovative classroom technologies and other innovative projects. The DEAA is open to all educational institutions. There is no fee for nominations for the BOW or DEAA. Entries for both contests are due May 1, 2012. For the Best of the Web Education Awards contest information and entry form, visit www.centerdigitaled.com/2012BOWEdu.   For the Digital Education Achievement Awards contest information and entry form, visit www.centerdigitaled.com/2012DEAA. If you have any questions, please contact Janet Grenslitt, Surveys and Awards Director, at jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com. Details Click here for the the Digital Education Achievement Awards. Click here for the the Best of the Web Awards SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Entries are due Tuesday, May 1, 2012 QUESTIONS? Please contact: Janet Grenslitt Surveys and Awards Director 916.932.1363 jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com

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Dear sathish, I wanted to be sure that you received my email last week.  We would love for you to join the GOVERNING editorial team at the April 18 GOVERNING Policy Breakfast on Infrastructure and Sustainability here in Washington. GOVERNING editors host these small, informal roundtables in order to get the input of key thought leaders, advocacy and policy groups on hot topic areas. Your particular knowledge and experience would make you a valuable contributor. In exchange for your time, you'll be part of a lively conversation with people who care about these issues as much as you do, and breakfast is on us! Details about the breakfast: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Hotel Sofitel, Lafayette Square 806 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 GOVERNING writer and in-house infrastructure / transportation expert Ryan Holeywell will kick things off with comments on a story in GOVERNING's April issue, "Ten Big Infrastructure Projects of the Year." He will also give an update on the expected impact on states and localities of the transportation bill stop-gap extension.  The rest of the session is an open forum, where we hope to hear what you see as the most important issues. What is the role of government in infrastructure projects?  How will we pay for the infrastructure improvements we need? What Sustainability initiatives and / or policies are having an impact?  I hope you will come and share your views with us! Please let us know if you can join us by Monday, April 16th RSVP to Michael Shane at GOVERNING 916.932.1410 | or email mshane@GOVERNING.com All best,    Erin Waters Associate Publisher GOVERNING P.S.  This is a personal invitation intended specifically for you. If you are unable to attend, or you think another person at your organization would also benefit from attending this roundtable, please contact Michael Shane at mshane@GOVERNING.com for an additional invitation.

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Does moving to a virtualized IT platform really save districts and colleges money? Yes!   Baldwin-Wallace College achieved 194% ROI on their investment through savings in energy costs, digital storage, and major cost avoidance. Oak Hills School Local School District's data center solution is designed to save them $1.27 million in just three years. Join us for a complimentary webinar to get the real story on how these schools saved money and freed up space through infrastructure consolidation.  Moderator: John Halpin, Vice President of Strategic Programs, Center for Digital Education Speakers: Tracy Cole, Director of Technology & eLearning, Oak Hills Local School District Gregory Ferguson, Lead Architect, NetApp US Public Sector Greg Flanik, Chief Information Officer, Baldwin-Wallace College April 12, 2012 2:00 ET/ 11:00 PT Duration: 1 hour For questions or details, contact: Jeremy Smith                                                                                                                           Registration Coordinator                                                                                                            Center for Digital Education 800-940-6039 ext. 1402 jsmith@centerdigitaled.com

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