CIRAS Digest: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015
Happy Tuesday. We’ve got a little new news, a little reflection on the old news, and a little hamburger history.
Here we go:
CIRAS Digest: Monday, Jan. 26, 2015
Happy Monday. Today, the Newswire offers some ISU alumni, plus a dash of economic optimism and a West Coast tome on why that’s incompatible with Republican politics.
For your information:
Government Contracting: It’s not just a bidding thing
(ED. NOTE: CIRAS’ government contracting specialists try to offer their clients weekly tips for boosting business. This latest is from contracting specialist Beth White.)
Did You Know that there are a lot of ways to do business with an agency other than just waiting for a bid opportunity?
CIRAS Digest: Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Happy Friday. This digest was interrupted yesterday by a CIRAS staff meeting (plus a lack of much interesting to report). Today, we have a mix of bad news and hopeful optimism.
It starts with:
CIRAS Digest: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
Happy Wednesday. President Obama may have won both of his elections, but he appears to have not yet won the hearts and minds of the manufacturing press – as judging by a roughly pessimistic tone we’re seeing to many of the post-State of the Union coverage.
We’ve got a few bright spots today, but also some bluntly worded gloom.
Here, my fellow Americans, is what you need to know:
CIRAS Digest: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015
Happy Tuesday. Today we bring you Iowa politics, California navel gazing and some skepticism of the state of the union.
In that order:
CIRAS Digest: Friday, Jan. 16, 2015
Happy Friday, and good luck with your weekend. Virtually everything we’re reading today is looking forward to some point where we’re not desperately trying to get out of the office.
Here are the highlights:
CIRAS Digest: Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015
Happy Thursday. As usual in the first quarter of Iowa’s calendar, our conversation is again dominated today by money and politics.
Here’s what’s going on as of now:
CIRAS points Mason City nonprofit to cremation urns
David Crowe made the announcement without warning, his wife recalls. They were in the car one day, and he simply turned to say, “When I die, I want to be cremated.”
One week later, Crowe’s widow would become the first customer of a new business seeking to give Iowans a novel, low-cost burial alternative. The hope is that this new line of handmade wooden cremation urns, conceived with help from CIRAS by the nonprofit training center where Crowe worked before his death, will create new financial stability for the mentally and physically disabled folks who used to be Crowe’s coworkers. It also may solve problems for a few families along the way.
CIRAS Digest: Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015
Happy Wednesday.
Lots of talk out there today. Talk about manufacturing, job training and broadband, among other things. Plus, a daily affirmation from the Wall Street Journal.
The weather is warm(ish). Wade in: