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GAO recommends FEMA to step up coordination

With Gustav, Hanna, and Ike just behind us and many more letters of the alphabet still to go, the GAO's report Voluntary Organizations:  FEMA Should More Fully Assess Organizations’ Mass Care Capabilities and Update the Red Cross Role in Catastrophic Events asks what...

More on Wall Street’s shake-up

Yesterday's Give and Take blog brought up questions similar to those of my post on Frannie and Freddie Mac.  (There are some interesting responses coming in from the public today.) With the Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch shake-up, the instability of AIG, the...

Can organizations do well by doing good?

This week's government take over/bail out/acquisition of Fannie and Freddie Mac has prompted some very interesting conversations on all sides of government, business, and the non-profit sector - including how to balance the drive for profit with the desire to promote...

What If Foundation Work Is a Craft? by Michele Fugiel Gartner

Professionalization Isn’t the Whole Story: Craft as a Lens for Understanding How Foundation Work Really Happens

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