Archive for May, 2009

Getting Calls about Rats?

Getting Calls about Rats?

I think most of us working in public works have at one time or another gotten the "rat call." In our city, we had one person who called annually about "rats coming out of the sewer." We would call the exterminator, and the problem would appear to be solved for that year. Of course, we never got call

05.28.2009 | Public Works | admin

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A Failure in the Making

Today I read a story about a massive hole in the road in a community in New York that has not been repaired for a month. Even though at first glance this might seem an excessive amount of time to neglect repairing a hole in the road, I can certainly understand the delay after reading the entire stor

05.27.2009 | Public Works | admin

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Celebrate Public Works Week

This week, we celebrate public works week - a time to stop and think about the people who take care of all those things we don't normally even think about. Like making sure roads are safe and in good repair, making sure the water comes out when we turn on the faucet, and making sure our garbage gets

05.21.2009 | Public Works, Public Works in Second Life | admin

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Deliver Recovery Project Information Using Social Media

Implementing a social media campaign for delivery of recovery project related information is a good way for local government to test the use of social media. The demand for this information is there, and the tools are available at little to no cost. So how would a local government accomplish this

05.10.2009 | Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse | admin

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