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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Social Media As A Tool For Tennessee Municipalities, Bonnie Jones, Josh Jones
Social Media As A Tool For Tennessee Municipalities, Bonnie Jones, Josh Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This publication will provide your city with information relative to social media for purposes of communicating with employees, interacting with your community, and using social media as a hiring tool. Includes sample social media policy.
Hot Topic: Irs Releases 2011 Withholding Tables, Dick Phebus
Hot Topic: Irs Releases 2011 Withholding Tables, Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The new withholding tables are to be implemented as soon as January 1, 2011, but no later than January 31, 2011.
Hot Topic: Federal Mileage Rate Effective January 1, 2011, Dick Phebus
Hot Topic: Federal Mileage Rate Effective January 1, 2011, Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
The optional standard mileage rate increased to 51 cents per mile for all business miles driven after December 31, 2010.
Hot Topic: Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act (2010), Richard Stokes
Hot Topic: Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Up-to-date information on employee military leave for employees who are National Guardsmen, in the Reserve, are planning to enlist, or are drafted.
Dataone Strucure And Potential Partnership As A Member Node, Dataone
Dataone Strucure And Potential Partnership As A Member Node, Dataone
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
No abstract provided.
Municipal E-News: Issue 21: December 2010, Mtas
Municipal E-News: Issue 21: December 2010, Mtas
Municipal E-News
The “Municipal E-News” was created by MTAS in 2009 as part of our continuing efforts to meet our mission of providing timely, valuable information and assistance to Tennessee cities.
Interviewing And The Law (2010), Richard Stokes
Interviewing And The Law (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
Congress provided federal legal enforcement for equal employment in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with strengthening amendments added in 1972. Unlawful discrimination in the employment process also is enforced through the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2010), Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The 2002 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping rules require employers, subject to the rules, to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
Technical Bulletins: Irs Rules For Diesel Fuel And Gasoline Purchases (2010), Ron Darden
Technical Bulletins: Irs Rules For Diesel Fuel And Gasoline Purchases (2010), Ron Darden
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Gasoline, diesel, and certain other fuels purchased for the exclusive use of a state or local government are exempt from the federal excise taxes on those fuels.
Technical Bulletins: Hotel-Motel Tax In Tennessee Cities (2010), Ron Darden
Technical Bulletins: Hotel-Motel Tax In Tennessee Cities (2010), Ron Darden
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The proceeds from the hotel-motel tax can be used for purposes authorized in your enacting ordinance, private act, or general law.
Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy (2010), Melissa Ashburn
Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy (2010), Melissa Ashburn
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
State law requires all municipalities with populations less than 100,000 to adopt and file with the state comptroller a travel policy that covers expense reimbursement for elected and appointed officials.
Preliminary Executive Summary: Aserl Interlibrary Loan Needs Assessment And Best Practices Survey, David P. Atkins
Preliminary Executive Summary: Aserl Interlibrary Loan Needs Assessment And Best Practices Survey, David P. Atkins
Other Library Publications and Works
A working group of ASERL librarians designed a survey to assess resource sharing issues and identify best practices. The results will assist ASERL in identifying programming and project areas to support resource sharing. The survey will also produce ILL and resource sharing benchmarks useful for future planning and assessment. The survey inquires into fundamental resource sharing outputs, networks, and technologies. To measure current best practices, the survey also incorporates Rethinking Resource Sharing "STARS" A Checklist Interlibrary Loan Assessment, devised by ALA/RUSA/STARS.
Hot Topic: Congress Increased Minimum Wage (2010), Richard Stokes
Hot Topic: Congress Increased Minimum Wage (2010), Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
President Bush signed a spending bill that amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps.
Usability & Assessment Working Group: Working Group Outcomes & Follow-Up Actions, Uawg
Usability & Assessment Working Group: Working Group Outcomes & Follow-Up Actions, Uawg
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
Presentation on upcoming milestones and actions for the DataONE Usability and Assessment Working Group.
The Oromo In Exile: Creating Knowledge And Promoting Social Justice, Asafa Jalata
The Oromo In Exile: Creating Knowledge And Promoting Social Justice, Asafa Jalata
Sociology Publications and Other Works
Although it has been impossible to freely study, write, and publish on the issues of the Oromo people in the Ethiopian Empire because of political repression, activist Oromo scholars in the Diaspora have been engaging in the development critical Oromo scholarship to address the political, economic, cultural and social problems of this down-trodden people for almost two decades. As a member of the Oromo Diaspora, I have been participating in and observing the development of Oromo scholarship. Successive Ethiopian governments have been targeting for imprisonment or elimination activist Oromos suspecting their participation in the Oromo national movement for national self-determination, …
Usability And Assessment Working Group Ahm 2010, Uawg
Usability And Assessment Working Group Ahm 2010, Uawg
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
No abstract provided.
Surveying Citizens: A Handbook For Municipal Officials Who Want To Know What Their Citizens Think, David H. Folz Phd
Surveying Citizens: A Handbook For Municipal Officials Who Want To Know What Their Citizens Think, David H. Folz Phd
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This handbook describes the process getting valid and reliable information from a citizen survey. It's intended for readers who don't have a substantial background in survey research or statistics. The basic premise is simple: Do it right or don't bother to do it at all. The necessary steps to "do it right" allow for few shortcuts in planning, designing and implementing a high-quality citizen survey or in analyzing responses. Following the procedures and suggestions described here should yield questions that are valid (measures what you want to measure), reliable (consistent), and useful (results that relate to the survey objectives.
Wg Report: Socio-Cultural Working Group Ahm 2010, Scwg
Wg Report: Socio-Cultural Working Group Ahm 2010, Scwg
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
No abstract provided.
Circle Park News November 2010, College Of Communication And Information
Circle Park News November 2010, College Of Communication And Information
Circle Park News
No abstract provided.
Municipal E-News: Issue 20: November 2010, Mtas
Municipal E-News: Issue 20: November 2010, Mtas
Municipal E-News
The “Municipal E-News” was created by MTAS in 2009 as part of our continuing efforts to meet our mission of providing timely, valuable information and assistance to Tennessee cities.
Technical Bulletins: State Street Aid Fund Revenues And Expenditures On The Road To Understanding (2010), Ron Darden
Technical Bulletins: State Street Aid Fund Revenues And Expenditures On The Road To Understanding (2010), Ron Darden
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The Tennessee Legislature authorized the state to distribute a portion of the proceeds from the state gasoline fuel taxes to incorporated cities and towns for use on municipal streets. The current allocation to cities is based on $26.08 per capita.
Hot Topic: Changes In Federal And State Reimbursement Rates For Travel (2010), Dick Phebus
Hot Topic: Changes In Federal And State Reimbursement Rates For Travel (2010), Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Summary of changes in the federal and state lodging and meals reimbursement rates for travel.
Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update (2010), Margaret Norris
Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update (2010), Margaret Norris
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Municipal clerks and recorders are required to become certified by completing 100 hours of education and maintain the certification by obtaining 18 hours of continuing education every three years.
Working Group: Usability & Assessment, Uawg
Working Group: Usability & Assessment, Uawg
DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups
No abstract provided.
Hot Topic: Unemployment Insurance: Who Is Not Covered? (2010), Gail Cook
Hot Topic: Unemployment Insurance: Who Is Not Covered? (2010), Gail Cook
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Unemployment insurance is a program that provides up to 26 weeks of benefits to Tennessee workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
The Impacts Of European Colonial Terrorism On Africans, Asafa Jalata
The Impacts Of European Colonial Terrorism On Africans, Asafa Jalata
Social Work Publications and Other Works
This article critically explores the essence and characters of European colonial terrorism and its main consequences on various African peoples during racial slavery, colonization, and incorporation into the European-dominated capitalist world system between the late 15th and 20th centuries. It employs multidimensional, comparative methods, and critical approaches to explain the dynamic interplay among social structures, human agency, and terrorism to critically understand the connections among terrorism, the emergence of globalization, and African underdevelopment. The piece focuses on four central issues: First, it conceptualizes and theorizes terrorism to clarify its roles in creating and maintaining the global system. Second, it focuses …
European Colonial Terrorism And The Incorporation Of Africa Into The Capitalist World System, Asafa Jalata
European Colonial Terrorism And The Incorporation Of Africa Into The Capitalist World System, Asafa Jalata
Sociology Publications and Other Works
This article critically explores the essence and characters of European colonial terrorism and its main consequences on various African peoples during racial slavery, colonization, and incorporation into the European-dominated capitalist world system between the late 15th and 20th centuries. It employs multidimensional, comparative methods, and critical approaches to explain the dynamic interplay among social structures, human agency, and terrorism to critically understand the connections among terrorism, the emergence of globalization, and African underdevelopment. The piece focuses on four central issues: First, it conceptualizes and theorizes terrorism to clarify its roles in creating and maintaining the global system. Second, it focuses …
Stimulus, Fall/Winter 2010, Ut College Of Social Work
Stimulus, Fall/Winter 2010, Ut College Of Social Work
Stimulus Alumni Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Circle Park News October 2010, College Of Communication And Information
Circle Park News October 2010, College Of Communication And Information
Circle Park News
No abstract provided.
A Longitudinal Study Of U.S. Network Tv Newscasts And Strikes: Political Economy On The Picket Line, Mark D Harmon, Lee Shu-Yueh
A Longitudinal Study Of U.S. Network Tv Newscasts And Strikes: Political Economy On The Picket Line, Mark D Harmon, Lee Shu-Yueh
School of Journalism and Electronic Media Publications and Other Works
News media coverage of labor traditionally has been used as a supporting example for Political Economy Theory. It holds that that content production and distribution, and hence the news content itself, is subtly influenced by ownership and control. Certainly one can notice over the past few decades a dramatic decline in the journalistic resources devoted to labor coverage. This has lead some observers to suggest the growing corporate concentration of media ownership correlates with strike coverage that has declined beyond any ratio suggested by the declining power of unions and the reduced number of strikes. This research examined whether U. …