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Whitehead, Ennis Jim C., III – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined Federal Government Information Technology (IT) portfolio investments for twenty-seven Federal Government agencies, as provided annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in their Agency IT Investment Portfolio Reports (Exhibit 53), and divided Federal agency IT investments into four categories: Innovation,…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Investment, Federal Government, Public Agencies
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Penn, Helen – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2011
This article is based on a web-search commissioned by an international charity to review the work of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and charities which promote and support early childhood education and care (ECEC) in the global South. The article examines examples of such initiatives. It is suggested that there is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, International Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, Child Care
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2012
Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern) is funded by the Proposition 10 ballot initiative to support services for children prenatal to age five in California. The state revenue comes from an extra 50-cent tax on tobacco products, and is distributed according to the proportion of live births in each county. Following a…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Advisory Committees, Counties, Program Evaluation
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Engstrom, Craig – Journal of Peace Education, 2009
Seeds of Peace is a nongovernmental organization that annually brings together children from the Middle East and various other regions of conflict for a summer camp experience in the woods of Maine, USA. It also operates coexistence centers throughout the world. Founded in 1993, the organization has gained worldwide acclaim for its peace education…
Descriptors: Resident Camp Programs, Fantasy, Conflict, Rhetorical Criticism
Eramo, Nicole P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1819 to become a training ground for the leaders of a new republic. The institution has changed a great deal since its founding, but principles connected to "Mr. Jefferson's" legacy abound. One such ideal is student self-governance. Described in institutional literature as a core…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Higher Education, Governance, Program Effectiveness