Another part of this is why have expensive face to face conferences anymore?<br><br>The connectivity of the internet allows real-time conferencing without the travel and associated expenses. Granted that conferences are nice respites, but given the size of the national debt, and the pressure of expenses on private industry, are face to face conferences worth the costs?<br>
<br>w.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Wayne Price <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com">bear@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Published April 02, 2012</div></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;font-size:12px">
<span>| Associated Press</span></div></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><br></span></span></div></span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The head of the federal agency that oversees supplies, transportation and office space for the federal government has resigned following reports of lavish spending at a Nevada training conference in 2010.</font></span><div>
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<font size="4">Martha Johnson, who led the General Services Administration, has submitted her resignation as the agency's inspector general prepares to release a report on the training conference outside Las Vegas.</font></div>
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</font></div></div></div></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Like nancy Regan said: "JUST SAY NO"</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:0px;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent">
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<font size="4">Same agency that wants "local" taxing agencies to commit 10% (non-refundable) of the bid price and NOT tell the tax payers what the building cost?</font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent">
<font size="4">And note, not jailed, not fired, she "quit".</font></div></div></div></span><br></div></div><br>=======================================================<br>
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