{"id":495,"date":"2010-03-28T10:35:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/?p=495"},"modified":"2010-03-28T10:35:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T17:35:43","slug":"federal-policies-and-civic-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/federal-policies-and-civic-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Policies and Civic Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Late in April I will have the privilege of attending a meeting in Washington, D.C. to discuss how federal policies do and\/or should impact civic skill acquisition in young Americans.\u00a0 Civic skills are the necessary abilities to participating in one\u2019s democracy \u2013 along with willingness, a must-have component to citizen participation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On his first day in office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration. \u00a0He noted, &#8220;Public engagement enhances the Government&#8217;s effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions. &#8230; Collaboration actively engages Americans in the work of their Government.&#8221; \u00a0He ordered the executive branch to &#8220;use innovative tools, methods, and systems to cooperate among themselves, across all levels of Government, and with nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals in the private sector.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The meeting will occur thanks to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, and Strengthening Our Nation&#8217;s Democracy (SOND).\u00a0 Stay tuned for my report on the meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late in April I will have the privilege of attending a meeting in Washington, D.C. to discuss how federal policies do and\/or should impact civic skill acquisition in young Americans.\u00a0 Civic skills are the necessary abilities to participating in one\u2019s democracy \u2013 along with willingness, a must-have component to citizen participation. 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