The Christian Broadcasting Network has served as the benchmark for religious programming for over 50 years. Founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in 1961, the Virginia Beach, Va.-based organization is well known for The 700 Club, an iconic popular live TV program. It also runs the 24-hour CBN News outlet and Superbook, a children's ministry segment that involves animation to tell stories from the Bible.
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The 35th annual National Government Publishing Association (NGPA) conference came to a close Wednesday after a tour of the State of Colorado's Integrated Document Services operation, overseen by conference host Mike Lincoln. Members got to see the in-plant's extensive digital printing operation, which includes a Xerox Color 1000, as well as its impressive mailing operation, which was named Mail Center of the Year by the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association.
In September, the National Government Publishing Association met for the 34th time, bringing together government in-plant managers from as far away as Alaska, Vermont, Arizona and Mississippi. Though attendance was lower than usual, the conference was a nonstop festival of knowledge and information, with presentations on lean manufacturing, proving the value of your in-plant and how to re-engineer government mail.
Though the National Government Publishing Association conference got off to an awkward start, U.S. Public Printer William Boarman turned things completely around once he took the stage.
With so many government in-plants unable to travel due to economy-related travel restrictions, the National Government Publishing Association has decided to postpone its October conference in Virginia Beach. This is a major decision for the proud, 33-year-old association, which has never before cancelled a conference—not even when Hurricane Katrina destroyed its venue in Biloxi just a month before its 2005 meeting.
It's official. We can now use the word “recession” to describe what all of us already knew was happening. Among those giving their budgets closer scrutiny this holiday season are the nation’s cities. Declining tax revenue is forcing many of them to eliminate services. Here in Philadelphia, the city plans to close libraries and keep public pools dry next summer as a way to help cope with lost revenue.