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Each state will have some control over how the stimulus money will be applied locally.  It will assist the public to know that their interests are kept in mind if there are local ‘stimulus czars’ to lend a voice to certain areas.  These czars will be selected off country groups and council boards.  Each state depending on size and money distributed will be allotted various czars throughout their counties.  They will have monitoring capability of money spent in their areas and offer ‘town halls’ to discuss progress being made with the money in their areas.  Additionally, each county website will have a stimulus countdown and weekly update on how money was distributed and utilized.

Why is it important?

Most people feel their concerns are not always looked at it when it comes to a change from what they consider the norm. This has been seen quite often in cities when a Base Closure has occurred or a new system is utilized at an already established organization.  Town Halls are effective in reassuring the public that their interests are taken into account.

Submitted by kgrimmett from Department of Air Force (Communications/Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations) on Apr 28, 2009

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Communication takes place when an intended meaning from a sender is correctly perceived by a receiver.  This means you need to have a mechanism to identify senders, receivers, meanings, and the contexts of those meanings.  Communication only takes place when messages are understood.  Otherwise, the message is just noise.

A governed terminology for a specific group of senders and receivers provides this mechanism to enable successful communication.  In this case, the group of senders and receivers of these messages is the U.S. Nation, so a national terminology is needed.

Comment from RoyERoebuck at One World Information System on Apr 29, 2009
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Once you've built a group's terminology for one subject's context, it's easy to expand it to other contexts shared by the group.

A National Terminology for ARRA can easily be extended into a National Terminology for all activities.

Comment from RoyERoebuck at One World Information System on Apr 29, 2009