New League partnership. (News from M Street).By the People (BTP (Business Transaction Protocol) An XML-based protocol from OASIS that adds the type of validation to transactions in a Web services environment that are normally performed by the two-phase commit within an enterprise. ), sponsored by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, is a 16-month project to engage citizens in a dialogue concerning "America in the World" through local and national venues. The goal of BTP is to focus on the two questions that most often limit citizen participation: "Why should I care?" and "Who cares what I think?" In November, LWVUS LWVUS League of Women Voters of the United States President Kay KAY Kick Ass Year KAY Kansas Association of Youth Maxwell represented the League (an "Alliance Organization") at the inaugurating Dialogue on Foreign Policy and Citizen Engagement. A National Issues Convention for more than 350 citizen-delegates was held in Philadelphia in January 2003; in conjunction with this event, BTP purchased and distributed 2000 copies of the League's new book, A Citizen's Guide to Global Economic Policymaking pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: . |
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