Archive for the ‘Issues’ Category

Former Crime Lab Director Criticizes New Proposal

Former Crime Lab Director Criticizes New Proposal
Former crime lab director, George Taft, criticizes proposed crime lab and recommends Alaska Policy Forum report.  April 5, 2010 Anchorage, Alaska – Another former director of the Alaska State Crime Lab has expressed his opposition to the crime lab replacement project as it has been currently proposed...
April 22nd, 2010 | Accountability, Featured | Read More

Stimulate Economic Education

Dave Cuddy Every generation in America…until this one…has endeavored to deliver a better quality of life, and an improved nation to our children. For the first time in our country’s history, we have failed in this challenge. The economic meltdown is unlike anything in most of our memories....
April 22nd, 2010 | Economics | Read More

Better Education Value for Anchorage

Better Education Value for Anchorage
Download a hardcopyhere (PDF). Recently, the Anchorage School District (ASD) requested community input to assist the District and the School Board in managing their budget. The question under consideration was how to close an anticipated budget gap for FY 2011. We at the Alaska Policy Forum attended...
April 22nd, 2010 | Education, Featured | Read More

The best form of transparency

The best form of transparency
For some, the word “transparency” may seem like a political football. While there exist those who do use it as such, there is a larger worldwide effort to change the perception about government data and its usefulness to the public. Can more disclosure of government data be useful to Alaskans? Alaska...
April 20th, 2010 | Accountability, Featured | Read More

Let the Climategate Hearings Begin

Let the Climategate Hearings Begin
By Kenneth Green Climate skeptics are having a field day, celebrating the firestorm of controversy surrounding the UK’s Hadley Center Climate Research Unit (CRU), until recently, the world’s leading climate research center. One skeptic, a Canadian named Steve McIntyre has particular cause for doing...
April 20th, 2010 | Featured, Recent News | Read More

Former Crime Lab Director George Taft Recommends AFP Report

ANCHORAGE, AK – Another former director of the Alaska State Crime Lab has expressed his opposition to the crime lab replacement project as it has been currently proposed by the Department of Public Safety and has recommended the report released by the Alaska Policy Forum which addresses the merits...
April 5th, 2010 | Featured, Recent News | Read More

REPORT: Is the Crime Lab Proposal Fiscally Responsible?

The Alaska Policy Forum has released a study of the State Crime Lab replacement project proposed by the Department of Public Safety. The study concluded that the needs assessment used to determine the size of the facility was based on outdated documents. The proposed lab would include services already...
April 2nd, 2010 | Accountability, Featured | Read More

Event: Panel discussion with Irish Documentary Filmmakers to Address Climate Change

Anchorage, Alaska – Irish Filmmakers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer will be at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus, January 26, to present their new film to Alaska audiences. The documentary describes the politics behind the fears of climate change and suggests...
January 16th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Moving the health care debate beyond talking points

By Jeremy Thompson While it appears the national debate over health care reform is on hold, don’t kid yourself. Health care is an issue that will work its way to the top of the priority list again. Moving one’s view of health care reform beyond reaction and talking points will be critical for understanding...
January 15th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

Competition, not spending, will improve the performance of the Anchorage School District

By Bob Griffin For those who seek a better value education (better results at a lower cost) in Anchorage, policies with proven results are the only ones that should be considered. The facts show that more financial resources will not increase student achievement and lower dropout rates. Unfortunately,...
January 10th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More
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