A few of the national blogs have made note of the signs appearing at construction projects noting their ARRA connection. Doug Powers quips that "the only work that has been created by the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” has been jobs putting up “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” signs." My organization will be administering approximately $7 million in ARRA funds under the Department of Labor (DOL), and I recalled that one of the TEGLs (Training and Employment Guidance Letter) stated something to the effect that all participants should be informed that the services they are receiving are funded by ARRA, and that correspondence with the participant should also include this notation.
I wondered if there was the same such stipulation for Department of Transportation (DOT)? It took a bit of digging, but I discovered that there is practically a whole ARRA signage cult out there !
A page of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) webiste dedicated to ARRA questions is devoted to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Sign Guidance:
"On March 3, 2009 President Obama made the commitment that all projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will bear a recovery emblem to make it easier for Americans to see which projects are funded by the ARRA. To meet this commitment, FHWA strongly encourages agencies to use the economic recovery signs on all projects funded by the ARRA."
The design is important. No sense having people going willy-nilly with this stuff:
"All economic recovery sign design layout and color should be similar to the sign design attached with this guidance."
To make sure everyone conforms, there is a 234 KB PDF with sign layout details, and a 3600 KB zip file with individual sign components and design detail.
I imagine there will be whole departments in the various state agencies across the country dedicated to proper sign design, construction, and placement.
Too bad the market for this skill isn't booming. After the ARRA gig, it might not be the most outstanding thing to put on a resume....an afterthought, at best. But for at least a couple of months the government sign nazis will be a little ticker on that "jobs created or saved" mantra that they are trying to sell.
Heh. Good luck in the real world.
3 comments:
It is totally creepy that signage takes such a front seat. DC pols selling the bacon they are bringing home.
You should have heard Tom Carper at the DEM convention. Jobs Jobs Jobs as if he were personally responsible for .... where are all of these jobs again?
I was reading about a fire that decimated 75% of a 17 million charity housing project in Wilmington this month. The Cornerstone West housing non-profit spokesperson admitted that the construction contractor wasn't from Delaware. I wondered if the labor was even from Delaware. That was fed HUD money.
For the stimulus, aren't we supposed to constain the DE money for Del. jobs? That is hard to do in this regional economy.
Saw my first actual sign, on Rt 13 South below Salisbury, almost into Eden, just below the Bypass. It's sitting there in the Median, big as can be, says they're repaving with Stimulus Money and has Gov. Martin O'Malley's name below it ...
Extreme care should be taken while getting a job.
Firstly you need to know in which technology area you are interested, then you can choose your studies or courses based on your wish.
While studying itself, have a knowledge on the company needs, focus your knowledge based on that.
Definitely you will get a job and also achieve a great position in that.
jobs in chennai
Post a Comment