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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 908576" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>December 2, 2011 @ 1:47 pm <strong>|</strong> <strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/12/02/obama-doe-awards-230000-in-taxpayer-funds-for-website-to-promote-green-jobs-forbids-listing-of-actual-jobs/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003300">Obama DOE Awards $230,000 In Taxpayer-Funds For Website To Promote “Green Jobs” — Forbids Listing of Actual Jobs…</span></a></strong></p><p></p><p>Then again, is there really such a thing as a “green job.”</p><p>Via <a href="http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/02/a-230000-taxpayer-funded-green-jobs-website-but-no-jobs-listed/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000">The Foundry</span></a>:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">How’s this for a waste of taxpayer money? According to <em><a href="http://www.eenews.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000">Energy & Environment News</span></a></em>, the Department of Energy is paying $230,000 for a website to promote career paths in the green energy sector — and it has, ironically, prohibited the listing of actual jobs in the industry. Here’s the report:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The Department of Energy has awarded a $230,000 contract to the Association of Energy Services Professionals to develop a website on energy efficiency jobs — but the agency has prohibited the listing of actual position openings.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Instead, the website will include information on what training and education is needed to nab a job, said Suzanne Jones, AESP’s vice president of marketing. In lieu of a job bank, AESP will provide 40 to 50 “very distinct” job descriptions in the energy efficiency industry, along with the education and training needed for such jobs.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">A DOE spokesman did not return a request for comment in time for publication. The website — called “My Energy Gateway” — will launch in April 2012, according to AESP.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 908576, member: 1246"] December 2, 2011 @ 1:47 pm [B]|[/B] [B][URL='http://weaselzippers.us/2011/12/02/obama-doe-awards-230000-in-taxpayer-funds-for-website-to-promote-green-jobs-forbids-listing-of-actual-jobs/'][COLOR=#003300]Obama DOE Awards $230,000 In Taxpayer-Funds For Website To Promote “Green Jobs” — Forbids Listing of Actual Jobs…[/COLOR][/URL][/B] Then again, is there really such a thing as a “green job.” Via [URL='http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/02/a-230000-taxpayer-funded-green-jobs-website-but-no-jobs-listed/'][COLOR=#990000]The Foundry[/COLOR][/URL]: [INDENT]How’s this for a waste of taxpayer money? According to [I][URL='http://www.eenews.net/'][COLOR=#990000]Energy & Environment News[/COLOR][/URL][/I], the Department of Energy is paying $230,000 for a website to promote career paths in the green energy sector — and it has, ironically, prohibited the listing of actual jobs in the industry. Here’s the report: [INDENT]The Department of Energy has awarded a $230,000 contract to the Association of Energy Services Professionals to develop a website on energy efficiency jobs — but the agency has prohibited the listing of actual position openings. Instead, the website will include information on what training and education is needed to nab a job, said Suzanne Jones, AESP’s vice president of marketing. In lieu of a job bank, AESP will provide 40 to 50 “very distinct” job descriptions in the energy efficiency industry, along with the education and training needed for such jobs. A DOE spokesman did not return a request for comment in time for publication. The website — called “My Energy Gateway” — will launch in April 2012, according to AESP. [/INDENT][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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