But they are also suffering an identity crisis, and not just because "museum," like "school" or "corporation," now encompasses a universe of places so different in size, budget and orientation that it's hard to say what links them.
It primarily deals with budget, global orientations and relations between the City and the government.
And for the unit heads, who would be on the front lines of strategic and cultural change and also responsible for hitting demanding budgets, the key competencies were results orientation, developing organizational capabilities, team leadership, and inclusiveness.
A simulation experiment was used to understand the importance of riparian vegetation density, channel orientation and flow velocity for stream energy budgets and river temperature dynamics.
Budget cuts in the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office resulted in cutbacks to Residence and Orientation Week activities, according to UAA Staff Assistant for Student Programs Ida G. Faber.
"Where it gets complicated is that I really understand money -- capital, expense and financing -- and because I understand how the budget works, it makes me more fiscally conservative than my politics or my social policy orientation might suggest," she says.
In Houston, Ms. Parker never hid her sexual orientation but did not champion gay issues either, focusing instead on municipal concerns like crime, the city budget and drainage.
2. Hate Crimes: Vote on an amendment to a $447 billion defense budget bill that would add to the definition of federal hate crimes those committed because of the victim's "sexual orientation, gender or disability".
