Over at www.ohmygov.com, YACers have been hitting the comment boards big time urging Senator Obama to co-sponsor S. 960, the Academy bill on the Senate side.  Thank you ohmygov.com for being a “proud supporter” of the Academy!

Help us out by commenting here and also getting in touch with Obama’s Senate office.   Call his Senate office TODAY! 202-224-2854 and ask to speak to the aides who handle Homeland Security issues (our bill has been referred to that committee).  Tell them you heard the Wesleyan speech and know about the Academy and want his support.  And tell everyone you know in Illinois to call twice!

The U.S. Public Service Academy is a hot topic over at GovernmentExecutive.com, the “premier Web site for federal managers and executives.”

Check out the GovExec blog post about the Academy here, and be sure to check out the discussion going on in the comments thread, available here.

Buzz about the U.S. Public Service Academy continues to grow, and the blogosphere is paying attention. Here are just a couple of the bloggers that are writing about the Academy:

Crooks and Liars Blog
“I would hazard a guess that the need for people to work towards a better society is even greater now than it was in 1960. One need only look at the Gulf Coast to know that the work that would formerly been done by the government will not be done without individual help.”

Read more here.

DCist
“An educational environment where every class impacts policy issues relevant to the course material provides a very different perspective, one that would lead to more qualified public servants.” [from the comments]

Read more, including a provocative exchange in the comments section, here.