Word: nis
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Susskind himself first encountered the concept called a Negotiated Investment Strategy (NIS) about five years ago when it was first being developed. He mediated a negotiation over finances between the federal, state and local governments in Columbus. Ohio, but he says he was not completely satisfied with the way the negotiations transpired...
...NIS negotiators have no legal authority to enact their recommendations and many, including key members of the project, are uncertain how many of the ideas will actually come to fruition...
...cites as an example the NIS recommendation that: There should be greater publicity given to the ways in which the schools make financial decisions. Citizens should be encouraged to use this information and increase their understanding of the school's budget process...
Susskind says cynicism like Phaneus's is the biggest obstacle to the NIS' success. He says that people are too quick to assume the project cannot work and let the gams carried so far fall by the wayside. "It's going to take a lot more successes to convince people that this kind of thing can work," he says...
...help in that education, NIS team members must continue to organize support for the project even though their formal role is largely over participants say. Susskind is confident there is enough momentum from the project to carry it through, but most observers are taking a want and see attitude. The beautification work is the most noticeable result of the project to date, and most are reserving judgement to see how many of the other proposals actually come to fruition