OPEN/net Series

OPEN/net has regularly scheduled programs on NC Works, Energy Connections, Legislative Issues, and Health Matters.

All links below open up videos in Windows Media Player.

NC Works

NC Works addresses a broad-based topic with a diversity of stakeholders. Past NC Works topics have focused on: jobs, infrastructure, transportation, the state budget, and education. The 2011 series was titled: NC's Economy & Surviving the “New Normal.”  

• NC Works Launch: NC's Economy Surviving the New Normal (video features President Pro Tem Phil Berger and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis and live call-in featuring Commerce Sec. Keith Crisco)
  
• Seniors and North Carolina's Economy
  
• Entrepreneurship in the Recession
  
• North Carolina's Rural Economy
  
• Employment and Education
  
• NC Works 2010 Premiere: Business and Education (Featuring Sen. Marc Basnight and Rep. Joe Hackney
  
• ARRA and Education
  
• The Virtual Classroom
  
• JOBS Commission (featuring Lt Gov. Walter Dalton)
  
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education
  

Energy Connections

Energy Connections is a monthly series brought to you by the North Carolina Energy office. They feature discussions on a variety of energy-related issues in North Carolina.

• Offshore Energy Production: What's next For NC? (Featuring Sen. Bob Graham)
  
• Governor's Scientific Panel on Offshore Energy
  
• Energy Connections: Winter Energy Savings
  
• Energy Internship Program
  
• ARRA Energy Funding Update
  
• North Carolina's Green Economy
  
• Offshore Energy Production in North Carolina
  
• Private Industry and Sustainability
  
• Smart Grid
  
• 2010 Sustainable Energy Conference: Energy and Economic Development
  
• Energy Star Rebate Program
  

Legislative Issues

The Legislative Issues series airs when the North Carolina General Assembly is in session. Topic selection reflects the diversity of bills considered by the General Assembly, from the state budget to criminal justice issues.

• 2011 Legislative Session Overview
  
• Legislative Issues: House Agriculture Committee
  
• Legislative Issues: Justice Reinvestment Act
  
• Legislative Issues: Judiciary Committee
  
• Legislative Issues: Laura’s Law
• Legislative Issues: State Employee Health Plan
  
• 2011 Legislative Preview
  
• 2010 Legislative Session in Review
  
• Senate Preview 2010
  
• Legislative Preview 2010: NC House of Representatives
  

Health Matters

Health Matters is devoted to state and local public health issues.

• STD Testing
  
• Helping You Kick the Habit: Tobacco Cessation
  
• OPEN/net en Espanol: Immunizations
  
• Men's Preventive Health
  
• Adolescent Health Policy
  
• Immunizations
  
• Healthcare Reform Legislation
  
• HIT- Health Information Technology
  
• Primary Care Access and Safety Net Providers