Voluntary Furlough Press
Kate Duffy, the state’s commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, said state officials are unsure how much money will be saved. The deal is "sort of an experiment to see what is possible,"
she said.
VSEA’s NMU Reaches Agreement With State On One-Year Voluntary Furlough Program
“After many discussions and a lot of back-and-forth, we were able to reach agreement on acceptable guidelines for how the program will work, including a sunset date of June 30, 2012," explained NMU Chair Terry Lefebvre.
Story Explores The Democratic Party’s Relationship With Unions
"Now would seem to be a great opportunity for the Democrats to rebuild their relationship with unions and their supporters in the insecure middle class."
Read Entire Speech By AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka.
VSEA 2010 Scholarship Award Recipient Drops By To Say “Thanks” To VSEA Scholarship Committee!
VSEA member Sead Drljacic dropped by VSEA HQ to personally thank the union’s Scholarships and Awards Committee for his 2010 award.
States Finding Millions With “Data Analytics” Modifications
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance deployed a data analytics system to predict how likely a tax return is to be questionable, which allows the system to prioritize which cases are least likely to be eligible. The system then rejects ineligible refund requests to prevent them from going through the audit process. The state has saved more than $889 million while processing tax refunds faster.