VSEA Endorses Peter Shumlin For Governor!
At a press conference at VSEA HQ today, the union announced its support for Peter Shumlin for Governor!
Slow Road To Change From “Challenges For Change” Architects.
"But even if it works flawlessly – and as of July, where nearly $10 million of savings is coming from had not yet been identified – there will remain a roughly $112 million gap between expected revenues and expenses in the state’s main General Fund."
Uh Oh!
Texas’ Experiment With State IT Consolidation Fails. State Forced To Sue Private Contractor.
"Transfer of servers from agencies to IBM was supposed to be finished in December 2009, but is less than 12 percent complete, according to the DIR. Just five agencies are completely consolidated, and consolidation efforts are under way in only five more…"
Thank You Paul Krugman! Debunking The Myth Of The Wealthy Public Sector Worker!
"Whenever the subject of state and local governments’ fiscal plight comes up here in the United States, conservatives engage in spittle-flecked denunciations of unions and their crazy pay packages."
State Employees Threatened. Agency of Ag Locked Down.
"The Agency of Agriculture’s offices in the state capital are locked as part of what authorities are calling “controlled access” after the man allegedly made threats to harm state employees. On Thursday, the office was closed to the public."
“It’s not as rare as you might think,” [BGS Comm. Gerry] Myers said. “It happens at different levels, but it’s actually quite common, sadly.”
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