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NEWS: June 22, 2010
Who Will Succeed Budget Director? The Obama Cabinet will endure its first major turnover this summer when Office of Management and Budget Director Peter R. Orszag leaves. Orszag's departure has long been rumored, so there is no shortage of contenders to succeed him. MORE: Washington Post Health Nominee Faces Confirmation Fight A confirmation battle has erupted over Donald M. Berwick, President Obama's nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid, who has spoken of the need to ration health care and confessed to a love affair with the British health-care system. MORE: New York Times Ex-Aides: Blagojevich Often Was MIA Rod Blagojevich may have been governor of Illinois, but he often appeared to do everything but run the state, dwelling instead on his political fortunes and his family's finances, two former top aides to Blagojevich testified at his political-corruption trial. MORE: Chicago Tribune Finance | Phoenix Sales-Tax Take Up for First Time in 3 Years Phoenix is reporting positive year-over-year growth in sales-tax collections for the first time in three years, a sign to officials that the city is on the road to economic recovery. April sales-tax collections were up 1.7 percent compared to the same month last year. MORE: Arizona Republic New Jersey Governor, Lawmakers Have Budget Deal A $29.4 billion New Jersey budget compromise softens some cuts affecting the poor, the disabled and students while preserving most of Gov. Chris Christie's biggest cuts. MORE: Newark Star-Ledger
GSA Launches Shift to Cloud-Based Computing To the General Services Administration, the future of federal computing is in the cloud. GSA has issued a request for proposals to replace PC-based programs with a single, integrated Web-based solution for e-mail, instant messaging and online conferencing. MORE: Federal Times 30 States to Probe Google's Data-Gathering Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal plans to head up a 30-state investigation into Google's Wi-Fi data-gathering scandal. French officials said a review of data collected there revealed that e-mail addresses and passwords were recorded by Google. MORE: CNET News Emergency Services | Ann Arbor/Washtenaw County, Mich. City, County Consolidate 911 Dispatching All 911 calls in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County are now being routed to the same place. In a strategy aimed at streamlining services and saving money, the city and county emergency dispatch staffs are now working out of one central downtown dispatch center. MORE: Government Technology Public Pensions | California CalPERS Investing in British Airport The California Public Employees' Retirement System has committed up to $155 million to buy a 12.7 percent stake in London's Gatwick Airport, representing one of the first major deals for CalPERS' three-year-old infrastructure-investment program. MORE: Sacramento Bee
New DA's Mantra: 'Smart on Crime' Violence-weary Philadelphia's new district attorney vows not to get tough on crime but to get "smart on crime." But while R. Seth Williams' move to downgrade penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana have caught the public eye, legal experts say other changes Williams is making are far more important. MORE: New York Times More news, analysis, resources and events: GovManagement.com |
DATAPOINT QUOTABLE “We want to rally the nation around the new buying power of $2.” David Ovens, Taco Bell's top marketing executive, on advertising the company is running urging the federal government to resume printing $2 bills, an effort that just happens to coincide with the chain's promotion of a $2 meal deal Washington Post | More quotes ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY UPCOMING |
