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NEWS: Aug. 25, 2011 Technology | The Nation Feds' Delayed Performance.gov Launches Almost a year after promising to publicly show federal-agency performance data on an online dashboard, the Office of Management and Budget has launched the Performance.gov website. Funding problems were among reasons cited for the site's delayed launch, originally planned for the spring. >> Federal News Radio BART to Limit Wireless Shutdowns Bay Area Rapid Transit directors, slammed over the San Francisco transit system's shutting down of underground wireless service to stop a demonstration, agreed to limit use of that tactic to extreme situations in which public safety is endangered. >> San Francisco Chronicle Website Tracks Indiana Stage-Collapse Info The Indiana State Fair Commission has set up a website to provide information on the investigation into the Aug. 13 stage collapse, which claimed seven lives and injured dozens more. >> Indianapolis Star Human Services | Michigan Lawmakers: No Welfare After 48 Months The legislature approved a 48-month lifetime limit on welfare benefits proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder that is expected to cast more than 11,000 families--including more than 29,700 children--off the rolls while saving that state $77.4 million in the next budget year. >> Detroit News
Region Tallies Earthquake Damage Structural-engineering teams fanned out across the Washington, D.C., region Wednesday, assessing millions of dollars of damage caused by Tuesday's earthquake. An inspection revealed additional cracks in the Washington Monument's uppermost section, the pyramidion. The Washington National Cathedral and the Smithsonian Institution's "Castle" also were closed as inspectors appraised the damage. >> Washington Post Richmond Water-Treatment Plant Damaged A basin at Richmond, Va.'s water treatment plant was cracked in the earthquake and taken out of service while the damage is assessed, but officials said water quality is unaffected. >> Richmond Times-Dispatch Regulators Scrutinize Virginia Nuclear Plant Federal regulators are trying to determine whether Tuesday's earthquake in central Virginia subjected the North Anna nuclear plant to more shaking than it was designed to handle. >> Wall Street Journal (subscription required) FCC to Examine Quake's Wireless 911 Problems Federal Communications Commission staff will examine reports that some wireless calls to 911 centers after the earthquake could not get through because of congestion on cellphone networks. >> Nextgov Disaster Management | Wyoming Multiple Wildfires Overwhelm State Firefighting crews from around the West are being sent to Wyoming to help battle wildfires that have ignited over the past week and have overwhelmed state resources. Eight fires, six of which started within the past week, are burning in the state. >> AP/Casper Star-Tribune
State Supreme Court Justice to Oversee Safety Agencies Mayor Michael Hancock called the opportunity to appoint Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex Martinez to his cabinet as the city's sixth manager of safety in a year and a half "a great catch." The post oversees the sheriff's, police and fire departments. >> Denver Post Embattled Florida Corrections Chief Resigns Edwin Buss' ambitious effort to reform Florida's prison system, the nation's third-largest, abruptly ended with his resignation on the heels of a power struggle with Gov. Rick Scott and his staff. >> St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Kansas City School Superintendent Quits Kansas City school Superintendent John Covington submitted his resignation, a decision that may have been spurred by ongoing tensions with school board President Airick Leonard West. >> Kansas City Star Public Workforce | New York State Judge Backs Teachers in Suit over Evaluations In a victory for the state's teachers' union, a judge ruled that the state Board of Regents overreached in its interpretation of a new law on teacher evaluations. The New York State United Teachers' suit argued that the regents' action increased the role of of student test scores beyond what the 2010 law permitted. >> New York Times TSA Moves to Offer Early Retirements The Department of Homeland Security has requested authority to offer early-retirement packages to eligible Transportation Security Administration employees over the next two years. >> Government Executive Part-Time Feds to Get Sunday-Work Pay Boost The Office of Personnel Management revised Sunday premium-pay regulations to eliminate references to full-time employees, allowing part-time federal workers to earn the extra pay. >> Federal Daily
Navy Board: Officer Linked to Bawdy Videos Can Stay A Navy board of inquiry ruled that Capt. Owen Honors, the former executive officer of the carrier Enterprise who co-produced dozens of controversial and sometimes bawdy video vignettes shown aboard the ship, committed misconduct but can remain in the Navy on active duty. >> Military Times Ex-California Guard Leader Booted from Force Maj. Gen. William H. Wade II, who led the California National Guard from 2005 until early last year but has been caught up in allegations of receiving improper double-dip earnings, was summarily removed from active service as a Guard member. >> Sacramento Bee >> More news, analysis, resources and events: GovManagement.com >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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“There are gonna be heads exploding all over Washington.” Former Vice President Dick Cheney, promising juicy revelations in his upcoming memoir and listing one of them: a secret resignation letter, signed in March 2001, kept locked in a safe, known about by only one of his staffers, and to be retrieved should Cheney have been incapacitated by a heart attack or stroke >> NBC News DATAPOINT More than $85 million Amount spent by the Department of Homeland Security to fly illegal immigrants caught along the southwest border--102,201 of them since 2004--deep into Mexico rather than simply dropping them off at the border, a program the department says is aimed at deterring the migrants from making another dangerous border crossing but for which DHS officials have chosen not to act on government auditors' recommendations to measure whether the effort is effective >> Arizona Republic
Public Services Robert J. Samuelson The Book of Numbers If you want to know something about America, there are few better places to start than the "Statistical Abstract of the United States," published annually by the Census Bureau. But the Stat Abstract is headed for the chopping block, with Census claiming that it is condemned to painful triage. If Census doesn't rescind its misguided death sentence, the agency could contract with some wealthy private foundation to support the abstract. Sales might even turn a profit. >> Washington Post UPCOMING National Association of State Treasurers Annual Conference Aug. 27-31, Bismarck, N.D. National Association of State Technology Directors Annual Conference & Technology Showcase Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Omaha, Neb. Center for American Progress, the Clean Energy Project, MGM Resorts International, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas National Clean Energy Summit Aug. 30, Las Vegas Governing magazine Leadership Forum Sept. 7, Austin, Texas 1105 Government Information Group Defense Systems Summit Sept. 7-8, Crystal City, Va. 1105 Government Information Group Cloud Computing & Virtualization Summit & Exposition Sept. 8-9, Washington, D.C. American Enterprise Institute Book forum: "Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security" Sept. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. ET, New York City National Association of State Energy Officials Annual Meeting Sept. 11-14, San Antonio, Texas National Association of State Procurement Officials Annual Conference Sept. 11-14, Austin, Texas >> Full events listings |
