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NEWS: Sept. 7, 2011 Public Services | The Nation White House to Offer Plan to Save Postal Service The Obama administration will soon offer a survival plan for the U.S. Postal Service as part of a a broader deficit-reduction package and meanwhile supports a 90-day delay in a $5.5 billion "prepayment" for USPS retiree health care due Sept. 30, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry told a Senate panel. >> Federal Times
Suspension Signals Police Chief's Ouster After 17 tumultuous months of fighting the mayor and a commissioner and attempting to quell angry voices from the inner city, Police Chief Miguel Exposito was suspended by City Manager City Manager Johnny Martinez, paving the way for Exposito's departure. >> Miami Herald Los Angeles Fire Department Veteran Named Chief Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa named Brian Cummings, a fire department veteran and a champion of a controversial redeployment plan, to be the department's new chief. Cummings has served as interim chief for the last two months. >> Los Angeles Times Outsourcing | California Lawmakers OK Contracting Crackdown State lawmakers sent Gov. Jerry Brown a measure, backed by state-employee unions, requiring state agencies to terminate private contracts deemed illegal by the State Personnel Board. The measure would require the departments to justify contracting out or keep the work in-house. >> Sacramento Bee Education | Iowa School-Reform Plan Junks Teacher-Pay System State education leaders unveiled a framework for overhauling Iowa's education system that includes implementing high-school exit exams, expanding charter schools and doing away with a century-old teacher pay system in favor of a four-tiered system of apprentice, career, mentor and master teachers. >> Des Moines Register Newark Deputy Mayor to Head Connecticut Schools Newark, N.J., Deputy Mayor Stefan Pryor, one of the founders of an acclaimed Connecticut charter school who later led the redevelopment effort in Lower Manhattan after the 9/11 attacks, will be named Connecticut's next education commissioner. >> Connecticut Mirror
GOP Stalls Confirmation of Consumer Bureau Leader Senate Republicans, worried more about the power of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau than who might lead it, stalled the confirmation of President Obama's nominee to head the agency, former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray. >> Los Angeles Times Technology | The Nation Report Slams Federal IT Management A congressionally-requested survey of how federal agencies manage their business and accounting information-technology systems reveals that too much work is still being done manually and not enough data is being made public, according to House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa. >> Nextgov New Jersey Governor Eyes Major IT Revamp Rebuffed by lawmakers on his request for $5.5 million to start upgrading New Jersey's computer systems, Gov. Chris Christie is contemplating a larger revamp that might consolidate all of the state's IT operations and give its chief cabinet-level status. >> Gannett New Jersey Zapped Network to Cost Washington State $500,000 A power surge that recently shut down Washington State's internal network for several hours will end up costing the state $500,000 for a new electrical vault switch, generator fuel, worker overtime and a consultant's services, state officials said. >> AP/Seattle Times Florida City Upgrades Security for Cloud Documents Officials in Panama City, Fla., have added an extra layer of security to lock down Google Docs, aiming to ensure that the cloud-based documents are securely archived and that only authorized information is published for public viewing. >> Government Computer News Public Workforce | Arizona Court Blocks Ban on Same-Sex Health Benefits Arizona must continue to provide health-insurance coverage to the same-sex partners of state-government workers at least for the time being, a federal appeals-court panel ruled in upholding a lower court's temporary injunction blocking a 2009 state law. >> Arizona Republic >> More news, analysis, resources and events: GovManagement.com >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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VIEWPOINT Public Workforce Katrina vanden Heuvel Our Demonized Public Servants Public workers aren't just being laid off. They're being made into economic scapegoats. These workers deserve to be treated fairly any time. But in the wake of Hurricane Irene, as we watched teams of federal-, state- and local-government workers tirelessly saving lives, and on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, they deserve much better. >> Washington Post
“You're going to be Jerry Seinfeld and Dan Rather, all put together in one.” Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the first on-air guest of David Paterson, who succeeded Spitzer when he resigned in disgrace, congratulating Paterson during his debut as an afternoon drive-time radio host >> New York Times DATAPOINT 50.3% Percentage of those sentenced to federal prisons so far this year for felony crimes who were Hispanic, the first time Hispanic offenders made up a majority of federal felony offenders who received prison sentences >> AP/Yahoo News UPCOMING 1105 Government Information Group Cloud Computing & Virtualization Summit & Exposition Sept. 8-9, Washington, D.C. Center for American Progress and Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Discussion: "Generation 9/11: The New Generation Rises" Sept. 8, noon-1:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Enterprise Institute Discussion: "Defense Spending and the Super Committee" Sept. 8, 12:30-2 p.m. ET, 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 American Enterprise Institute Discussion: "Solving the Health Care Quadrilemma: Technological Change, Insurance, Outcomes, and Costs" Sept. 9, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. National Association of State Energy Officials Annual Meeting Sept. 11-14, San Antonio, Texas >> Full events listings |
