In yet another modification to California's transparency Web site, Governor Schwarzenegger announced a new feature that will allow government employees to anonymously report cases of fraud or abuse.
Once thought to be a major distraction to productivity and employee performance, social media is now being credited with keeping the employees engaged with their tasks.
Deloitte Consulting continues their survey of young professionals in the workforce with a look at "Generation Y" employees in state government. In particular, the latest survey compares Gen Y workers in government with their private sector counterparts. The survey finds that Gen Yers are motivated by factors beyond monetary gain and that state governments have a tremendous opportunity to tap eager Gen Y talent to make government more responsive, collaborative and efficient.
Who’s your daddy?…Calif. auditor leery of her calculator…”ATTENTION VIRGINIA I have your sh**!”…Union jacks getting upset in California…The death knell for public education?…Newark makes gains to be slightly more safe than Somalia…11th hour tomfoolery in Colorado…$1 billion in broadband may go out west…Feliz Cinco de Mayo!
Food stamps past due date in Indiana…Nevada residents may soon be able to gamble!…California new home buyers (if there are any) could get more tax breaks…More retirees just don’t want to retire in Milwaukee…FL County workers clean up with overtime…Iris-scan technology looks to spread…The token CivSource swine flu update…
Broadband in Appalachia…Texas goes solar in a big way…Climate change no way to approach sustainability…Money for the bean counters…The big 12 spar over deadly disease facility…Ohio no longer validates parking…State ID requirements given ‘Real’ hard thought…Being bitten by COBRA…
Govs., Mayors, vendors are for jazzed for broadband funds…It’s (the new) Electric…Putting an end to illicit Internet drug buying…A bad state to be in need of mental health…Texas needs computers or something…And paying for what you get in TX…12 million spent on Minn. senate seat
No guns for mentally disturbed…Chicanery, fraud and X-rated cable TV…The great economic stabilizer…Driving Ms. Margarita…More snow days for Denver city employees…Rescue 911…Red light Roberts Rules of Order…
After a week of heavy scrutiny, the New Orleans Times-Picayune issued a sort of elegy for a situation five years in the making. In the story by Michelle Krupa, the Times-Picayune analyzed three instances of fraud and abuse between local government officials and those hired to do work for the government, finding that most of [...]
Stimulus booty comes home…Texas TIERS dries up…Washington State wants steroids to compete…Stimulus opinions abound online…Minn. has hacking target on its back…Govs. get a dose of reality…
