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NEWS: March 29, 2016
DoD's New System to Link Employees' Performance to Bonuses, Promotions Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees will see a change to the way their performance is appraised by their supervisors beginning in April. DoD's New Beginnings initiative will require more frequent reviews between supervisors and employees and a linkage between their performance and rewards such as bonuses and promotions. >> Federal News Radio New York Governor Bans Employee Travel to North Carolina Following similar action by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned all non-essential travel to North Carolina by government employees over that state's legislation that Cuomo said "creates the grounds for discrimination against LGBT people." >> Albany Times-Union Fact-Finder: Cal State Faculty Should Get 5% Raise As the California State University faculty union prepares for a five-day systemwide strike next month, an independent mediation fact-finder has largely sided with the union's demands, concluding that CSU should offer its teaching staff a 5 percent raise. >> Sacramento Bee HUD Seeks to Recoup Housing Authority Execs' Excess Pay The Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking reimbursement of nearly $150,000 from six public-housing authorities that violated a cap on top officials' compensation. >> Government Executive
Supreme Court Lets Ex-Governor's Convictions for Corruption Stand The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich of his convictions on corruption charges. The court left in place a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the bulk of the convictions. Blagojevich began serving a 14-year prison sentence in 2012. >> Reuters, Chicago Sun-Times Youngstown Mayor, Ex-Auditor Sentenced to Probation Youngstown, Ohio, Mayor John McNally and former Mahoning County auditor Michael Sciortino were each sentenced to one year of probation for their roles in a public-corruption case involving a property deal. The plea deal allows McNally to remain in office. >> Reuters, Youngstown Vindicator Indiana Prosecutor Probing Beer Distributor's Gifts A special prosecutor has been appointed to look into allegations that Monarch Beverage, Indiana's largest beer distributor, illegally funneled more than $1.5 million in campaign contributions to some of the state's most powerful elected officials. >> Indianapolis Star Public Officials | Kentucky Official Who Warned About Benefits Mess Is Fired Norman "Chip" Ward, the top official in charge of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services' ombudsman's office, was fired one business day after he said he had warned his bosses that people were so angry over problems with a new public-benefits system that he feared some might become violent, endangering state workers. >> Louisville Courier-Journal 89-Year-Old Ex-Kansas City Mayor Running for Governor Charles B. Wheeler, the 89-year old former mayor of Kansas City and former Missouri state senator, is running as a Democrat for governor. Wheeler was mayor of Kansas City from 1971 to 1979. >> AP/Kansas City Star
Police Chief on Hot Seat over Plan to Curb Violent Crime Police Chief David Brown's plan to fight a drastic rise in violent crime--including a nearly 75 percent jump in murders--by moving hundreds of officers to different shifts and onto task forces is creating an uproar within his department. The Black Police Association has called on the chief to resign, and the Dallas Police Association says the department lacks direction. >> Dallas Morning News FBI's Success Unlocking iPhone Won't End Privacy War Although the federal government officially withdrew from its legal battle against Apple after FBI investigators found a way to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack without the company's help, many observers sense that the technology privacy war is just getting started. >> USA Today, Washington Post Technology | The Nation Are Agencies Overusing Social Security Numbers? The House Oversight Committee wants to know if federal agencies are still excessively using Social Security numbers to identify federal employees or dole out benefits after a surge in SSN breaches has made ID theft a snap. A 2007 White House memo originally required federal agencies to stop overusing SSNs within 22 months. >> Nextgov Audit: State Dept. Failures Let to Bad IT Investments Poor coordination and the lack of a comprehensive policy has led to a number of redundant and bad IT investments at the State Department, according to a newly released audit. >> Federal Times >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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“I do not think we have to discriminate against anyone to protect the faith-based community in Georgia.” Georgia's Republican governor, Nathan Deal, announcing that he will veto a bill that would allow faith-based organizations to deny services and jobs to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and saying he was not reacting to pressure from the business community, which had warned that the state could lose jobs if he signed it >> CNN | More quotes DATAPOINT About 7 million Number of Americans who live in places considered vulnerable to earthquakes induced by the pumping of wastewater from fracking into deep wells, according to a new earthquake hazard map published by the U.S. Geological Survey showing the most vulnerable places or populations in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas >> Washington Post | More data UPCOMING EVENTS
International City/County Management Association Webinar: "How to Reduce Municipal Water Losses" Today, 1 p.m. ET Center for State and Local Government Excellence and Council of State Governments Webinar: "The Facts on Public Pensions" Today, 2 p.m. ET Governing Webinar: "The Modern City: Building Community through Development and Technology" Today, 2 p.m. ET Heritage Foundation Conference: "The Role of Intelligence" March 30, 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Center for American Progress Address by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx: "Bridging the Divide: a Transportation Plan for the 21st Century" March 30, 9:30-10:30 a.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Urban Institute Data talk: "Harnessing Credit Bureau Data for Research: Boomerang Buyers and Strategic Defaulters" March 30, 12:30-2 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Society for Public Administration Webinar: "Veterans Policy Field of Study" March 30, 1 p.m. ET Deloitte Webcast: "Insider Threats: What Every Government Agency Should Know and Do" March 30, 2 p.m. ET >> Full events listings |
