Anya Sostek

Recent Articles

• No Soft Touch
• May 1, 2004
• Touch-screen voting looked like the obvious answer to hanging-chad election chaos. But the new machines have generated some problems of their own.

• Clear Eye on the Transplant Tie
• Apr 1, 2004
• Wisconsin sees a way to give living organ donors a break

• Air Pollution Effort Gains Steam
• Mar 1, 2004
• Almost 15 years ago, California single-handedly reshaped one aspect of auto manufacturing, requiring that certain percentages of all cars sold in the state be low-emission vehicles.

• Dead Heat II
• Mar 1, 2004
• Michael Carney and Bill Davignon thought they had experienced the ultimate election cliff-hanger in 2001. Their race for a seat in the Niagara County, New York, legislature was so close that it was thrown to the courts, eventually taking 38 days to decide.

• Pension Pendulum
• Mar 1, 2004
• A few years ago, defined-contribution plans were hot. Now they're not.

• Powering Up an Outlet
• Mar 1, 2004
• A Virginia city broadens its Internet reach

• Seattle Clears the Inside Air
• Jan 1, 2004
• A public housing project is built for asthma relief

• The Big Breakup
• Jan 1, 2004
• In January of 2000, Governing's cover story highlighted the miraculous relationship that Mayor Jerry Brown and City Manager Robert Bobb had forged in an attempt to revitalize Oakland ["Mayor Brown & Mr. Bobb"].

• Click, Pay and Win
• Jan 1, 2004
• When Amy Sinnwell, an elementary school teacher in Iowa, paid her property taxes, she wasn't expecting to get any money back. But she ended up getting $500 from the Iowa State County Treasurers Association's "Get Back" contest, which gave an award to one randomly chosen taxpayer who filed online.

• The Buck Stops Here: NYC Heavies Up Its Hotline
• Dec 1, 2003
• When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spots a pothole from the window of his limousine, he does the same thing he would tell any citizen to do: He calls the city's 311 hotline.

• Haute Health Care
• Oct 1, 2003
• The rise of specialty hospitals threatens the well-being of the all- purpose community facility.

• Staying Competitive On Pay
• Oct 1, 2003
• Shortages of key personnel, an aging workforce, budget pressures on employee rosters: These are difficult times for state and local managers to maintain a rank-and-file workforce that can deliver services to meet current needs.

• Driving Web To Traffic .GOV
• Sep 1, 2003
• Government Web managers are finding out that relatively small actions cause a big increase in membership and traffic on their sites.

• Paper or Plastic?
• Jul 1, 2003
• Rural Alaska Says No to Throwaways.

• Double-Dip Dilemma
• Jul 1, 2003
• Should public employees who have retired and collect a pension be able to return to work and draw a salary?
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