Pensions

• Cities Give Google Cloud-Based Email Mixed Reviews
• BY: Steve Towns   |   February 2012
• Some cities have switched to the cloud with ease, but Los Angeles, for example, had to abandon it for law enforcement because of outdated security policies.

• CBO: Federal Workers Earn 16% More Than Private-Sector Counterparts
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   January 30, 2012
• The study could be a lightening rod in the ongoing debate about government employee compensation.
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• States Weakening Teacher-Tenure Protections
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   January 25, 2012
• America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren't performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether.

• Top Montana Ethics Leader Resigns Amid Allegations
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   Montana   |   January 18, 2012
• Commissioner of Political Practices Dave Gallik resigned after every member of his staff accused him of making the state pay for time he was working on private matters, which he denies.

• Can Public-Sector Job Security Be Quantified?
• BY: Heather Kerrigan   |   January 11, 2012
• One study says it can't. What impact does job security have in evaluating public-sector compensation?
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• ACLU Sues Over Michigan Law Denying Benefits to Domestic Partners
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Michigan   |   January 5, 2012
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU Michigan are suing the state over a new law that prohibits public employers from providing health insurance to the domestic partners of public employees.

• Defending the Right to Vote in Denver
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   January 2012
• Although she faced a lawsuit from Colorado’s Secretary of State, City and County Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson stood by her decision to send ballots to inactive voters in November’s elections.
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• More State Workers Face Personnel Cuts
• BY: Alan Greenblatt   |   January 2012
• With the ballooning cost of benefits, a poor job market and more lean-government advocates in power, states are cutting personnel more than they have in the past.
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• How Language Fits Into the Immigration Issue
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   Janaury 2012
• The dramatic rise in the number of people who speak limited English has prompted very different responses from local governments.
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• 2011: The Bad Year That Wasn’t
• BY: John E. Petersen   |   January 2012
• In this Public Finance column, John E. Petersen says that despite dire forecasts, states and localities paid their debts on time and in full.

• Top 10 Daily Digits from 2011
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   December 23, 2011
• With the end of the year arriving, Governing collected the Top 10 Daily Digits from 2011.
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• Texas Gov. Rick Perry Double Dips State Salary and Pension
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Texas   |   December 16, 2011
• A personal financial disclosure form that presidential candidates are required to file shows that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is collecting his $7,700 monthly state pension.
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• GASB's New Hornet's Nest: 'Economic Condition' Reporting
• BY: Girard Miller   |   December 15, 2011
• Should financial projections be "required supplementary information"?
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• Moving Toward Integrated Paid Time Off Programs
• BY: Heather Kerrigan   |   December 14, 2011
• PTO programs can be one way to provide employees with adequate leave while cutting down on absenteeism and costs.
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