Topics : Public Workforce


The U.S. economy added only 88,000 jobs last month, far below economists' expectations.

  • Sequester Squeezes Massachusetts Judiciary
  • Nationwide, the judiciary’s budget has been cut nearly $350 million for the 2013 fiscal year, leading to the layoffs or involuntary furloughs of 2,000 employees, according to the court system.




  • Atlanta School Officials to Start Turning Themselves In
  • The first of almost three dozen indicted educators are expected to walk through the doors of the Fulton County Jail Monday to be processed as accused felons related to alleged cheating on standardized test scores and the covering up of those actions.

  • D.C. Government Judges Fighting to Unionize for the 1st Time
  • Now a group of city administrative law judges is seeking to organize for the first time, and the months-long effort has generated frustration among union advocates who think Mayor Vincent C. Gray has failed to match his pro-labor rhetoric with action.
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  • Teachers Fear Speed of New Pay Plan in Florida
  • Teachers have serious issues with the complicated new formula that will be used to evaluate them and determine pay raises.




  • Pension Reform Success Stories
  • Most states and many municipalities have passed some kind of pension reform in recent years, but only a few did so in a way that addresses the immediate unfunded liability of their plans.
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  • The Trouble with GASB
  • In the world of public finance, a long-running debate over what’s included in state and local financial statements is reaching new heights.
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Events & Webinars

  • It’s A Paperless, Paperless World..... Thinking Outside the Box to Gain Efficiencies through Prepaid Cards
  • April 23, 2013
  • Public sector organizations are under intense scrutiny to operate as efficiently and effectively as possible and with maximum transparency. An important consideration is the way in which payments are made and managed. Prepaid cards can offer flexibility, security and accountability to governments as a method of dispersing benefits, healthcare and social care payments, child benefits and housing benefits to their constituents.




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