AFSCME Privatization Update
Information on the latest activities, problems, and issues
in the contracting out of public services.
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Transportation Public-Private Partnerships Soar to Record Levels
National Alliance for Fair Contracting web site
Private works
Ind. official: Proposal may affect food stamps
Texas proposes Texas-based funds to invest in roads
Daniels suggests lottery as way to fund scholarships
Hospital officials: More flexibility needed / Private partnerships, programs seen as options in face of massive deficit
What's new at the zoo? Possibly management
Florida takes over care at 3 nursing homes
Rollout of Indiana welfare changes halted
Correctional Medical Services to lay off 949 in N.J.
State officials ready to field welfare questions
Report: Prison health care still lags / Monitor says unstable medical vendor harming DOC efforts
State might revisit area hospital's privatization
City to privatize flawed drug testing program
D.M. wants golf courses to be operated privately
Mayor may privatize MAC / With Mayor's Action Center 'broken,' city has contacted vendors
State pays millions for contract psychologists to keep up with Jessica's Law
Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report
Outsource initiative has morbid first outing
Frustrated govs rip fed road policy
CBO Estimates Pentagon Has Spent $85 Billion on Contractors
Services Offshoring and Wages: Evidence from Micro Data
Water Remunicipalisation Tracker
School buses shuttle golf spectators
When to Outsource? Consider Inherently Governmental
Outsourcing. Privatization.
Group resubmits sewer petitions
Growing cities may outsource ambulance care
Legislation, lawsuits seek to shine light on private prisons
Government records database launched
City toughens rules for contractors / Misclassification of workers could result in $500 fine
EDITORIAL: Welfare in Indiana
Bus drivers plead with BOE to reconsider its decision
Pentagon Auditors Pressured To Favor Contractors, GAO Says
Report says privatizing highways can cost federal treasury
Oregon's top mental health provider ignored signs of own crisis
Public Benefits Privatization and Modernization: Recent Developments and Advocacy
Charter school freeze to end
Edison Schools settles lawsuit over sex assault
Court won't review privatization law
Private Water Investment Costly for Customers, Industry Analysis Reveals
Prevailing wages and government contracting costs / A review of the research
Privatizing Public Nursing Homes: Examining the Effects on Quality and Access
New anti-P3 tools
A Replication Study of Alan Blinder's "How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?"
NSTA: Update on Ohio transit agency's school service
County wary of library request / A tentative budget the commission passed last week gave the library no capital funding
Flood needs delay rollout of welfare changes
Public school bus drivers plan protest against job loss, outsourcing
Bentley School District considers outsourcing some support staff jobs
Phila. taking back 6 privatized schools
Gary school food vendor may be ousted
Privatization Consultant's Contract Comes Under Scrutiny
Airport privatization plan may be grounded
Aramark Booted, Yet Again
Violence, deaths trigger Mayview review
Madison School District hires private firm to bus students
Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data
This report examines the issues surrounding the Walter Reed public-private
New Public-Private Coalition Strives to Transform U.S. Transportation System in 2009
KBR tax loophole raises new questions
Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir
Saginaw privatizes controller
Public Benefits Privatization and Modernization: Recent Developments and Advocacy
Panel sticks with local lunch crowd: Contractor grilled, but cafeteria workers chided, too
Payments To Firm Deemed Improper / Auditor Criticizes Over $2 Million In Consultant Fees
Tax Suspect's Guidance on Software Left D.C. at Risk
City union contests garbage collection
GOVERNOR PATERSON TIGHTENS STANDARDS FOR USE OF CONSULTANTS BY STATE AGENCIES
Offshoring Silicon Valley / American computer software engineers go the way of factory workers.
Haverhill pays $200,000 to food provider Loss blamed on failure to raise school lunch prices
When push Came to Shove: insourcing and weston, florida's reaction to legislatively mandated revenue shortfalls
Airport privatization not new idea
Inherently Governmental Functions: At a Tipping Point?
Contracting out foes win one in court
Senate Restaurants Poised for Privatized Ownership (no link)
Shining a Brighter Light on Federal Spending
Fire privatization proposal prompts debate on safety
State mulls mental health fix: Privatizing
More time needed to chew on school lunch plans in Salem
Water Department workers oppose privatization move
Parking partners hit impasse with union
Public cool to plan to privatize toll road
Library will not privatize
Union: Privatizing custodians' jobs would likely fail
OPM Halts Work on Retirement Calculator
Unions say privatizing prisons leads to escapes
Measuring Health Care at Rikers
Aramark workers vote to strike
ICMA Survey Results Show Some Local Governments Are Bringing Contracted Services Back In House
Group would flush sewer plan / Speakers at meeting attended by 150 suspect Plusquellic has more privatization proposals
Hidden costs will make Turnpike deal a bad one
Privatization of new cities unmeasured
Holly joins Genesee County schools as battleground over privatizing jobs
House panel defers privatization bill
Council says tunnel won't be sold to plug deficit
Group homes targeted / State looks into death of mentally ill resident
Payments To Firm Deemed Improper / Auditor Criticizes Over $2 Million In Consultant Fees
Free Florida taxpayers; end prison-food contract
Items of Interest in the Global Sourcing Debate
Private firm to handle Bonita Spring's permitting
Privatization: 148 Northville school positions in jeopardy
Union voices job concerns
ACLU lawsuit targets Indiana welfare changes
Off the Aramark / New Haven schools have two months to learn how to serve 5 million lunches
Editorial: Numbers don't support state's claim all is well
Waste plan not down drain / A bill in Council would allow a private sludge plant in S.W. Phila.
Parking company to union: Let's partner
Warren may outsource recycling, composting
HUD Repeatedly Dismissed Staff Concerns About Contracts
Two School Voucher Programs Overturned as Unconstitutional
BUDGET FALLOUT: Toll road plan OK'd / Lawmaker approval still needed to establish pilot project
Hundreds attend meeting to complain about new welfare system
Privatization of Public Services Gaining Momentum in Utah
School Bus Safety Officials Are Accused of Soliciting Bribes
Governor wants $200 million for contract employees
District to dump its food services / School workers could run meal program
State auditor to eye technology contracts / Firm's ties with Rendell officials questioned
Despite Alert, Flawed Wiring Still Kills G.I.'s
The Push to Privatize PEMEX
Prisons for Profit
Audit claims Wackenhut overbilled Miami-Dade Transit
Union says state is wasting money on private consultants
City is urged to sell airport, DCU, cemetery
Jail costs increasing for Peoria, privatization considered
Panel forms to privatize school health clinics
Federal Contracting for Food and Refreshments
Contractors Gone Wild
Competitive Sourcing Continues to Generate Savings for Taxpayers
Defense firm to pay $9.5M for obstruction
OSHA slaps Sodexho with safety violations
D.C. scraps $120 million tax system
Harrisburg Mayor unveils ambitious parking proposal
Private firms cleared to help Texans applying for food stamps
School bus shocker / 'LITTLE MONSTER' | Driver, aide suspended after tape catches them taunting special needs kids
Mayor Seeks to Outsource Some City Jobs
PCS privatization talks are tabled
Bid to extend jail health service contract meets resistance
Detroit school board to consider replacing food service provider
Texas moves to ease food stamp backlog
State starts probe of Aramark food service
Indiana Scraps State Hospital Privatization
Bush Plan To Contract Federal Jobs Falls Short / Scope and Savings Have Not Met Goals
AFSCME Wins Food Service Outsourcing Fight at University of California-Davis
Aramark On The Way Out
California assembly nixes public-private infrastructure bill
For state workers, a season of outrage after years of service
Sluggish economy hinders turnpike-leasing plan
City computer contractor shuts down / Plan to help bridge the 'digital divide' fell short of expectations
Senate panel curbs private security firms
Editorial: Delco Prison / Too many deaths
Cities' infrastructure could hit a dead end
Wisconsin governor's troubled efficiency plan falls short
Atlanta to take bids for privatizing parking services
Federal contracting chief quits under fire
What Have Unions Got to Do with Reverse Privatization?
Charter schools owe Texas $26M for overstated admissions numbers
Outsourcing Intelligence in Iraq: A CorpWatch Report on L-3/Titan
Study: Pennsylvania Turnpike Is One of the Country's Least Cost-Efficient Toll Roads
Call My Lawyer ... in India
Offshoring and the labour market: What are the issues?
UMC looks to outside vendor for food service
Unions set up ballpark food feedback Web site
Labor complaint over privatizing custodial work at Dover schools
State's welfare privatization efforts snagged / Lost paperwork, other glitches often block help to needy Texans
Private tax-collecting firm has troubling record
Aramark Workers Launch National Tour to Probe Impact of Corporate Giant's Business Practices on America's Communities
Special report: Should the public library no longer be public?
6 groups want to purchase Midway Airport
Schools to fight labor ruling
States scrambling to find funds to fix roads, bridges / Many explore infrastructure privatizing.
Labor board to hear local union claims
Man Escapes From Texas Jail, Nobody Notices for Nearly a Day
Toll Road to hike most fees Tuesday
County: State plan could hurt kids
Akron floating plan to lease sewer system
Speed-camera contractor paid per citation
School contractor faces fire at hearing
Library Board seeks $100K
Soon, you'll be able to track every tax dollar
Schools' draft budget gets OK
Opposition to Aramark's bid for food contract heating up
Teamsters, National Commission, Release Report on Safety Crisis at Waste Management
2010 high-tech census at 'high risk'
Report: Prison health care costs rise, partly due to poor inmate tracking by corrections department
UMaine Labor Bureau Updates Review of Privatization Pitfalls
CCA inmate didn't leave cell to shower for 9 mos.
Providence to look at sale of water system
Salem school cafeteria workers pan privatization plan
Rosewood brings mental anguish for those still there
How Government Adds To Ranks of Uninsured / Many Outsourced Federal Jobs Don't Offer Health Insurance; Using Cash Allowance for Rent
Workers protest as nursing home sale mulled
Editorial: Support for libraries overdue
Pa. scraps mental-health privatization
Texas struggles to retain caseworkers / Pay raises, faster promotions aim to combat rapid turnover.
Howell plans to lay off high school teachers
Our Opinion: Prison watchdog bill dead, again / Private penitentiaries keep growing in Az, with little regulation
Click, browse, follow the money / Database would monitor spending
Aramark excoriated at aldermen's public hearing
Carcieri wants court to overturn law against privatizing state workers
Is Milton a city in turmoil?
Government Reform panel passes contractor database bill
County jail overcharged for food? Vendor responds that contract questions are part of unionizing effort
27 counties next up for privatized welfare
Worker wins new hearing / Public service ambassador accused employer of disability bias
Public hospitals: privatization and uncompensated care
New Mexico State considering outsourcing bookstore operations
Letting the Market Drive Transportation / Bush Officials Criticized for Privatization
Jail food poisoning linked to chili
KBR Faulted on Water Provided to Soldiers
Not So Fast / Waste Industries privatization effort leads to lawsuit.
Waxman Expands Probe of Security Contractor Blackwater Worldwide
Privatizing of some services may grow / 2 measures require governments to inventory activities
Cafeteria Workers Take Protest to Wall Street
Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore
State health database encounters new snag
Consumers Can Sue Debt Collector, Federal Court Rules
An Uneasy Relationship: U.S. Reliance on Private Security Firms in Overseas
Spending Web site launched
Rendell's plan to lease turnpike unwise, study says
Privatization v. the public's right to know
Detroit, Mich. Schools Investigate Aramark Food Service Contract
Metronet P3 failure 'spectacular'
Audit pans records system / Program for inmates' medical information fails expectations
Daniels boosts privatizing Gary airport
OMB: Competitive Sourcing Requirements in Division D of Public Law 110-161
Employees speak out against privatization of school services
GAO chief rebukes spending discipline
Private Medicare Plans' Cost Questioned
DeKalb OKs Grady shift to nonprofit corporation
Privatization of clinics riles some supervisors
Idaho Governor Dumps Private Prison Plan
ERB Ruling On Mental Health Stay Request
Consultant reaps state windfall Payouts to tech firm near half-billion dollars
Indiana Scraps State Hospital Privatization
Deloitte Report: Outsourcing Programs Hampered By Poor Planning and Narrow Focus on Cost Savings
Some privatization fails the 'cheaper, better' test
Fighting Fire With the Wrong Sector?
Ex-Inmate Crusades Against Judge Nominee
Cash crunch boosts government service firms
Head Start agency's memo says it's time to lobby City HallC
Prison food supplier blasted
Privatizing support services -- a new trend for schools
Midway privatization cleared for take-off
Phila. school students and parents plan protest
LSSI begins labor talks / NLRB complaint means workers rehired by library firm will still be unionized
Union billboards slam Aramark on trash bins
Private Security Contractors at War
Is selling the state lottery worth the gamble?
Studies Suggest Higher Risk for Contingent Workers Than in Traditional Employment, NIOSH Researchers Report
Highway Public-Private Partnerships: More Rigorous Up-front Analysis Could Better Secure Potential Benefits and Protect the Public Interest
AFSCME Council 5 GotGov? Website
Group criticizes privatization plan / Move could increase price of water, sewer for consumers, it says
Alaska Web Site Offers Transparency
State agencies may need to catalog commercial activities
Panel blasts staffing deal
Military contractors are hard to fire
Congress may throw wrench in Texas privatization plan
State keeps control of hospital Audio / Finances shelve privatization of Richmond State Hospital
Rowland-era sweetheart deal cost millions
Aramark faces allegations in city schools
Public libraries find outside management
Private Instigator Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is the foremost advocate of privatizing -- even at his political peril.
County taking Allied to court
New rules urged for private prisons / Napolitano wants ban on worst types of cons
County panel backs audit of bus security / Sheriff cites lack of public accountability
DUI suspect files class-action suit over prison strip searches
Prison health care lagging / Monitor's report cites continuing problems
When cultures clash, businesses turn from offshoring to backshoring
Facts on Aramark website
Iraq security contractors getting new rules
Seventeen Senators Back IRS Union's Opposition To Private Tax Collectors
United Water and Jersey City Agree to 10-Year Water Contract
State will stop sending inmates elsewhere
Unions: Gov. trying to scare older workers
Board approves new Grady lease
Six black nurses allege they were fired for whistleblowing
2 bills focus on curbing government activity
Private firm handles job services for Kansas
OVERSEAS IT OUTSOURCING RATES LOW AMONG CIOs SURVEYED
Savings missed in state analysis / Less-costly staff not always used; even so, contract costs drop
Private Interest In Rail To Dulles
N.J. weighs new way to pay for roads
'NO to ARAMARK's green eggs and ham!'
Sodexho employees continue demands for university employment
O.C. contract worker accused of stealing $300,000 from county
U.S. Cannot Manage Contractors In Wars, Officials Testify on Hill
JoCo NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
Mich.: Prison Health Care Needs Reform
2 Big Dig Companies to Pay $407 Million
Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel Recommendations
States consider privatizing lotteries
Turnpike privatization has negative impact
Seattle teachers fighting back against privatization
Did San Francisco give up too much control, let its zoo run wild?
Custodians want break with Aramark
Transit Panel Urges Gas Tax Increase
Call center to remain open for 3 more months in PSL
State orders autopsy of developmentally disabled man
State: Private company to run children's facility
Library of Congress Cafeteria Workers Feud With New Vendor
Privatizing county services is just a path toward lower-paid jobs
Bus contracts pulled by PVSD
Federal-Aid Highways: Increased Reliance on Contractors Can Pose Oversight Challenges for Federal and State Officials
County jail staff balk at potential cutbacks
Wackenhut guards - hired to protect historic Philadelphia post- 9/11 - describe less-than-deal working conditions and a struggle to unionise
State joins list of others tapping into lottery
Again, a state mailing is sent with recipient ID numbers on label
Audit questions why contractor failed to finish $15 million project
Nonprofit would operate toll roads
Privatization Of Bridge Drive-Overs Has Worked
Metro says city billed when security guards weren't on duty
Commentary: Tired of paying taxes? Tally your 'private' cost once
University of Pennsylvania, Fels Institute of Government Syllabus: Contracting for Public Services
Inmates sue for $2 million over food
Taking a heavy toll / Tollway aggressively chases accused scofflaws, regardless of cracks in enforcement system
Editorial: VA clinics latest chapter in failed privatization
Biggest contractors support Clinton, other Democrats, in 2008 race
Maine Selects Computer Vendor
Windfall refuels airport dreams / Privatization could bring payoff for county, but chances are uncertain
Pickets Decry Tampa Layoffs
Outsized Offshore Outsourcing
School Construction Authority / Back on the job!
Highest Paid State Employees and State Vendor List Released
Nevada study group pushing for private toll roads
State investment chief considers privatizing investment pool
Audit: No sign of savings on state Medicaid
Contracting and Sector Choice across Municipal Services
Pima dropping 500 care workers / They'll likely move into same jobs, but under auspices of private firms
Gov't Lifts Contract Work Force To Save Money, Add Flexibility
State outsourcing tech jobs, cutting positions / 1,100 jobs to be affected in Georgia
How are your taxes spent?
Rally held in opposition to Bellefontaine plan
Ex-center workers sue
Privatizing in the Dark: The Pitfalls of Privatization & Why Budget Disclosure is Needed
Oversight group would be part of deprivatization
The Characteristics of Offshorable Jobs
Welcome to USASpending.gov, Where Americans Can See Where Their Money Goes
Resource Guide For Dealing With Budget Cuts: Strategies for Cities
Report Documents Top 100 Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
Impact of For-Profit and Non-Profit Management on Student Achievement: The Philadelphia Experiment
Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congres
Leasing plan would hike Florida road tolls
Governor drops lottery privatization
Waste company denied access to local landfill / BFI accused of improper dumping
Non-profit group ready to take over inmates' medical care
Bill would soften anti-privatization law
Contracting could save $5 million, MMSD says / Director to suggest accepting low bid
ACS Announces $18.5 Million Contract with Idaho Medicaid
Corporate profiteering against Iraq vets?
Maximus to assist Indiana with Medicaid enrollment
Indianapolis renews sewer contract
Sarasota jail nurse charged with stealing an inmate's oxycodone
Private care for inmates weighed
Hogging the Road
From Public Servants To Corporate Employees: The BC Government's Alternative Service Delivery Plan in Practice
What the Governor did not veto - contracting out pharmacy services at state DHFS institutions
Contractor agrees to pay part of state data-theft cost
Part of Maxey to be closed under state budget deal
FSSA rolls out welfare automation in 12 north central counties
Building sell-off 'bad deal for Canadians'
To Know Contractors, Know Government
Sodexho signs agreement to increase food service worker benefits
Union fights schools' outsourcing / Pleasant Valley plans private contracts for buses and food.
Detroit seeks to sell off 92 parks
Residents protest 20-year prison contract plan
State's use of contract workers to be discussed
Restraining order issued against privatizing Wayne County Friend of the Court
Use of Contractors by State Dept. Has Soared
Court Order Bars Privatizing Wayne County Friend of Court
Choice may not improve schools, study says / Report on MPS comes from longtime supporter of plan
Editorial: For-profit libraries a sad story
Outsourcing government
Reports Assail State Dept. on Iraq Security
Waxman Accuses Blackwater of Tax Evasion
Editorial: State should hit brakes in Medicaid experiment
Who Really Owns the Roads?
Group pushes to privatize lottery / 4 GOP senators to file bill today
Some firms replace offshoring with onshoring / Small U.S. towns can match India in cost.
Privatization still a thorny issue for deputies after arbitration ruling
Prisons show the ups and downs of privatization
FSSA system's debut faces delay
Contract Management in Contract City: The Case of Weston, Florida
Panel rejects inmate transport plan / Sheriff won't rule out pursuit of privatization later
Blackwater Down
Private contracts too cozy
Crowded BOCES buses spark student protest
Compass Group wants to import cleaners
US Senate hearing: Title: Is DHS Too Dependent on Contractors to Do the Government's Work?
State takes first steps for tolls on I-80 / Pike Commission, PennDOT sign deal for 50-year lease
Homeland Security's Use of Contractors Is Questioned
Pet Massacre in Puerto Rico
At human services, they need humans to answer phones
Some States Consider Leasing Their Lotteries
The Road to Privatization: Implications of Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Projects
Urbana meeting focuses on consultant proposal
Dozens protest privatization of child support court
I-80 toll conversion speeds on
Bridge's Private Ownership Raises Concerns
House Rejects IRS Program
State Dept. may phase out Blackwater, other security contractors
Sludge plan splits council and residents / Firm would make fertilizer
Can insourcing work? Congress presses DoD to reverse outsourcing
Pricey GOP consultant eludes state budget cuts
Cost of Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Needs Better Data to Assess Alternatives for Acquiring Low and Minimum Security Facilities
Johnson County sheriff questions cost of private jails
Name is all that's changed for school buses
Sector Snap: Private Prison Operators / Geo Group Shares Down on Texas Contract Fears, Shares of Cornell, Corrections Corp. Rise
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: Protecting Contract Workers: Case Study of the US Department of Energy's Nuclear and Chemical Waste Management
MHC Annual Outsourcing Survey - More companies outsourcing IT functions: survey
Union halts privatization in Water Tunnel #3
House Bill Would Allow Prosecution of Contractors
City schools sever tie to Aramark
Forgiving Fraud And Failure: Profiles In Federal Contracting
County will remain owner of Van Duyn
Report Depicts Recklessness at Blackwater
Strategies for Dealing with an Angry Contractor Who Loses a Re-Bid
Editorial: Subcontracting the War
Would Lottery Lease Be State's Winning Ticket?
State's computer consultant involved in other 'data breaches'
Editorial: State's bargain employee taxes public confidence
District's Aramark deal questioned
Library workers apply for their old jobs / Private library operator LSSI hurries to hire staff to reopen Jackson County's 15 library branches
Pa. prison sued over head scarf ban
Stewart handover awaits lease revision
Privatizing Pennsylvania,and Then Un-Privatizing
Privatizing Indiana / A dedicated group of Hoosiers is fighting the outsourcing of the campus's printing services, motor pool, and bookstore.
The Mess With Texas / The Lone Star State fired its human services provider. Is the new replacement doing any better?
The Struggle to Streamline / States are trying to make social and health services intake and screening more efficient. Outsourcing may not be the answer.
Privatizers' Predicament / States face a Congress increasingly hostile to outsourcing.
School Board forgoes outsourcing, compromises with custodial union
Medicare auditing program is halted
Pentagon Team To Study Oversight Of Security Firms
Unhealthy Legacy
10 OMH employees in retirement-plan limbo
4,000 jobs trimmed from state payroll / Duties were shifted to private firms; remaining workers earn a bit more
Private Security Puts Diplomats, Military at Odds
Let's make a deal / Daniels' privatization push has mixed result
Bus Driver Rally
JOBS: Call centers offer large numbers of jobs
Mysterious Object Found in Muffin
$how me the money - one databa$e at a time
Private toll roads may be in state's future
State still lags in processing human services benefits
2 French firms vie for MMSD contract / Utility says ratepayers should not expect comparable savings
Ramsey County / 564 county workers told data was stolen
Graft in U.S. Army Contracts Spread From Kuwait Base
Contractor Blamed in DHS Data Breaches
More Profit and Less Nursing at Many Homes
Let's make a deal / Daniels' privatization push has mixed result
Food workers push case before regents
Sodexho hikes price, students strike back
Unions try to halt court privatization / Pay, benefits will be slashed in Wayne County Friend of the Court plan, unions' attorney says.
Lawmakers Work To Finish Up Bills
Washington's Brain Drain / As government workers retire in droves, the private sector is itching to take up the slack
$6 Billion in Contracts Reviewed, Pentagon Says
Garbage plan on its way to Macon council
Privatizing prison may not save money
PEF honors governor for anti-privatization efforts
AFSCME to Protest Proposed Privatization of Wayne County Friend of Court
Consultant and sheriff trade barbs / Tensions over tight Sarasota County budget lead to accusations
Ashland approves library tax levy / Turnout hits majority in landslide win; doors could open 40 hrs/week
Court rules against private NM prison company's tax appeal
State demands Maximus pay $6.2 million for failed system
Largest private prison in state set to open today in Graceville
Lawsuit Claims Prison Guards Sexually Harassed Inmate
Vrakas wants private firm taking calls for agency
Government Regulations Drive Industries To Outsource Treatment Of Wastewater Services
Study: Managed Competition Can Save San Diego $80-$200 Million a Year
A loud 'no' to South Fulton city
Cameras bringing in less cash
Farm bill raises concern for Vermont's food stamp program
Lack of revenue puts pressure on county road department
Dallas will install 40 more red light cameras
State extends Medicaid service contract
State spending $98 million to upgrade AZNet
A new place to call home / Board OKs building nursing facility for county residents
Teen jail hanging: Poor psych care / State says poor care preceded teen's hanging at county facility
Hospital privatization nearly complete
Airport employees out of work after privatization deal
Labor moves to bar welfare privatization
FSSA Responds to Mass E-Mail
Child support may go private / Wayne County to open $28-million program to bids