House Ed nearly runs aground on Challenges; proposes $23.2M in voluntary reductions for schools
Kilmartin proposed that the public education system be exempted from the Challenges; Public Strategies Group and Vilaseca supported the idea.
Public Strategies Group to earn $268,000 total for Challenges consulting
PSG is tasked with providing “advisory team” services to the state, including the development of a “high level change strategy for the long term.”
Sanford: Past efforts to improve government efficiency turn up clues to organizational thinking
Periodic government navel contemplation is absolutely fascinating to me. It provides glimpses, over time, of how we define essential services.
On video Con Hogan to lawmakers: The real cost of AHS cuts through 2012? $250 million
The Douglas administration proposes cutting $100 million from AHS through 2012; the lost federal funding match will be $150 million, Hogan says.
Public Strategies Group message to lawmakers: Outcome-based services = results + savings
The reforms are conceptual, but the notion that the state needs to rethink the way it functions is a given, according to GOP and Democratic leaders.
Schubart: New “Challenges” report deja vu all over again
The Douglas administration eliminated the state’s accountability system, which was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of human service programs.
McClaughry video: Lawmakers must redefine government
John McClaughry says the proposal from Public Strategies Group is “superficial.”
