Byline: Ben Kelly Dec. 28--Los Angeles County hospitals received funding recently to help with a nursing shortage, and San Gabriel Valley hospitals are taking their own steps to maintain full staffing. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Dec.20 to pay $53.1 million to renew contracts
Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune (West Covina, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-30
Sacramento, California On the dais, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger--his jaw jutting, his chest thrust forward, his unlined bronze face frozen in a smile--is flanked by four small black schoolchildren, one of whom gazes up at him in rapt wonderment. Behind him stands Latina Democratic State Senator
This paper provides an overview of the mission and strategy of the Technology Opportunities Program, a grant program in the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunication and Information Administration. It discusses key characteristics, model projects, and lessons learned in three
Source: Journal of the Community Development Society
Posted: 2005-12-30
Almost every study dealing with workforce planning in the government emphasizes the critical challenges that agencies are facing with respect to strategic human capital issues. With the government moving towards a market-driven approach, some authors suggest that a more flexible workforce is needed
Source: Public Personnel Management
Posted: 2005-12-30
360 Degree Assessment Applied Psychological Techniques, Inc. (APT) www.AppliedPsych.com Bigby, Havis & Associates, Inc. Assess360 is a web-based multi-rater (360 degree feedback) survey linked to your competency models. Customized to your model of success, it collects feedback from others at work
THERESA AGOVINO, AP Business Writer AP Online 04-19-2005 Dateline: NEW YORKMerck & Co. said Tuesday it will launch a card that will discount its drugs for uninsured Americans regardless of their age or income.The card will become available April 25th and is aimed at providing uninsured
The Associated Press AP Online 01-11-2005 THE NEWS: Ten pharmaceutical companies unveiled a new discount card to help millions of uninsured Americans save money on certain prescription drugs. More than 275 name-brand and generic drugs are covered.WHO QUALIFIES: Applicants must be under 65, not
Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Dec. 9--Seniors who need help registering online for a Medicare-approved drug discount card can get free assistance 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21 and Dec. 28 at the Norman Public Library, 225 N Webster. Offered by about 40 different drug stores and health maintenance
Source: The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-30
A major article appeared in the Lincoln, Neb., newspaper Journal Star on July 3, 2005, with the headline, State Prison Population Gets Grayer. The sub-headline went on to state, As the average age of inmates goes up, so does the cost of housing and caring for them. That finding is certainly evident
Byline: Nok-Noi Hauger, Bangor Daily News, Maine Dec. 23--BANGOR -- The new director of the Penobscot Job Corps Academy is a Carpenter, but his desk is filled with rocks. Andrew Carpenter has been on the job since Career Systems Development Corp. of West Henrietta, N.Y., took over running the Union
ABSTRACT With concern about bioterrorism and inadequacies in responding to mass casualty events, health care professionals have been placed in the category of first responders. The International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education (INCMCE) was established to plan strategically to address
purposes. In October 2000, the Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Act mandated INS, the agency previously responsible for USCIS`s functions, to develop a plan to eliminate its backlog of benefit applications. The act defines backlog as the period of time in excess of 180 days (6
Source: Government Accounting Office Report
Posted: 2005-12-30
Byline: Gloria Irwin Dec. 5--Despite a recession that put many Northeast Ohio machine shops out of business, there still are entry-level jobs for people who want to make a living from manufacturing. Our phone rings every day with people who need people, says Tim Duffy, director of the Akron
Byline: Eric Fleischauer, The Decatur Daily, Ala. Dec. 29--The Decatur Industrial Development Board on Wednesday cleared the way for a $150 million expansion that could add 31 high-paying jobs. BP Decatur Plant successfully petitioned the board to abate, for 10 years, $371,000 in noneducational
Source: The Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-30
Sir - Picture a tiny Nickel Cadmium battery. Harmless? Only a few centimetres long, yet when multiplied by millions these batteries constitute a real pollution for our under-threat planet. It is ludicrous that the Labour Party in Wales is trying to make political capital on the issue of saving jobs
Source: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Posted: 2005-12-30
Byline: Stephanie Reitz Dec. 29--Fast-growing ESPN plans to add about 100 jobs in Connecticut in 2006, attributing the growth to several new projects -- including airing Monday Night Football -- and the success of other initiatives that the company launched over the past several years. The
Source: The Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-30
Kudos for a job well done Byline: P. S. Edition: Main/Lifestyle Type: Letter THE recent East Asia Summit was undoubtedly a resounding success. Malaysia was the perfect host. The international community gave the thumbsup to Malaysia for a job well done. With 16 heads of state present, it must have
Dateline: WASHINGTON The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits rose last week in the United States, but even with the pickup the level of applications still pointed to an improving job climate. The Labor Department reported Thursday that new applications filed for unemployment
Consumer confidence jumps on oil, job news Byline: Eileen Alt Powell; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Edition: Third Edition Section: Business Memo: THE ECONOMY NEW YORK -- Consumer confidence has nearly recovered from the beating it took from Hurricane Katrina and other severe storms, boding well for
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted: 2005-12-30
LEGISLATURE: 2006: Voting, jobs at top of Fludd priorities Byline: DONNA SOPER Edition: Home Section: Fayette Type: Series Memo: Part 3 of a series. This is the third of a four-part series of interviews with Fayette and Coweta legislators. The series will run each Thursday before the start of the
Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Posted: 2005-12-30
Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A fifth straight year of economic expansion in 2006 promises to mean new jobs, higher pay, and maybe even fatter investment portfolios for millions of Americans. Despite a backdrop of challenges - notably signs of climate change in
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Posted: 2005-12-30
Byline: Stacy A. Teicher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Before Erin Iams landed her campus job, she had to survive a professional interview and beat out 24 other applicants. Now, instead of clocking hours at a library checkout desk or a cafeteria steam table, the college junior is
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Posted: 2005-12-30