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Archive for November 8th, 2005

Citizens’ Assemblies: News from California from New America Foundation's James Snider

Topic: Issues & Ideas, Citizen Assemblies
08. November 2005
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Shortly after the referendum tomorrow, two senior California assemblymen are expected to announce their intention to introduce legislation in January to create a citizens assembly to address electoral reform.  As you know, California is widely considered to have a pathologically uncompetitive electoral system.  As an op-ed on the referendum in today’s New York Times noted: "The fix is so complete that in 2004 not one of the 173 state legislative and Congressional seats being contested in California changed party hands."

Will Pay for Performance foster Cronyism?

Topic: NSPS, Pay for Performance/NSPS, Dept. of Defense, Pay for Performance
08. November 2005
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See today's Federal Page in The Washington Post (Monday, Nov. 7 page A15) where Christopher Lee collects comments from top government and union officials on NSPS.  The issue:  will managers slant annual evaluations to reward favored workers under the proposed pay for performance standards at DOD and DHS?  Answers from:  Clay Johnson III, OMB, David Walker, GAO, Joh Gage, AFGE, and Colleen Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union.