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- Christine A. Cummings; Janet Taylor Darvas; Richard K. Dehart; Christopher Garbani; Patricia A. Mccumsey; Daniel Nowalis; and Claudia Stewart, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Kathleen Connell, Controller, State of California; Marty Morgenstern, Director, California Department of Personnel Administration, Defendants/Cross-Appellees, and California State Employees Association, Local 1000, Service Employees International Union, Afl-Cio-Clc, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee., 316 F.3d 886 (9th Cir. 2003)
Leslie R. Lopez, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for defendant/cross-appellee Kathleen Connell.
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OAKLAND, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This morning Dr. Stuart Bussey, President of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), and Attorney Andrew Kahn (Davis, Cowell & Bowe, LLP) presented their objections to a proposed plan to transfer responsibility for California prison inmate healthcare to the University of California (UC). They spoke for doctors during the open comment portion of today's UC Regents Meeting. The UC Regents then opted to delay the public presentation of the proposal, originally scheduled for 9:30 am.
The California Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) is circulating a report, written by Texas-based telemedicine firm NuPhysicia, that recommends transferring responsibility for California prisoner medical care to the University of Calif...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told state employee unions Tuesday his administration was preparing to cut another 2,000 state jobs to deal with California's $26.3 billion budget deficit.
The Department of Personnel Administration informed the unions of the potential cuts during a conference call.
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The shocking revelations of the contract deal that Gov. Jerry Brown has arranged with the California prison guards show us what we the voters now have to contend with.
In the past, when duly elected school boards, city councils, on up to state legislators, were faced with threats by unions of walkouts or strikes in the critical areas of health, education and public safety, choices were made that led to unsustainable agreements.
...Ronald Yank. Director, California Department of Personnel Administration. Sacramento. Free work...
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... DISTRICT AND THE NORTHERNDISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA[May 23, 2011] . JUSTICE KENNEDY delivered the opin... " '[o]vercrowding in the[California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)] isextrem... intrusioninto the realm of prison administration.Courts faced with the sensitive task of remedying ... out of State, hiring of medical personnel, and continued efforts by the Plata Receiver andCo...
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On the increasingly chaotic stage of national politics, the government contractor is taking increasing criticism and becoming an easy target for crowd-pleasing government cost-reduction initiatives. The critical work accomplished by this segment of American industry is being portrayed by some as unnecessary spending or worse.
The fact of the matter is that government contractors are indispensable and always have been. They are the marketplace of ideas and innovation that, in partnership with government, has powered our nation ahead of all others.
...Gates recently noted that his department isn't "seeing the savings we had hoped from insour... for the first time in generations, the California Department of Personnel Administration conducted a...
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OAKLAND, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) is circulating a report, written by Texas-based telemedicine firm NuPhysicia, that recommends transferring responsibility for California prisoner medical care to the University of California, among other changes. UC Vice President John Stobo is scheduled to present the NuPhysicia plan to the UC Regents on Thursday at 9:30 am. During the 8:30 am open comment portion of the meeting, UAPD President Dr. Stuart Bussey and others from UAPD will present their objections to the NuPhysicia plan, as well as better alternatives for containing costs and improving medical care within California prisons. NuPhysicia has offered a salespitch, not a plan, and based that pitch on phony statistics and exa...
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As he listened to pension reform talks, David Sanchez' thoughts wandered off to 2005, when a fellow correctional officer Manuel Gonzalez was stabbed to death by an inmate at the California Institution for Men in Chino.
Manny will never get his pension," Sanchez said. "Benefits should commensurate the danger we face. It's not a desk job.
... Lynelle Jolley, spokeswoman for the Department of Personnel Administration. But the union would "...
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Local California government employees got their first look Thursday at a new contract agreement between state officials and the leaders of California's largest public employee union.
Some workers said they were optimistic about the deal, which must be approved by union members before it takes effect, while others said they still had to study the plan to make sure it's not a giveaway.
..., a spokeswoman for the California Department of Personnel Administration. SEIU 1000 officials s...
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...State of California; MARTY. MORGENSTERN, Director California. Departmeent of Personnel. Administration; CALIFORNIA STATE. EMPLOYEES ASSOC...No. . Department of Personnel CV-99-02176-WBS Administration, Defen...