Facilities Management Department

• U.S. Representative Joel Hefley (R-Co) Holds a Hearing On the Defense Department's Management of Historic and Historic-Eligible Facilities

HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS HOLDS A HEARING ON THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT OF HISTORIC AND HISTORIC...

• Political Transcript Wire
• July 27, 2009

• Rabbi Jonathan Adland; Reverend Johanna Bos; Reverend James Jerrell Greenlee; Reverend Gilbert Schroerlucke; Jeff Vessels; and American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Armond Russ, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Department for Facilities Management, Defendant-Appellant., 307 F.3d 471 (6th Cir. 2002)

Scott White (briefed), Jennifer L. Carrico (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, for Defendant-Appellant. Edward L. Wh...

• Federal Circuits

• County Commissioners Ok Merger Measure

Shawnee County is dissolving its department of human resources and facilities management. County Commissioners Shelly Buhler, Ted Ensley and Mary Thomas voted 3-0 Monday to approve a resolution putting the human resources department under the direction of the county counselor's office and making the facilities management department part of the parks and recreation department.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• October 03, 2011

• County Kos Weights and Measures Division ; Will Leave Local Inspections to State

Staff Writer The Lancaster County commissioners Tuesday voted unanimously to disband the weights and measures division of the facilities management department and jettison the division's one full-time and two part-time positions.

• Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition
• October 06, 2010

• Sprint Spectrum L.P. D/B/a Sprint Pcs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard P. Mills, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Education, Charles A. Szuberla, Individually and as Coordinator, Facilities Management and Information Services of the New York State Department of Education, and Carl T. Thurnau, Individually and as Acting Supervisor of the New York State Department of Education, Office of Facilities Planning, Defendants, Board of Education of the Ossining Union Free School District, Appellant., 283 F.3d 404 (2nd Cir. 2002)

Lawrence W. Reich, Northport, New York (Gus Mountanos, Ingerman Smith, Northport, New York, on the brief), for Appellant. Before: MESKILL, KEARSE, an...

• Federal Circuits

• Finalized

A five-month search by the city of Portland for a firm to design Fire Station 21 appears to be over. The city last week said it intends to negotiate a contract with Whelton Architecture to handle architecture and engineering for the project. This is the second contract award for Whelton to design Fire Station 21. The city's procurement services department in the Office of Management and Finance admits that the facilities department, which managed the first award, made some mistakes. The procurement services department says it addressed the errors by restarting the evaluation process. However, a competing firm's owner, who brought to light the problems with the first award, says he still is concerned.

• Daily Journal of Commerce
• August 31, 2011

• County to Consider Merger of Departments

Shawnee County commissioners Thursday will consider a consolidation proposal that would dissolve the county's department of human resources and facilities management. Commissioners Shelly Buhler and Ted Ensley will take up a resolution proposed by Buhler that would put the human resources department under the direction of the county counselor's office and make the facilities management department part of the parks and recreation department, with those moves taking effect Oct. 1.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• September 21, 2011

• Embattled Dyersville Police Chief Resigns

Consultant's recommendations for police department The Dyersville City Council has approved 10 recommendations resulting from an organizational assessment of the police department: 1. Improve department leadership standards and expectations. 2. Identify public safety goals: mission, vision, strategic plan. 3. Create police department Standard Operating Procedures manual. 4. Consider a new staffing plan for police officers; consider a new staffing plan for dispatchers. 5. Enhance communication between the police department and community. 6. Update and develop mutual-aid agreements. 7. Implement a formal training program. 8. Organize property and evidence storage space. 9. Build a positive labor-management relations culture. 10. Evaluate facilities and police department equipment. For mor...

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• May 14, 2011

• Grand Jury Releases Reports

Electricians and other personnel at San Bernardino County's facilities management department lack cohesive direction and expertise in the operation and maintenance of the West Valley Detention Center's emergency power system, a grand jury has found. The grand jury also released its findings from a complaint it received regarding the Joshua Basin Water District in Joshua Tree.

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• April 07, 2009

• Lausd Contracts Probed Report: Improprieties Are Alleged in the Facilities Department's Awarding Process.

An investigation prompted by whistle-blowers within Los Angeles Unified's school construction program found a series of irregularities in awarding $65 million in contracts, including authorizing work that exceeded pre-approved amounts by nearly 50 percent. A confidential report by LAUSD's interim inspector general found the district's Facilities Department increased the $65 million in construction management contracts by

• Los Angeles Daily News
• November 09, 2010