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1. After six years, did Arnold Schwarzenegger succeed in blowing up California government?
(U.S./Nation)

... on Schwarzenegger's performance review commission and is former president of the California State Employees Association. "Any organization has a certain amount of inefficiencies and waste; it's just the ...

2. Christie looking to make N.J. county prosecutor offices more efficient
(N.J./State)

... directing Attorney General Paula Dow to conduct a thorough review of the current system governing the county prosecutor's offices and to determine whether efficiencies, cost savings and a more equitable ...

3. N.J. property taxpayers are the winners with the two percent cap compromise
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the internal efficiencies and shared-service agreements that can hold other costs in check. The tax cap marks only the beginning of what will be a summer-long effort on property taxes. While the cap ...

4. N.J. task force recommends 8 major ways to privatize state government operations
(N.J./State)

... been used effectively by the federal government, other states and by some New Jersey state departments and municipalities, resulting in efficiencies and cost savings for labor and technology, competitive ...

5. N.J. civil service rules make a streamlined government almost impossible to achieve
(Opinion/Commentary)

... especially local and county governments, can achieve efficiencies is through shared services, also known as interlocal agreements, where two or more towns can get together to provide a service more cost ...

6. Assembly Democrats kiss Christie's government change bills good-bye for the summer
(N.J./State)

... reform - when local units decide to share services current law requires buyout of union contracts, bumping and other civil service protections that destroy the efficiencies of the merger; this proposal ...

7. Teterboro action close to being first N.J. merger in 15 years
(N.J./State)

... of services that will be available from the larger municipalities." The bill also calls for the elimination of inefficiencies by merging two of the three non-contiguous parcels that comprise South Hackensack ...

8. N.J. joins regional effort to improve air quality
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

11 states seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through transportation improvements and efficiencies New Jersey is one of 11 states and the District of Columbia to join in the creation of the Transportation ...

9. N.J. unemployment: Help on the way for laid-off workers and employers
(Money/Economy)

Legislation which would attempt to institute efficiencies in the unemployment insurance system that would benefit laid-off workers and employers alike, while protecting those in dire financial circumstances ...

10. Christie campaigns his proposed 2.5 percent property tax cap
(N.J./State)

... which the governor argues renders the cap virtually meaningless. The proposed cap is designed to force local governments to eliminate what Christie sees as waste and inefficiencies in their own operations ...

11. Christie’s 2.5 percent tax cap: More harm for N.J. public schools
(Opinion/Commentary)

... with a "thorough and efficient" education. Municipalities and school districts have found efficiencies, shared services and cut programs and staff where appropriate, while property taxes have risen at ...

12. N.J. unemployment streamlined in proposed Buono bill
(Money/Economy)

Senator wants to address alleged abuses by TALX Corp. New Jersey state Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) is proposing legislation designed to institute efficiencies in the state unemployment ...

13. Christie proposes 33 bills aimed at property tax relief and controlling government and school spending
(N.J./State)

... services reform – when local units decide to share services current law requires buyout of union contracts, bumping and other civil service protections that destroy the efficiencies of the merger; this ...

14. Christie's education reforms focus on teacher effectiveness, call for merit pay
(N.J./State)

... formative assessments. Encourage local flexibility for the day-to-day in-classroom assessments focused on supporting instruction. Data System: Bring our data system into the 21st century, creating efficiencies ...

15. Cuts to higher education
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I agree Christie is wrong to slash haphazardly, but I know higher education can find efficiencies by more prudent spending. The time for excesses and cushions is over. Taxpayers cannot afford practices ...

16. State moving 150 sex offenders to Woodbridge
(N.J./State)

... them therapy. Corrections Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan said, "As per the recommendations of the transition report, and given the court order to vacate the Kearny Unit, these operational efficiencies ...

17. Assembly approves probe into NJSIAA finances, operations
(Sports/Professional)

... noted the NJSIAA's 2009 financial report "indicates you made little effort to achieve significant efficiencies in either your administrative operation or your approach to playoff site management." Burzichelli ...

18. Bill promoting economic development tops Thursday's Assembly committee agendas
(N.J./State)

... and acquisition activity governed by state law. This 10-day waiting period can create inefficiencies in transactions and delay closings while the notice period runs. "For New Jersey to be competitive ...

19. Christie declares New Jersey in ‘state of fiscal emergency’
(N.J./State)

... of aid. In all, 375 line items of cuts, efficiencies and program eliminations are found in the governor's plan. "Today, we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's ...

20. Christie puts state's role in providing affordable housing on hold; housing advocates go to court in protest
(N.J./State)

... inefficiencies, sky-rocketing costs and continued litigation have rendered COAH impractical and ineffective,'' he said. A 1975 state Supreme Court ruling and another in 1983 held that every New Jerseyan ...