Labor complaint over privatizing custodial work at Dover schools
Source: By LESLIE MODICA, Foster’s Daily Democrat (NH), Saturday, April 5, 2008 A decision to privatize school custodial work has prompted a formal labor complaint against the school district. The...
View ArticleAlternative Methods of Service Delivery in Small and Rural Municipalities
Source: Robert Mohr, Steven C. Deller and John M. Halstead, Public Administration Review, Volume 70, Issue 6, November/December 2010 (subscription required) From the abstract: Data from approximately...
View ArticlePrivatization would ship prisoners out
Source: Karen Langley, Concord Monitor, May 4, 2011 The Concord state prison would lose as many as 600 inmates to private facilities under a cost-cutting proposal headed for a vote today in the state...
View ArticleAccord reached on corrections / Privatization effort is next discussion
Source: Matthew Spolar, Concord Monitor, June 14, 2011 Budget negotiators in the House and Senate tentatively agreed yesterday to cut $13 million from the governor’s proposal for the state Corrections...
View ArticleMedicaid computer system delays again raise hackles
Source: Bob Sanders, New Hampshire Business Review, September 27, 2011 The state Legislative Fiscal Committee wants New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney to be more “proactive” in dealing with...
View ArticleNashua officials have mixed views on publicizing Pennichuck salaries
Source: Albert McKeon, Nashua Telegraph, February 3, 2012 Given the city is the sole shareholder of Pennichuck Corp. stock, bought and paid for with the sale of municipal bonds, Mayor Donnalee Lozeau...
View ArticlePrivate Prison Corporation Offers Cash In Exchange For State Prisons
Source: Chris Kirkham, Huffington Post, February 14, 2012 As state governments wrestle with massive budget shortfalls, a Wall Street giant is offering a solution: cash in exchange for state property....
View ArticleStudent Transportation wins 4 new contracts
Source: School Bus Fleet, March 26, 2012 Student Transportation Inc. and its subsidiary Student Transportation of America Inc. (STA) have been awarded four new contracts that will start with the...
View ArticleNew York announces $2.4 million settlement in overcharging scheme / Company...
Source: Larry Conley, American City and County, January 18, 2013 Nearly 1,000 New York government entities will receive a check for overcharges as part of a $2.4 million settlement with one of the...
View ArticleCorporate Prison Leaders Tell the Truth about Themselves – Form 10-K is a...
Source: Arnie Alpert, InZaneTimes blog, March 17, 2013 Maggie Hassan made it pretty clear during her successful campaign for governor that she has no interest in turning over control of New Hampshire’s...
View ArticleCorrections chief seeks to avoid banning privatized prisons
Source: Union Leader, April 9, 2013 Less than a week after the state corrections department cancelled the bidding process for privatizing state prisons because of alleged low-quality proposals, the...
View ArticleState of New Hampshire – State Agency Decision-Making Practices: Employees...
Source: State of New Hampshire, Office of Legislative Budget Assistant, Performance Audit Report, March 2013 We were asked to examine if State agencies determined whether it was more cost-effective to...
View ArticleConcord School District puts food service privatization on hold
Source: Kathleen Ronayne, Monitor, April 16, 2013 Food service employees in the Concord School District will keep their jobs for at least another year, as administrators have put possible privatization...
View ArticleCasella Awarded Ten-Year Waste and Recycling Service Contract by the City of...
Source: Globe Newswire, Press Release, September 3, 2013 Casella Waste Systems, Inc., a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management company, said today that the City of Concord, New...
View ArticleProfiting from the Poor: Outsourcing Social Services Puts Most Vulnerable at...
Source: Nick Surgey, Center for Media & Democracy, October 8, 2013 …. The privatization of social services has in the past resulted in some spectacular failures. …. As private corporations like ACS...
View ArticleState of New Hampshire – Community Development Finance Authority
Source: State of New Hampshire, Office of Legislative Budget Assistant, Performance Audit Report, January 2014 We found the Community Development Finance Authority’s (CDFA) management controls needed...
View ArticleFarmington school privatization of food services ruled unlawful
Source: Daily Democrat, April 10, 2014 The Public Employee Labor Relations Board has ruled the Farmington Schools District has violated New Hampshire labor laws when they outsourced and privatized food...
View ArticlePoor Training Standards Led to Bad Care in N.H. Facility
Source: Matthew Ozga, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) blog, January 8, 2015 A New Hampshire facility for people who have brain injuries is under scrutiny from the state for providing...
View ArticleUnion Activists: Give Laid-off Nashua School Custodians Their Jobs Back
Source: Jason Claffey, Nashua Patch, October 6, 2015 Union activists are demanding that Nashua school officials reverse its decision to fire 101 custodians. The Nashua Board of Education last month...
View ArticleNew Nashua alderman: Stop privatization talks, start talking to custodial union
Source: Kimberly Houghton, Union Leader, November 15, 2015 Alderman-elect Ben Clemons suggested to school officials this week that they stop exploring privatization and instead begin negotiating with...
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