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A legislative task force recommended Thursday that Oklahoma's workers' compensation agency be privatized, but it was divided on how to achieve that.
A task force is recommending that Oklahoma's workers compensation agency be privatized, but task force members are divided on how to do it.
Sen. Charles Schumer says the Army is backing off plans to privatize more than 300 public works jobs at West Point.
A House subcommittee voted on Thursday to block Pentagon plans to potentially privatize thousands of civilian jobs at military installations, including West Point military academy.
A $2.5 billion first-of-its-kind deal to privatize a major U.S. airport has collapsed amid the global credit crunch, city officials said Monday.
The credit crunch is threatening plans to lease Midway Airport to private investors for $2.5 billion.
BCE Inc. said it hired PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in an effort to help the Canadian telecom giant complete a $35 billion deal to go private later this week.
A Spanish company and a unit of Citigroup Inc. teamed up to submit the largest bid for the right to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for the next 75 years.
Who owns CompSource Oklahoma? The Oklahoma Legislature has voted to privatizate CompSource Oklahoma as an ideological move and to lower workers' compensation rates. However, if CompSource is privatized, it will cost the companies it now insures more to provide workman's comp.
Review of E. San Juan's Toward Filipino Self-Determination: Beyond Transnational GlobalizationIn his latest book, Toward Filipino Self-Determination: Beyond Transnational Globalization, Epifanio San Juan Jr.
Prosecutors in Iraq Case See Pattern by GuardsPrivate security guards who worked for Blackwater repeatedly shot wildly into the streets of Baghdad without regard for civilians long before they were involved in a 2007 shooting episode that left at least 14 Iraqis dead, federal prosecutors charge in a new court document.
The GOP health care plan - Funeral for Medicare?the GOP drive to replace Medicare Talking about "Death Panels", how about this for Funeral for Medicare? Not to mention that the concept drives even more money into the pockets of the insurance companies than the proposed mandatory insurance for the young.
Blackwater/Xe and Your Tax DollarsA lot of money in a short period of time to arm some right-wing christian extremists.
Most Say Health Care System Working, No Appetite for Further PrivatizationAccording to Harris Decima Senior Vice-President Jeff Walker; "Perhaps contrary to impressions in the media, most Canadians believe that on balance our health care system works well, and is far superior to the US model of health treatment.
Some Observations on the Iranian Presidential Election and Its AftermathAhmadinejad, himself born into rural poverty, clearly has the support of the poorer classes, especially in the countryside where nearly half the population lives.
"All wars are [still not] fought over natural resources" but today I published my 20th post tagged 'water' at my Ecowar blog and I created a Google Map companion for the blog: The Ecowar Battlefields. Please chip in or criticise. Let me sum all of it up for you...
Governments' Drive to Privatize Stalls - NYTimes.com"They still have expenses, and revenues will not keep up," Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, said of state and local governments. "Some states will have to look at asset sales and decide.
UW to borrow from private financial modelUW President Mark Emmert and members of the Board of Regents had been asking themselves, "Is this the privatization of the university?"
U-M president refutes report that university will go privateIn 2008, a state commission work group charged with suggesting ways to cut government spending floated a proposal to eliminate U-M's $326 million state appropriations. But even the head of the work group acknowledged the idea was unlikely, and it didn't gain traction in Lansing.
L.A. should consider privatization of zooOUT of adversity comes opportunity. And in these tough economic conditions, with the city of Los Angeles facing a $450 million deficit, now is the perfect time to consider bold changes that could save money and improve service. Such as privatizing the Los Angeles Zoo.
Neoliberalism and Higher Education - Stanley Fish BlogI've been asking colleagues in several departments and disciplines whether they've ever come across the term "neoliberalism" and whether they know what it means. A small number acknowledged having heard the word; a very much smaller number ventured a tentative definition.
China and the United States: Trading Places (communism, capitalism, policy)Globalization. While the U.S. has historically been one of the most criticized nations it is increasingly finding itself on the receiving end, as a great place to make fast and easy money.
The Proceeds of CrimeIt's a staggering case; more staggering still that it has scarcely been mentioned on this side of the ocean. Last week two judges in Pennsylvania were convicted of jailing some 2,000 children in exchange for bribes from private prison companies.
'Shocking' Truths "What will be the lasting effect of the Bush administration?"
Jailing Kids for CashAs many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited.
Florida's Medicaid Pilot Program Loses 25% of Participating DoctorsA Medicaid privatization program former Gov.
Could CU go 'private'?As state lawmakers prepare to address Colorado's $604 million budget shortfall, CU President Bruce Benson is pushing privatization as a way to close the gap. The move, however, wouldn't be as simple as saying goodbye to state funding.
Private firm may track all email and calls"The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone's calls, emails, texts..."
Hold private prisons accountableIf private prisons fail to keep their contracts with the state, then the state should continue to withhold payments from those companies.
This was originally posted as a MySpace bulletin from CrimethInc.; all CrimethInc. writings are subject to an anti-copyright. As in, anybody can post them anywhere for any reason at all. I did not write this.
Cash-strapped states weigh selling roads, parksST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota is deep in the hole financially, but the state still owns a premier golf resort, a sprawling amateur sports complex, a big airport, a major zoo and land holdings the size of the Central American country of Belize.
Higher ed privatization gets cool receptionHigher education leaders reacted coolly today to a lawmaker's suggestion that colleges and universities could go it alone without state funding.
From the Bayou to Baghdad: Mission Not AccomplishedDuring the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, several dozen public-housing residents and activists marched to the headquarters of the Housing Authority of New Orleans. The marchers occupied the offices for hours.
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