Here are some other observations from the November Building Committee report, which goes directly to Commissioner Howe's staff. While some cottages and buildings were reported to be in neat and clean condition, others were … [Read more...]
Galvin’s office says Wrentham records can be kept secret
D'Alusio told me that his understanding was that DCAM and the Department of Developmental Services were both on track to renovate two buildings at Wrentham and have them ready to accept as many as 60 Fernald residents by … [Read more...]
Conditions at Fernald are being allowed to deteriorate
In the 10 months since the administration announced its intention to close Fernald, your Department has steadily cut staff and services at the Center, failed to repair broken fixtures and equipment, and failed to maintain adequate levels of … [Read more...]
Our public records quest (Part 2)
The case I'm writing about now goes back to February, when I asked DCAM for records pertaining to the procurement of state contracts to lease community-based residential homes to the Department of Developmental Services. … [Read more...]
Open Media Boston raps free-market care of the mentally retarded
Jason Pramas, the editor and publisher at OMB, goes on to put the entire issue in context: Instead of expanding public services - and increasing the numbers of good unionized public jobs to ease the plight of the Commonwealth's … [Read more...]
The saga of our Public Records request
At first, it looked as though I was going to get the records I'd requested. Although it was long past the required 10-day response period, Peter Wilson, Deputy General Counsel at DCAM, wrote me on July 21, … [Read more...]
Following the AIG money
The company was indeed too big to fail. The money was provided to AIG in the form of loans and equity investments, contingent on the company’s winding down its AIG Financial Products Corporation and divesting itself of other … [Read more...]
The question the administration doesn’t want to answer
Before telling you about our efforts to get this question answered, let me explain why we've asked it in the first place.In the 1990s, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 2,000 people on a waiting list for … [Read more...]
Following the stimulus money
In May, the Washington Post reported that the White House supported tracking site, Recovery.gov, was providing little useful information about where the money was going under the program. Moreover, the reporting requirements on public … [Read more...]
We should stop paying attention to the polls on health care
That same confusion and ambivalence appears to characterize American’s feelings about government in general. PA Times, a monthly publication of the American Society for Public Administration, reported that 79 percent … [Read more...]
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