[Cross-posted from the Accountable Strategies blog]The book details how Halliburton has used $20 billion in public reconstruction funds to build "city-states" for the thousands of contractors that have overrun Iraq, yet little … [Read more...]
DMR’s disconnect
The costs for serving particular (Fernald) residents in community settings would be based upon a careful assessment of what supports would be needed in order to provide them with equal or better care in the community. Such costs … [Read more...]
DMR’s review of our Fernald ‘postage-stamp’ plan falls a bit short
George Mavridis, the former Fernald League president and chief architect of the postage-stamp proposal, maintains that his proposed scaled-back version of Fernald would occupy 30 percent of the present campus or less. And, that … [Read more...]
The evidence is in: DMR did little or no Fernald cost analysis
A written statement issued by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services that day claimed that it costs $239,000 per resident per year to operate Fernald, and that comparable care in the community system currently costs … [Read more...]
The cost of “reinventing” government
[Cross-posted from the Accountable Strategies blog]Death of a Spy Satellite Program describes a “troubled partnership” between the government and Boeing, which led to the derailment of an ambitious program for a new … [Read more...]
Should there be a place for bloggers at this “Summit?”
The only problem is that you have to register to attend, and you have three choices. You can register as a corporate participant for $1,000; as a member of a nonprofit, academic, or government organization for $500; or as a … [Read more...]
The Continuing Attack on Bureaucracy
I focused on Chapter 3 of Kamarck's book, titled "Democratic Accountability," in which she lays out the basis of her argument that traditional bureaucracies have depended on adherence to rules and … [Read more...]
The incomprehensibility of the state’s plan for care of the mentally retarded
Meanwhile, the state has built or rehabilitated at least three houses in three different towns, which could be used as group homes for at least some of those waiting people.But those houses are standing empty. Why? Because the state … [Read more...]
Patrick has just added a new insult to the injury over Fernald
Howe told family members at the Fernald League's annual meeting that it hasn't yet been decided whether to keep the Warren building open permanently for homeless families. She said that decision won't be made by … [Read more...]
Government’s role in the subprime mortgage crisis
[Cross-posted from the Accountable Strategies blog]The New Republic reports that the government has overlooked an apparent conflict of interest on the part of these rating organizations. The conflict stems from the fact that … [Read more...]