Department of Transportation
Jobs: Obama Administration Announces Selection of Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project and 13 Others to be Expedited Through Permitting/Review Process
Original Author:
Democracy for New Mexico
Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced the selection of 14 infrastructure projects around the country that will be expedited through permitting and environmental review processes. The administration says it's an important next step in its efforts to improve the efficiency of federal reviews needed to help job-creating infrastructure projects move as quickly as possible from the drawing board to completion.
One of the 14 selected for expedition is the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project, which will build two water treatment plants and deliver water through approximately 280 miles of pipeline, 24 pumping plants and numerous water regulation and storage facilities bringing a clean and sustainable water supply to the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will work to improve coordination between Federal and non-federal entities and to expedite land acquisition through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Land Management.
Congressman Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District applauded the move by the Obama Administration.
Here is Scott Walker's own political version of the famous Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in physics:
Republicans are for certainty -- except when that would benefit Democrats. Then, they're for uncertainty.
Walker, commenting on the Department of Revenue's decision to slam small "roll your own" cigaret shops:
"What we hear from employers all the time … is they want the certainty of knowing what the law is, what the rules are, that they're applied universally and across the board."
But when implementing the state's new Voter ID law, the Walker administration has told its Department of Transportation service centers that they are not to volunteer to citizens seeking the IDs the information that, under the law, they don't have to pay the usual $28 fee if they're only going to use the card to get a ballot at a polling place.
So, businesses need certainty to create jobs! But if you're an average citizen? Walker wants you to keep on guessing! Only if you're a member of the opposition, of course.
Here is Scott Walker's own political version of the famous Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in physics:
Republicans are for certainty -- except when that would benefit Democrats. Then, they're for uncertainty.
Walker, commenting on the Department of Revenue's decision to slam small "roll your own" cigaret shops:
"What we hear from employers all the time … is they want the certainty of knowing what the law is, what the rules are, that they're applied universally and across the board."
But when implementing the state's new Voter ID law, the Walker administration has told its Department of Transportation service centers that they are not to volunteer to citizens seeking the IDs the information that, under the law, they don't have to pay the usual $28 fee if they're only going to use the card to get a ballot at a polling place.
So, businesses need certainty to create jobs! But if you're an average citizen? Walker wants you to keep on guessing! Especially if you're a member of the opposition.
WisDOT Having Hiring Problems; Walker's Pay Raise, Bargaining Limitations Aren't Helping
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
Seems WisDOT is having trouble filling engineer vacancies. Here's the somewhat unusual hiring application
re-announcement.
Who'd come here for 1% annual pay raises?
[Wednesday evening update: And why is DOA refusing to approve some requests from DOT to fill vacant positions and meet federal accountability and financing requirements? The positions in question would be financed with federal, not state dollars.]
Separately, the department is looking for recruiting help through its employee newsletter. Diverse hiring is certainly an important goal, but the timing is curious.
Help recruit new employees for WisDOT
One of the goals of the Department of Transportation is to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. The Bureau of Human Resource Services (BHRS) works with managers and supervisors on identifying recruitment resources during the staffing process.
In order to ensure we are attracting a diverse applicant pool for our vacancies, BHRS is reaching out to all department employees to learn of new or existing
recruitment resources we could use. As a department employee, you may be
aware of resources in your communities, organizations or internet outreach
Memo Proves Wisconsin Officials Hiding Free Voter ID Option
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
You don't need anything more to prove that the Voter ID craze
sweeping across the country at the behest of conservative legislators and Governors is pure Voter Suppression than a memo obtained by the Madison Capital Times showing Wisconsin state employees being instructed
not to inform applicants that the new Wisconsin Voter ID is free.
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