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ELECTION SPECIAL: Nov. 9, 2016
Shockwaves Ahead for Feds Under a Trump Administration Donald Trump's victory is likely to send shockwaves through federal agencies. He has promised to institute a governmentwide hiring freeze and change civil-service laws to ease the firing of disloyal workers. Just 65 percent of federal employees say they are committed to staying in their jobs in a Trump administration. And Trump surrogate and potential Cabinet appointee Newt Gingrich said he expects a battle with federal employee unions similar to Wisconsin's after Republican Gov. Scott Walker pushed to strip public-employee unions of their collective-bargaining rights. >> Government Executive
GOP Gains Governorships, But Squeaker Races Remain Donald Trump's impressive totals helped Republican gubernatorial candidates to victory in Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire and Vermont and put the GOP on track to control at least 32 governor's offices, matching the modern record, but the Trump wave didn't stop a Democrat from winning in West Virginia. The close races in Montana and North Carolina had not been called. >> Washington Post, Concord Monitor, Billings Gazette, News & Observer Republicans Gain 1 State Attorney General Seat In addition to everything else Republicans picked up on Tuesday, the GOP also appears to have gained ground narrowly in state attorney generals' offices. Republicans flipped one seat, in Missouri. North Carolina Democrat Josh Stein appears to have kept the office for his party. Josh Shapiro kept the Pennsylvania office in Democratic hands. >> Governing GOP Flips Secretary of State Offices in 4 States Democrats suffered some of their worst downballot failures on election night in races for secretary of state, the low-profile but quietly influential office that oversees elections. The GOP flipped four seats: in Missouri, Montana, Oregon and West Virginia. >> Governing Republicans Take Top School Posts in Indiana and N.C. Republican Jennifer McCormick defeated incumbent Glenda Ritz in the race for Indiana schools chief. In North Carolina, Republican challenger Mark Johnson defeated incumbent Democrat June Atkinson in the race for superintendent of public instruction. >> Indianapolis Star, News & Observer
County's Voters Oust 'America's Toughest Sheriff' "There's a new sheriff in town." That's what retired Phoenix police sergeant Paul Penzone's supporters chanted at the Democrat's campaign headquarters as he headed for victory over Republican Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for his hard-line stance on immigration, toppling "America's Toughest Sheriff" from his 24-year reign. >> Arizona Republic Miami-Dade County Mayor Wins Re-Election Carlos Gimenez was re-elected by a 12-point margin as Miami-Dade County's mayor after campaigning as a skilled administrator who reduced tax rates and tamed government spending. >> Miami Herald Oakland County Executive Wins 7th Term Oakland County, Mich., Executive Brooks Patterson won a seventh term as he posted a 6-percentage-point win after vastly outspending his challenger, Farmington Hills Mayor Vicki Barnett. >> Detroit Free Press
Voters in 3 States OK Recreational Marijuana California, Massachusetts and Nevada voters approved ballot measures allowing recreational marijuana, handing the legalization movement a huge victory in the nation's most populous state and giving it a toehold in the densely populated Northeast. Arizona's ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana was trailing in early election results. >> AP/Yahoo News, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Arizona Republic Colorado Voters Thrash Universal Health-Care Plan A ballot measure known as ColoradoCare that would have created a universal health-care system in the state, paid for largely through a 10 percent payroll tax and eliminating most private health insurance, was soundly defeated, trailing by 79.6 percent to 20.4 percent. >> Denver Post Maine Voters Adopt 'Ranked-Choice' Voting System Maine voters who didn't like the way past elections turned out chose an entirely different voting system, making the state the first to implement what's known as "ranked-choice" voting in state races. >> Governing, Portland Press-Herald Maryland County OKs Term Limits on 3rd Try Voters in Montgomery County, Md., who rejected term limits in 2000 and 2004, easy passed a measure that will limit the county executive and County Council members to three four-year or partial terms. >> Washington Post D.C. Voters Overwhelmingly Back Statehood District of Columbia voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to make the nation's capital its 51st state, saying they hope the vote puts pressure on the next Congress and president. >> Washington Post MORE NEWS Public Workforce | The Nation Credit-Monitoring Process Mired in Confusion The Office of Personnel Management's contract to provide credit-monitoring services for victims of its first major cyber breach began on troubled ground and likely will end amid more confusion and disagreement. OPM and its contractor can't agree on how many people need to re-enroll with a new vendor, and a plan to smoothly transition victims from one provider to another hasn't been finalized. >> Federal News Radio DHS Too Slow at Hiring New Law Enforcers, IG Says At a time of rising threats, the Department of Homeland Security has made visible but insufficient progress in hiring law-enforcement professionals, according to an inspector general's report. >> Government Executive
Public Hospitals' CEO Departing Dr. Ramanathan Raju, the chief executive of the agency that runs the city's public hospitals, is stepping down from his post atop the nation's largest municipal health-care system, a move that City Hall officials described as voluntary and expected. Raju will be departing from NYC Health & Hospitals as it faces fiscal challenges the city's Independent Budget Office calls the steepest in memory. >> New York Times Technology Management | The Nation IG: Postal Service's Networks Vulnerable The U.S. Postal Service has an elevated risk of network intrusions because it does not know how many internet-facing hosts it has on its networks and it lacks adequate firewall protections, according to an inspector general's report. In fiscal 2015, the USPS.com website averaged 3 million daily visits from postal customers. >> Federal Computer Week OMB Updates Policies for Federal Websites The Office of Management and Budget updated its policies for federal websites, requiring agencies to take some concrete actions including migrating all of their official sites to .gov or .gov domains. >> FedScoop >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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DATAPOINT 48.9% Percentage of career federal Senior Executive Service members who received the highest possible performance rating of "outstanding" in the 2015 fiscal year, a 1 percent increase from the previous fiscal year, according to a recent Office of Personnel Management report saying that 71.2 percent of the senior executives received a performance bonus in fiscal 2015 >> Federal News Radio | More data
“My initial thoughts were words I don't say in front of my grandmother. It's a big loss.” Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston, on the announcement by Ryan Evans, the city's first assistant city manager who has been a fixture at City Hall since 1985 and whose accomplishments are reflected in numerous projects that have altered the city's downtown skyline, that he will be retiring in January >> Dallas Morning News | More quotes VIEWPOINT Public Officials | Michael Astrue and Robert Maranto De-Stressing the Transition The next wave of federal political appointees is almost at the gates. In just three months, as a new president takes office, roughly 3,000 of them will begin to assume their new roles. This massive turnover invariably stresses senior career executives. But civil servants tend to have a strong vested interest in enabling the success of their new bosses. Prestige, resources and promotions are all at stake. How can civil servants avoid unnecessary battles and enable the success of the new arrivals? >> Government Executive PLUS: Howard Risher how managers are the key to high organizational performance. >> PA Times | More commentaries UPCOMING EVENTS
Brookings Institution Discussion: "Election 2016: Results and Implications" Today, 2-3:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. GovLoop Online training: "How Maps Derived from Imagery Help Government Understand the Whole Story" Today, 2-3 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Enterprise Institute Discussion: "What Will the 2016 Election Mean for Education?" Nov. 10, 9-10:15 a.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute Report release and discussion: "A Post-Election Analysis: the Future of the Constitution in a New Administration" Nov. 10, noon-1:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Huffington Post Webcast: "The Chronic Pain Epidemic: What's to Be Done?" Nov. 10, 12:30 p.m. ET Governing Webinar: "Post-Election Briefing" Nov. 10, 2 p.m. ET American Society for Public Administration and Penn State Harrisburg Northeast Conference on Public Administration Nov. 11-13, Harrisburg, Pa. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Annual Meeting Nov. 12-15, Boston Government Technology re:public Conference Nov. 13-15, Chandler, Ariz. Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Program for Emerging Leaders Nov. 13-18, Cambridge, Mass. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Annual Meeting Nov. 13-16, La Quinta, Calif. American Water Resources Association Annual Conference Nov. 14-17, Orlando, Fla. IBM Center for the Business of Government Book release and discussion: "Getting It Done: a Guide for Government Executives" Nov. 14, 3-5 p.m., Washington, D.C. Urban Institute, New Work Training and American Institute for Innovative Apprenticeship Forum: "Delivering Employer-Driven Apprenticeships" Nov. 15, 1-4:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Government Technology Webinar: "Prioritizing Your Cybersecurity Budget" Nov. 15, 2 p.m. ET National Academy of Public Administration Fall Meeting Nov. 16-18, Arlington, Va. Defense One Defense One Summit Nov. 17, Washington, D.C. >> Full events listings |
