State workers and agency officials should be allowed to serve on the board of companies that do not do business with their particular agencies, several speakers told the Ethics Commission Friday. “We think the state employees should have the opportunity to serve on profit or nonprofit boards,” said Sterling Zearley, executive director of the Oklahoma [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2011
">Proposal would allow state agency officials, employees to serve on corporate boards
September 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Executive Branch
Tags: board of directors·Bob McKinney·Continental Resources·corporations·David Boren·Eric Eissenstat·ethics commission·Harold Hamm·James Loy·Jo Pettigrew·John Raley·Lee Slater·Marie Price·Marilyn Hughes·Oklahoma Public Employees Association·Pat Hall·Sterling Zearley·Steven Taylor·Suzi Bryan·Thomas Walker·University of Oklahoma
">Ortega: Testimony does not support need for more immigration laws
September 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Executive Branch, House
The new House co-chairman of the Joint Immigration Committee said he heard nothing from state agencies Thursday to convince him that more legislation is needed to address that issue. “Based on the information that I’m getting here today, I really don’t see that,” Rep. Charles Ortega said. He said there is evidence of criminal behavior [...]
Tags: Bryce Fair·Caprice Tyner·Charles Ortega·David Lashley·Department of Human Services·immigration·Laura Brown·Lorne Hall·Marie Price·Mark Woodward·Mexican drug cartel·Michael Brooks-Jimenez·Rex Brown·Stacey Puckett·state regents
">High turnover, child safety evaluation guidance cited as issues for DHS child welfare system
September 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Executive Branch
Some Department of Human Services child welfare workers are frustrated at the staff turnover rate in their program, which they believe results in employees with less-than-optimum experience for judging when children should be removed from their homes or returned to them, according to a report issued by a nationally recognized consulting organization. It also concluded [...]
Tags: Casey Family Programs·child deaths·child welfare·Department of Human Services·Marie Price·Oklahoma Human Services Commission·Page Walley·Sue Steib·turnover
">Oil and gas tax incentives=jobs, task force told
September 28th, 2011 · No Comments · House, Senate
Oil and gas exploration account for about 71,000 Oklahoma workers, or about 3.5 percent of the state’s workforce, generating more than $7.6 billion in labor income, says Mike Bernard, president of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. Bernard and other energy industry officials spoke Wednesday to a joint task force studying state tax credits and [...]
Tags: Chad McDougall·David Blatt·JMA Energy·Marie Price·Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association·Mike Bernard·Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association·Oklahoma Policy Institute·tax credits