SC county administrator gets $1.1M buyout (The Charlotte Observer)
After several contentious years, Anderson County's administrator will be leaving his job at the end of the year with a $1.1 million contract buyout. The County Council voted Tuesday night to pay Joey Preston $780,000 in severance and give him the title to a 2006 GMC Yukon the county owns. The county also will pay almost $360,000 into the South Carolina Retirement System on Preston's behalf. "I ... |
Roscoe hires new city administrator (Sweetwater Reporter)
Cody Thompson has been on the job as Roscoe's newest city administrator since Nov. 10, and says he is enjoying the opportunity to be part of a community that is on the comeback. |
Test may help workers find jobs (Coshocton Tribune)
Coshocton County Job & Family Services has joined a nationally recognized system that could help job seekers show off their qualifications and perhaps lure businesses to the area. |
New council's first order of business: Fire administrator (The Providence Journal)
CHARLESTOWN — For Town Administrator Edward M. Barrett, the writing wasn’t on the wall but on the agenda for the first meeting of the newly elected Town Council Monday night. |
Obama selects Daschle to lead revamp of health care system (San Diego Union-Tribune)
WASHINGTON – Former Sen. Tom Daschle is in line to become President-elect Barack Obama's health and human services secretary while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be a step closer to becoming his secretary of state. |
Dem officials: Daschle accepts HHS Cabinet post (AP via Yahoo! News)
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday. The appointment has not been announced, but these officials said the job is Daschle's, barring an unforeseen problem as Obama's team reviews the background of the South Dakota Democrat. |
RP hopes to fill up jobs in S. Korea (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines -- Even as the global recession is hitting South Korea's export-dependent factories, the Philippines still hopes to fill 10,000 jobs left unfilled from last year's employment permit system (EPS), administrator Jennifer Manalili of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said Wednesday. |
EVSC committed to early-college program (Evansville Courier & Press)
EVSC will continue to pursue an early-college high school program despite the departure of an administrator who was leading that effort. |
Obamas Cabinet: Clinton ponders State, Daschle takes HHS job (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library, a significant concession aimed at helping smooth the path for his wife to become the next secretary of state. |
Frederick shortfall could lead to job cuts (Winchester Star)
Winchester — Frederick County leaders are reporting a $4 million shortfall between the revenue they will collect this year and the amount they have budgeted to spend. |
