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A few stories from Father John

Posted on October 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Father John has a number of links to stories about the current state of Health and Human Services privatization in Texas and how the influx of Katrina victims has affected their delivery of services. Two items to highlight, the first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Still in search of privatization savings

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on the earlier news about the very critical state audit of claimed savings by privatizing HR and payroll functions of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC), we have this Chron story which adds some more details. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Strayhorn: Use the surplus

Posted on September 3, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Just as a reminder, the Chron has a section of full Katrina coverage, which I expect will be around for a long time, and a separate RSS feed for that section. Volunteers Needed At Astrodome, Convention Center Houstonians want to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“Get Out The Vo” article up

Posted on May 19, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the promised link to that Texas Monthly article on Hubert Vo. It’ll be up till Monday, at which point I’ve been asked to take it down, so read it now while you can. The piece is in the June … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CPS: The next privatization frontier

Posted on April 8, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The AusChron reports on HB6 (man, that’s one big bill), which would provide for the near-complete privatization of Child Protective Services. As with other privatization mandates within the Health and Human Services Commission, this would be done statewide all at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Senate is not the House

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Remember the special session on school finance reform last year, when the House passed a shell bill to the Senate? It’s beginning to look to me like they did the same thing this year, based on comments like these. Senate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Accenture to get HHSC call center

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on this post regarding the new call center system in Texas’ Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), we see that they have made a tentative award of a contract to Accenture. Notice of Tentative Award HHSC announces the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TIERS of frustration

Posted on February 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Father John points to a story about major problems with a new computer system used by Colorado to handle its food stamps, Medicaid, and other relief services: [T]he explosion in hunger across the state is the direct result of problems … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Where the real sausagemaking occurs

Posted on February 7, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

We aren’t anywhere near the point of specific proposals to overhaul our state’s tax structure, but we all know that redoing the way we tax businesses is going to be a big part of it. The issue, as always, is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for May 20

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

“Women’s lives matter. Women’s lives matter more than men’s rules for moral purity. That is the overarching and underlying theme surrounding every biblical discussion of divorce. Get that wrong and you’re in danger, like Ezra, of arriving someplace truly monstrous.” … Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for June 4

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

“The Las Vegas stadium is the new champion when it comes to extracting public largesse for private benefit, a distinguished title lineage that includes the Vikings’ new stadium, which was supposed to be paid for with electronic gambling that raised … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of October 10

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Progressive Alliance has never said anything like what Donald Trump said to Billy Bush when they thought no one was listening, not in a locker room and not anywhere else. No decent person says things like that because … Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for April 19

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Wait, The Rules is still a thing? We are doomed as a species. Also, what Amanda Marcotte says. The Rules was as sexist towards men as it was towards women. Three reasons to be optimistic about the fight to save … Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for March 16

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

Spring break! For the kids, anyway. Blair and Tootie, together again. Wait, I thought drunk people placing ill-advised bets was Vegas’ entire business model? We really are making huge advances in the fight against HIV. Want to be a better … Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for April 7

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Ah, baseball. I’ve missed you. Twenty great Billy Joel songs that haven’t been overplayed. It’s great living in the future, isn’t it? “Many big network breaches begin not with brainy hacker code but with workers who are tricked by so-called … Continue reading →

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The quest for a better solar cell

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe this will be a big step forward. A research team led by [UT chemistry professor Xiaoyang] Zhu, who refers to his Center for Materials Chemistry as the XYZ Lab, has shown that it’s possible to convert much more of … Continue reading →

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Twelve-month re-ups the hard way

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Last year, the Lege passed HB109, which restored some of the families that had been cut from CHIP back to the program. Despite some fierce resistance from various Republicans, it reinstated a 12-month period for enrollment; the 6-month period that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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HHSC Employee back in the blogging saddle

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I got word of this last week but didn’t get a chance to mention it – Ramblings of an HHSC Employee is being updated again by our intrepid and anonymous employee of the “food stamp” office in Texas. Just in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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