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Personnel Management

Arkansas panel endorses Commerce Department request for 2 administrative posts totaling $400,000

March 13, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A legislative panel on Wednesday endorsed the state Department of Commerce’s request to create two administrative positions with a projected total cost of about $400,000 in federal and state funds. The Legislative Council’s personnel subcommittee recommended the Legislative Council approve the Commerce Department’s request to create

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03/14/2024
Employee Benefits

Diabetes management program recommended for implementation into state’s public school, state employee health insurance plans

March 13, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A consultant on Wednesday recommended the state’s public school and state employee health insurance plans implement a diabetes management program that includes mental health and other comorbidity monitoring and treatment integrated with the diabetic treatment module. The diabetes management program also would include claims integration to

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03/14/2024

5 companies have submitted proposals to be the next Arkansas LEARNS voucher vendor

February 27, 2024 by Cynthia Howell | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Five companies submitted proposals by last week’s deadline to manage the distribution of millions of dollars in state funds to private schools and other service providers on behalf of students participating in the state’s new voucher and/or tutoring programs. Brooke Hollowoa, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department

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02/28/2024
GIS

Sheridan reaches milestone through census appeal

Written by Neale Zeringue | KARK SHERIDAN, Ark. – Sheridan has hit a major milestone thanks to a recent census appeal that should bring new funds to the city. Even before Sheridan Mayor Cain Nattin took office at the start of 2023, an effort was underway to repeal the 2020 census, which counted Sheridan at

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02/27/2024

Arkansas Workforce Strategy report proposes ways to train students for future careers

February 15, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Department of Education, in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services, should lead the alignment of training and career pathways to ensure students learn applicable skills and competencies under one of four recommendations outlined in the Arkansas Workforce Strategy report released

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02/16/2024
Personnel Management

Legislative panel signs off on revised performance pay system for state government’s executive branch employees

February 14, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette An Arkansas legislative panel on Wednesday signed off on a revised performance pay system for state government’s executive branch employees in fiscal year 2024 that ends June 30. The Legislative Council’s personnel subcommittee recommended the Legislative Council review the state Department of Transformation and Shared Services’s

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02/16/2024
Office of the Secretary

Legislative panel OKs consulting contract to help improve efficiencies of executive branch agencies

February 13, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday signed off on the state Department of Transformation and Shared Service’s consulting contract for up to $5.5 million to help the state’s 15 executive branch agencies become more efficient and improve services to Washington, D.C.-based McKinsey & Co. The Legislative

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02/14/2024
Office of the Secretary

Arkansas awards Washington D.C. agency $5.5M contract to assist state’s executive branch agencies with efficiency

Job goes to D.C.-based firm February 9, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration has awarded an up to $5.5 million contract for a consultant to help the state’s 15 executive branch agencies become more efficient and improve services to Washington, D.C.-based McKinsey & Co. The contract will begin Feb. 19

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02/12/2024
Building Authority

Sanders’ administration seeks consultant to help develop plans for state’s executive branch departments

Executive branch overhaul weighed January 7, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration is seeking to hire a consultant to help develop plans for the state’s 15 executive branch departments detailing recommended organizational structures and potential costs and savings, and a revised state employee pay plan, a revised state

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01/09/2024
Employee Benefits

2024 numbers of Medicare-eligible retirees in Arkansas’ public school, state employee health insurance plans with United Healthcare drug coverage consistent with 2023

January 2, 2024 by Michael R. Wickline / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The share of Medicare-eligible retirees in Arkansas’ public school and state employee health insurance plans, who opted for group Medicare Advantage with prescription drug coverage through United Healthcare for calendar year 2024, has remained consistent with the share for calendar year 2023, according to the director

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01/03/2024

Woolpert Contracted by USGS to Collect Aerial Lidar Data Across Eastern Arkansas for 3DEP

These data will be used to advance statewide priorities, including agriculture, flood-risk management, urban and regional planning, natural resources conservation, and critical mineral assessment. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Nov. 9, 2023) — The U.S. Geological Survey has tasked Woolpert with acquiring topographic Quality Level 1 lidar data and providing ground control survey across eastern Arkansas in support of

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12/15/2023
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