On Tuesday, January 17th, Representative Suzi Wizowaty (D-Burlington) and Senator Anthony Pollina (P-Washington Co.) held a press conference to introduce three bills to re-state how lawmakers evaluate Vermont’s economy. Bill H.541/ S.237 calls on the legislature to use the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) instead of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the tool to evaluate and [...]
Gleaned from the VT.Digger.org article ‘Vermont Statehouse 2012: A legislative preview,’ below is a short list of priorities facing the legislature with particular relevance to the nonprofit community. Sign-Up Now: February 9th, 2012 is VT Nonprofit Legislative Day! State Budget Gap & Human Services Governor Shumlin will be presenting his budget proposal for fiscal year [...]
Michael Costa of the Vermont Department of Taxes let us know about upcoming “listening sessions” on Health Care Reform Financing. The Agency of Administration is hosting four listening sessions across Vermont to help inform the design of future health care reform financing plans. These sessions will include presentations on the challenges facing Vermont’s health care [...]
Nonprofit Vote seeks to engage nonprofits in elections. Their upcoming webinar Plan Ahead: Building a Voter Engagement Timeline for 2012 is slated for Thursday December 1st, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern. Here is a quick description: The 2012 presidential election will be here soon, and it’s time to start thinking about your nonprofit’s plan for registering, educating, [...]
Our friends at Vermont Interfaith Action share news of this activist training on 12/4 in Burlington: Are you outraged about our economy and not going to take it anymore? Then join us to learn “How to Organize to Correct the Injustice of Economic Disparity in our Society,” an informative and inspirational training on Sunday, Dec. [...]
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin announces a reduced damage cost estimate for repairs to the state’s transportation network: 11/1/2011 Montpelier, Vt. – Gov. Peter Shumlin and Administration Officials delivered good news today, announcing reduced Agency of Transportation damage estimates in response to Tropical Storm Irene. VTrans, which initially believed the cost of repairing all roads, culverts [...]
Thanks to our partners at IdeaEncore for this quick review of resources to help nonprofits know how to best engage with candidates and elections. Get ready: Next year is a big political year! Although nonprofits in the United States can engage in a variety of election related activities, such as voter registration drives and lobbying, [...]
Reposted from VTDigger.org, a statewide news website dedicated to coverage of Vermont politics, Smith urges lawmakers to continue “outcomes” budgeting effort by Anne Galloway, June 7 2011 Challenges for Change may be a “dirty word,” as House Speaker Shap Smith put it, but “performance-based” budgeting, also known as “outcomes-based” budgeting, a concept derived from the [...]
Press Play on the Screen Below Presented The Capitol Beat – Senate Economic Development: Jobs Bill recorded on 3/31/11
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Commentary: Measuring will help the state manage performance
Public Assets Institute shared this thoughtful post today. Written by Senior Analyst Jack Hoffman, PAI advocates for the State of Vermont to revive the practice of measuring state agency performance ” not by the size of its caseloads, but by the well-being of Vermont’s citizens.” Common Good Vermont supports this important work and hopes we [...]