Rutgers study cites weak state contract oversight in New Jersey
A Rutgers University analysis finds New Jersey poorly oversees private contractors, with cases of improper grant denial, failed reports by case managers, and inmates escaping from halfway houses. The report highlights undertrained staff, high staff attrition, uncentralized data, and costly change orders as systemic flaws.
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Washington
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Janice Fine
Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations
Barbara S. Romzek
American University
School of Public Affairs
Oregon
John Kitzhaber
Idaho
Office of Performance Evaluation
Romzek
Rutgers
Fine
WWII love letters land with Dorothy Bartos Carlberg at last
Martha Rodriguez delivered WWII era letters dated July and August 1945 to Dorothy Bartos Carlberg, the intended recipient from Chicago's Little Village. The missives from A L Fragakis in San Diego described Navy life and memories of dances at Aragon and Trianon, touching a family across decades.
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Chicago Tribune
Dorothy Bartos Carlberg
Martha Rodriguez
Carlberg
Rodriguez
Downer’s Grove
Ill
S. Kolin Ave
Chicago
Bartos
Little Village
the Tribune
A.L. Fragakis
Naval Station
San Diego
Calif
Dorothy Bartos
al Fragakis
Aragon
Trianon
Fragakis
Navy Life
Gene Kelly
Madison
Wis
Downers Grove
Sue Lilly
Bugs
Victor Carlberg
Carlbergs
Tim Carlberg
Minnesota woman mourns nine Ebola victims family wide
Cynthia Kwennah of Brooklyn Center mourns the deaths of nine relatives from Ebola in Liberia and West Africa. She recalls how her father died after doctors misdiagnosed typhoid and malaria, and notes the virus has struck many Liberian families in the Twin Cities area. Community meetings in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center discuss containment and cultural concerns.
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Neapolis Star Tribune
Cynthia Kwennah
Thelma Sage
Kwennah
Liberia
Minneapolis
Brooklyn Center
Minn
Monrovia
Cynthia
Andrew Kwennah
Twin Cities
Sierra Leone
Guinea
Nigeria
Brooklyn Park
Hennepin County
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Africa
Minnesota
West Africa
Wynfred Russell
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