City Manager Hiring Tactics Raise Open Meetings Concerns
Iowa cities lean on search firms for high level posts to widen candidate pools and probe backgrounds. Cedar Rapids and Des Moines used such firms, while critics say openness matters for public input. Des Moines cited a 2006 hiring case with public finalists.
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Coralville
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Gael
West Des Moines
Iowa City
Matt Hayek
Hayek
Des Moines
Tom Turner
Des
Rick Clark
Clark
Turner
Alan Kemp
Iowa League of Cities
Cedar Rapids
Kemp
Kempid
Kathleen Richardson
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Ity
Haiti Adoptions Freeze Deepens After Quake Fallout
International adoption from Haiti remains severely restricted after the January quake. Officials cite child protection amid scandals, with only adoptions of prequake or parent-relin quished orphans allowed. Critics warn many waiting children face years in institutions.
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Sonson
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Ed Rendell
Pittsburgh
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Miriam Frederick
New Life Childrens Home Orphanage
U.S. State Department
United Nations Children’s Fund
Michel Forst
United Nations
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