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Media Coverage 2010
Penn State Professor Talks About State Job Privitization
From Charleston Gazette November 6, 2010
Budget problems are leading to state and federal job privitizations across the nation - but is that a good idea? A Penn State law professor will be in Charleston later this month to address the issue. Full article
Problems at Sharpe Hospital?
From WDTV September 24, 2010
A court appointed monitor says an increase in patients from the criminal justice system is straining a state psychiatric hospital's ability to provide care. Full article with video
West Virginia IT Pros Mount First US Resistence to Outsourcing
From the Huffington Post September 17, 2010
From the hills and hollows of West Virginia, IT professionals are resolving to do what American IT professionals have never done before - stop the outsourcing of their jobs, the insanity of cost over runs for botched services, and the destruction of their identity as American professionals. Full Article
West Virginia and Employees at Odds Over Possible IT Outsourcing
From Government Technology September 16, 2010
Following West Virginia’s recent announcement that it will consider outsourcing IT services, the union representing technology workers filed a lawsuit in late August challenging such efforts. But the state quickly responded with a motion to dismiss the suit, saying it was improperly filed. Full article
Lawmakers want audit of IT Outsourcing Plan
From the Charleston Gazette September 14, 2010
Members of two legsilsative interim committees Tuesday called for an independent audit of the state Office of Technology regarding its plans to oursoucre state information technology jobs. Full article
State Workers Go To Court Over Tech Jobs
From the Charleston Gazette, September 5, 2010
Long-simmering concerns among West Virginia's state employees about public technology jobs have boiled over into a legal challenge. Full article
West Virginia's IT Workers Fight State Outsourcing
From Computer World, September 1, 2010
West Virginia's IT workers are concerned that the state plans to outsource their jobs and have responded with a protest and a lawsuit. Full article
W.Va.'s Government IT Work Force Rallies for Jobs
From the Charleston Gazette, August 24, 2010
Singing "Which side are you on, Joe?" about 35 members of a state-government employees union marched into the governor's reception room at the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon, demanding that Gov. Joe Manchin intervene in the possible outsourcing of 600 West Virginia Office of Technology jobs. Full article
Upset Workers Seek Audience with Governor
From the Charleston Daily Mail, August 25, 2010
Members of the state public workers union marched to Gov. Joe Manchin's office Tuesday seeking an audience to complain about plans to privatize the state's technology office. Full article
Local 170 Fights West Virginia Plans to Privatize Information Technology
From UE News, August 16, 2010