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The Senate Approp Subcommittee on Program Performance held a meeting to learn about performance based budgeting. The subcommittee heard from representatives of Virginia’s successful Council on Funding and SAS Institute, a provider of business intelligence. The subcommittee learned about the successes Virginia has had in measuring outcomes and about performance management. Look for the complete story in the Capitol Toolbox later this afternoon. Posted by Kim | Tags: mobile homes, performance based budgeting | Category: Public/Informational Committee Hearing, Senate Appropriations | Comments are closed | Share:
The commission voted to approved the following regulations: No. 2661 Municipal Police Officers’ Education & Training Commission #17-75: Retired Law Enforcement Officers Identification & Qualification Cards No. 2732 Environmental Hearing Board #106-9: Practice and Procedure No. 2717 Environmental Quality Board #7-404: Bluff Recession and Setback The deemed approved regs included: No. 2725 Public Utility Commission #57-262: Household Goods in Use Carrier No. 2719 State Board of Pharmacy #16A-5422: Fees. Check the Capitol Toolbox later for the full story. Posted by Jeff | Tags: Drug Device & Cosmetic Act, Environmental Hearing Board, Environmental Quality Board, legal advertisments, P3s, payday lending, PUC, State Board of Pharmacy | Category: House Veterans Affairs, IRRC | Comments are closed | Share:
In a conference call this morning, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center recommended that lawmakers and the governor should “just walk away” from a proposal to adopt a single sales factor into the Pennsylvania tax code. PBPC Executive Director Sharon Ward said incorporating the measure would add another business tax loophole to the state’s tax system at a time when Pennsylvania can least afford it. Former Revenue Secretary Tom Wolf and Michael Mazerov, of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington DC, both argued against the measure, advising that apart from anything else, a single sales factor approach has proved to be largely ineffective in the eight states it has been implemented. Check the Capitol Toolbox later for the full story. Posted by Mike | Tags: Rules, single sales factor, taxation | Category: Face to Face, Press Conference | Comments are closed | Share:
GOVERNOR SIGNS SB 850; STRESSES IT IS NOT A BUDGET Governor Rendell bluelined and signed SB 850 yesterday, emphasizing it is merely legislation to enable state workers to get paid, and is not a budget in itself. The governor said he hopes the bill will send legislators back to the table to negotiate “anew and in earnest.†Following the governor’s bluelines, SB 850 will total roughly $11 billion in spending, and will cover “critical public health and safety services†in addition to state worker pay. “A small number of cases where lives are at stake or public safety is in immediate peril are also funded in this budget,†he said. Check the PLS Capitol Toolbox to read the full story. PILEGGI SLAMS VIDEO LOTTERY House Democrats and Governor Ed Rendell’s proposal to raise money by legalizing video lottery machines isn’t likely to receive Senate Republican approval. To put it mildly. “Video poker is probably the worst public policy idea that’s been advanced in Pennsylvania in a generation,†Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware) told reporters Wednesday afternoon. Go to www.mypls.com and click “News and Views†to read the full story. HOUSE DEMOCRATS Continue reading Eye Opener – August 6, 2009 Posted by Matt | Category: Eye Opener | Comments are closed | Share:
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