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ELECTION SPECIAL: Nov. 10, 2016
Washington Girds for Seismic Shift The ascendancy of President-elect Donald Trump promised a seismic shift in nearly every facet of the federal government. Trump's transition team has spent the past several months building a short list of industry titans and conservative activists who could comprise one of modern history's more eclectic and controversial cabinets, ranging from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for attorney general to 39-year-old Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. as defense secretary. >> Washington Post, Politico, BuzzFeed News Defense Chief Promises Orderly Transition Defense Secretary Ash Carter pledged to oversee an orderly transition to a Trump administration and thanked Pentagon employees for staying out of the presidential-race political fray. >> Reuters
Tight Race for Governor Could Trigger a Recount With Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper holding a 4,980-vote lead over Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, the outcome of the gubernatorial contest hinges on votes cast in more than 44,000 uncounted provisional and absentee ballots, which could trigger a recount and push the weary campaigns toward the end of the month. >> Raleigh News & Observer Montana's Democratic Governor Defeats Challenger Montana's Democratic governor, Steve Bullock, was declared the winner of the governor's race, defeating Bozeman businessman Greg Gianforte with 232,318 votes to Gianforte's 220,144. >> Billings Gazette
Governor's Aide Notches Come-from-Behind Win After polling in third place heading into the election, Levar Stoney, a former secretary of the commonwealth and veteran aide to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, survived the counting of as many as 9,000 absentee ballots to become Richmond's mayor-elect. Stoney, who defeated former Venture Richmond Director Jack Berry and former state Del. Joe Morrissey, the expected front-runner, said he was as surprised by the election results as everyone else. >> Richmond Times-Dispatch Ballot Measures | The Nation 3 States' Voters OK Limits on Money in Politics Given the chance to express concern about the influence of money in politics, voters in California, Missouri and South Dakota passed measures either limiting campaign contributions, creating mechanisms for public financing of campaigns, or variations on both. Washington state voters rejected a campaign-finance measure. >> Governing Voters Back Billions in Bonds for Public Projects Voters across the country favored a surge in borrowing for public projects, approving some of the biggest bond measures, including $9 billion to finance California school construction and modernization and $3.5 billion to rebuild the San Francisco area's transit system. >> Reuters, San Francisco Chronicle Georgians Say No to Governor's School-Takeover Plan Georgia voters rejected by a 3-to-2 margin Gov. Nathan Deal's plan to take over chronically failing schools amid concerns that the proposal was too vague and alienated local officials. >> Governing L.A. Voters Reject More Autonomy for Troubled Utility Voters appear to have rejected a ballot measure aimed at granting more autonomy to the scandal-plagued Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, one of the nation's largest public utilities. >> Los Angeles Times
Mayor: Statehood Unlikely for Now Mayor Muriel E. Bowser conceded that the referendum she pushed to make the nation's capital the 51st state would probably go nowhere soon in the wake of Donald Trump's election. "Obviously," she said, "part of our strategy was to be ready for when we had like-minded people elected in the White House and in the Congress." But Bowser said support for statehood would still be her first request when she encounters Trump. >> Washington Post Seattle Will Remain Sanctuary City, Mayor Promises Seattle will remain what some call a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants despite Trump's election as president, even if that means losing federal funding, Mayor Ed Murray promised. >> Seattle Times Higher Education | The Nation AAUP: Trump Is Threat to Academic Freedom Citing President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about minorities, immigrants and women, the American Association of University Professors warned that many faculty members fear that he "may be the greatest threat to academic freedom since the McCarthy period." >> Chronicle of Higher Education MORE NEWS
State Board Takes Control of Financially Stressed Resort In what Gov. Chris Christie says is the best way to keep Atlantic City from becoming first New Jersey municipality since 1938 to go bankrupt, the state Local Finance Board voted 5-0 to take over the seaside gambling resort's major decision-making powers for five years. The decision gives the state the power to renegotiate union contracts, hire and fire city employees, sell city assets, and reverse city-council decisions. >> The Press of Atlantic City, NJ.com S&P Lowers Chicago Schools' Credit Rating A week before a planned $426.3 million bond sale, Standard & Poor's pushed the Chicago Public Schools' credit rating a notch deeper into junk, giving the district its B grade with a negative outlook. >> Chicago Tribune, Reuters Cybersecurity | The Nation OPM-Themed Ransomware Campaign Targets Feds A ransomware campaign targeting federal workers and contractors flooded thousands of email inboxes this week with messages that contain a malware-laden attachment and appear to come from the Office of Personnel Management. Security researchers from a Leesburg, Va.-based firm first spotted the ransomware attack. >> FedScoop Lansing Utility Paid $25,000 Ransom After Cyberattack The Lansing, Mich., Board of Water & Light paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems after they were disabled by a cyberattack last spring, the utility's general manager said. >> Lansing State Journal Public Health | Portland, Ore. State: Reduce Lead in City's Water Now State regulators ordered Portland to immediately reduce lead levels in its drinking water, a decision that comes in the face of growing federal pressure and test results reaffirming its place as the nation's worst big-city offender. The city has until Dec. 2 to submit a plan. >> Portland Oregonian >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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DATAPOINT 1,009 Number of commissions, councils, task forces and working groups appointed by Congress, the president or federal agencies in fiscal 2015, advisory panels that had 72,220 members at an overall cost of more than $367 million, according to a recent Congressional Research Service report noting that while the number of such committees has remained consistent over the past five years the number of members has increased by 2,450 >> Government Executive | More data
“I came up telling all my buddies on the boat, 'Hey, I found a UFO.'” Sean Smyrichinsky, who was diving for sea cucumbers off the coast of British Columbia recently and says he discovered what he was told was "that bomb," an 11,000-pound simulated Mark IV nuclear device packed not with plutonium but with lead and TNT that was lost in 1950 in the crash of American B-36 bomber, a claim that the Canadian military plans to investigate by dispatching a ship to the area >> Vancouver Sun, Air Force Times | More quotes VIEWPOINT Higher Education | Eric Gordon The Role of Universities in Civic Life Universities are filled with researchers. They are motivated to partner with government because they want access to data or they are interested in applying their research to real-world situations. But establishing and sustaining university-government collaborative research projects is an especially complex process. Nevertheless, research projects and programs that align with the interests of both parties hold great potential for skill development and knowledge transfer. They can also tap into additional and much-needed funding sources to support projects that can improve civic life. >> Governing/City Accelerator | More commentaries UPCOMING EVENTS
Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute Discussion: "A Post-Election Analysis: the Future of the Constitution in a New Administration" Today, noon-1:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Enterprise Institute Discussion: "AEI Election Watch: What Happened and What's Next" Today, 12:30-2 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Huffington Post Webcast: "The Chronic Pain Epidemic: What's to Be Done?" Today, 12:30 p.m. ET Governing Webinar: "Post-Election Briefing" Today, 2 p.m. ET Governing Webinar: "Release of Governing's 2016 Special Report on Health and Human Services" Today, 2 p.m. ET American Society for Public Administration and Penn State Harrisburg Northeast Conference on Public Administration Nov. 11-13, Harrisburg, Pa. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Annual Meeting Nov. 12-15, Boston Government Technology re:public Conference Nov. 13-15, Chandler, Ariz. Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Program for Emerging Leaders Nov. 13-18, Cambridge, Mass. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Annual Meeting Nov. 13-16, La Quinta, Calif. American Water Resources Association Annual Conference Nov. 14-17, Orlando, Fla. IBM Center for the Business of Government Book release and discussion: "Getting It Done: a Guide for Government Executives" Nov. 14, 3-5 p.m., Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Annual roundtable: "Wall Street Comes to Washington" Nov. 15, 8:30 a.m.-noon ET, Washington, D.C. Urban Institute, New Work Training and American Institute for Innovative Apprenticeship Forum: "Delivering Employer-Driven Apprenticeships" Nov. 15, 1-4:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. >> Full events listings |
