Similarity between a brick wall and Kentucky Retirement Systems?
I think this is pretty accurate.
Courier-Journal features BIPPS’ public pension transparency letter
The following letter to the editor appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal this morning. Please visit the newspaper’s site and leave your thoughts in the comment section! Interested in how much a legislator earns for part-time work in Frankfort? No problem! You can find out through the Kentucky Open Records Act. Do you want to know…
Make Kentucky public pensions transparent now
Public pension debt is sinking Kentucky and it is being done behind closed doors. Demand that legislators make the public pension system transparent! Included in KRS 61.661 is language that ensures public pension disbursements are not subject to open records laws.Kentucky has been broken by a $34 billion unfunded public pension liability and taxpayers…
Kentuckians aren’t the only ones falling for pension-inflating gimmicks
Kentucky’s pension crisis is among the worst in the nation, but the legislative trickery in Frankfort that racked up our $34 billion unfunded retirement liability is only part of the story. The other chapters were written in neighboring states like Indiana and Tennessee where legislators engaged in similar political maneuvering to increase their paydays in a…
How’s that, again? UK prof who fabricated research now teaches at a local school?
I had to read this one twice. According to a December 17, 2012 article in The Scientist a University of Kentucky (UK) biomedical researcher: “…was discovered to have falsified or fabricated 45 figures over the course of 10 years.” That research related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes and was supposedly based on using special experimental…
Courier-Journal right to issue urgent call for more transparency to protect children in welfare system
It is good to see that the editorial page of Kentucky’s largest newspaper continues to advocate for more transparency when it comes to children in the commonwealth’s child welfare system. The Bluegrass Institute has long advocated that transparency does more than just allow taxpayers to hold government officials for how they spend our hard-earned tax…
Governor Beshear’s executive order creates huge education data center
But, who will insure all this data is secure, who will have access, etc? I’m a big fan of research data, but I also recognize that massive amounts of personal information stored on government computers create all sorts of potential for really bad things like identity theft and governmental invasion of personal privacy. Certainly, the…
Education Data Security in Kentucky
The proliferation of computer-based databases operated by Kentucky’s public school system has been very extensive, and these databases contain a large amount of sensitive information on students, parents and school employees. Examples of that sensitive information include: social security numbers, test scores, eligibility for free and reduced cost lunch, salaries, teacher evaluation materials, health conditions…
(Fiscal) Cliff Notes, by Dr. Eric Schansberg
President Obama has some crucial business to tend to, even before his second term in office commences – and it must be done with a “lame-duck” session in Congress. Because of temporary tax cuts, previous budget deals, and procrastination in dealing with the debt, the country now faces a “fiscal cliff” with the sliding to…
Prichard pushes the numbers too far, again, Part 2
In any state-to-state education comparison, student demographics matter In its zeal to portray Kentucky’s public education system in the best possible light, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has issued a 2012 update to its on-going “Top 20 by 2020” reports. But, Prichard still doesn’t get this right. Prichard simply ignores advice, readily available in…