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August 2010
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New Jersey Reform Efforts Can Help Virginia —
By Michael W. Thompson
As Virginia continues with its Governor-inspired effort to modernize state government through the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, it might be helpful to learn what is happening along these lines in another state close by – New Jersey. Read It Here!
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August 2010
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Environmental Stewardship Director to Address 2010 Virginia Industry Environmental Conference —
Dr. David Schnare, Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson Institute's Center for Environmental Stewardship, will address the 2010 Virginia Industry Environmental Conference, being held on September 16-17 at the Westin Richmond.
Featured speakers for the two-day session include Schnare, DCR Director David A. Johnson, Virginia DEQ Director David Paylor, EPA Region III Administrator Shawn Garvin, and Ted Narozny, of Lipton, who has achieved zero-landfil status at his Suffolk plan. Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech will speak at a reception to be held on September 16.
For details of the Conference agenda, click here.
To register for the Conference, click here.
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August 2010
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Privatizing Government Services for Better Efficiency —
By Michael W. Thompson
Economic hard times make all of us review our spending and how to cut costs. That is true at home, at church, in our businesses and in government. Government tends to be the last of these groupings to seriously look at truly restructuring how it delivers services and how it spends taxpayers’ money. But across the United States federal, state, and local governments have have all turned -- successfully -- to privatization as a means of providing better government services more efficiently. In these keynote remarks before the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson Institute President Mike Thompson provides an overview of the privatization debate and its use (and non-use) in Virginia and Fairfax County. Click Here to Read the Keynote Remarks! |
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June 2010
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The State of Transportation -- The 2010-2011 Economic Forecast —
This eleventh annual economic forecast, prepared by Chmura Economics and Analytics, places a special emphasis on analyzing the state of transportation in the Commonwealth. It also forecasts employment in Virginia will expand to 0.4% in 2010 after receding 3.2% in 2009. Employment growth is expected to accelerate to 1.9% in 2011. On an annual average basis, single-family building permits dropped16.5% in Virginia in 2009 and are forecast to rise 10.7% in 2010 and 11.9% in 2011. This year's forecast analyzes a variety of Virginia economic sectors, including technology, the labor market, income, retail sales, and the housing market. The forecast also provides key projections for each of 11 Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
Dr. Chmura has a record of accuracy in most of her firm’s projections. Last year’s Virginia Economic Forecast anticipated the depth of the economic contraction. In 2009, real gross domestic product contracted at a 2.5% pace compared with Chmura’s forecast of 3.1%. The forecast last year called for consumer spending to decline by 0.6% in 2009 which was right on target. Chmura’s forecast of a 20.8% drop in residential investment was very close to the actual 20.5% decline. The job decline in Virginia was also more severe than anticipated, falling twice as fast in 2009 than her projected 1.6% decline.
Past Years' Economic Forecasts:
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