Anti-bullying bill passes Senate, goes to House (Statesman Journal, 2/23/2012)
Cyber bulling: what you need to know to keep your family safe [PDF] (2011) Oregon Enterprise Security Office
Entries from February 23rd, 2012
Canola growing regulations
February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Agriculture
For Oregon farmers, oil-rich canola is either promise or peril (Oregonian, 2/18/2012)
Canola growing regulations [PDF] (2009), Oregon State Department of Agriculture
Tags:agriculture·biofuel·canola·farming
National Register of Historic Places
February 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Parks & Recreation Dept.
Two landmark homes in Northeast and Northwest Portland added to the National Register of Historic Places (Oregonian, 2/20/2012)
National Register of Historic Places [PDF] (2007) Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department
The National Register process [PDF] (2008)
Privatizing public lands for public schools
February 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Oregon Department of State Lands
Kitzhaber Asked to Reject Attempts to Privatize Public Lands for Public Schools (Salem News, 2/13/2012)
Asset management plan, 2006-2016 [PDF] (2006) Oregon Department of State Lands
Public contracting audit
February 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Audits Division, Secretary of State
Audit finds no abuse in Oregon’s public contracting system (Statesman Journal, 2/13/2012)
Agencies ensured contracts with former state employees were properly awarded [PDF] (2012) Secretary of State, Audits Division
Tags:audits·public contracting·state employees·state government
Columbia River Gorge pollution
February 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Environmental Quality
Pollution fouls visibility in Columbia River Gorge (Statesman Journal, 2/12/2012)
Columbia River Gorge air study and strategy [PDF] (2011) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon Mentoring Project
February 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Education
Mentoring pays off for Salem-Keizer teachers (Statesman Journal, 2/12/2012)
Program brief on Oregon Mentoring Project [PDF] (2009) Oregon Department of Education, Office of Educational Improvement and Innovation
Transportation Investments
February 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Transportation
Gravy Train (Willamette Week, 2/8/2012)
Connect Oregon [PDF] (2008) Oregon Department of Transportation
Analysis of the Connect Oregon Program through two project selection cycles [PDF] (2009) Oregon Department of Transportation, Research Unit
Economic and revenue forecast
February 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Office of Economic Analysis
Oregon state economic forecast: Tax revenues down another $35 million (Oregonian, 2/8/2012)
Oregon economic and revenue forecast [PDF] (quarterly) Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Office of Economic Analysis
Common School Fund audit
February 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Audits Division
State fund mistakenly overpays schools (Statesman Journal, 2/7/2012)
Department of State Lands : improve accounting of Common School Fund [PDF] (2012) Oregon Office of the Secretary of State, Audits Division
Abuse of elderly and disabled
February 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Human Services
New state report details numbers of abused elderly, disabled Oregonians (The Oregonian, 2/7/2012)
Adult Protective Services (APS) community and facility annual report [PDF] (annual), Oregon Department of Human Services, Seniors and People with Disabilities
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Defensive medicine
February 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Health Authority
Medical Liability Reform Unlikely to Happen This Legislative Session (The Lund Report, 2/2/2012)
Defensive medicine in Oregon : estimating prevalence & costs [PDF] (2012) Oregon Health Authority
Green jobs in Oregon
February 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Workforce and Economic Research Division
Oregon Jobs Report: 3 Percent are ‘Green’ (KTVZ, 2/3/2012)
The greening of Oregon’s workforce : jobs, wages, and training [PDF] (2012) WorkSource Oregon
Tags:environment·green·jobs
Health insurance
February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Consumer & Business Services, Insurance Division
State Releases Annual Report on Health Insurance (Salem News, 2/2/2012)
Health insurance in Oregon [PDF] (annual) Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Insurance Division
Tags:health insurance
Reporting child abuse
February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Children, Adults & Families Division, Dept. of Human Services
After Penn State, Oregon legislators consider expanding the child abuse reporting law (Oregonian, 2/2/2012)
As a mandatory reporter – you must report suspected child abuse [PDF] (serial) Oregon Department of Human Services, Children, Adults and Families
What you can do about child abuse [PDF] (serial) Oregon Department of Human Services, Children, Adults and Families
