Posted December 13, 2007

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GIRARD MILLER’S BENEFITS BEAT

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Submit your public benefits success stories!

Questions, success stories or anecdotes about benefit issues in government?
Girard Miller wants to hear from you. E-mail him

Many public officials believe that journalists only print bad news. Here at Governing, we disagree. Our Management Letter is based on a commitment to answer problems with solutions, to share good ideas and praise success.

Sure, we will promote reforms where we see a need or a problem. But our ultimate objective is to help maximize taxpayer dollars, to improve services provided by governments and to strengthen the quality of governance throughout the country.

Girard Miller

That's where you can help us, by sending us your success story involving public employee benefits. Know of any innovative policies for vacation time, sick leave or other "time off" programs? Has your agency implemented specific health care cost-containment strategies? Maybe you've created effective employee training programs or development strategies?

We want to hear about it. E-mail us and share your good news!

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Girard Miller, an analyst of benefits and investments with 30 years of experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, can be reached at Girardinmalibu@charter.net.
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