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Jefferson Forum
September 23, 2010
How to get back to full employment...
Jefferson Forum
September 23, 2010
Teresa Lewis is scheduled to die on September 23. Here's why he should reconsider...
Jefferson Forum
September 20, 2010

Over the past 13 years the Thomas Jefferson Institute has worked with leaders in government and business to improve state and local government. The Institute has positioned itself for exactly this moment in our history … a time when the financial necessity of government reform would coincide with Jefferson Institute...

Jefferson Forum
September 9, 2010
Our occasional roundup of government transparency stories from around the country....
Jefferson Forum
September 9, 2010
Northern Virginia's police departments are determined to keep the public from knowing what they're doing....
Jefferson Forum
September 9, 2010
Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act is a citizens’ law, not a press law. It is the people’s right to know, not just a reporter’s right to know. But sometimes practice deviates from that ideal. Here's why....
Jefferson Forum
September 9, 2010
Given today’s economy, now is the time for Virginia to eliminate luxuries and focus state government on the necessities. Here are 10 ideas for the Governor’s Commission on Government Reform that, if implemented, would help accomplish just that....
Jefferson Forum
September 9, 2010
Governors Allen, Gilmore, Warner and Kaine have all agreed that selling liquor is not a core function of state government. Governor McDonnell is making the right move in pushing for privatization, here’s hoping the General Assembly follows his lead....
Mike Thompson
August 20, 2010

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.

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Jefferson Forum
August 18, 2010
The Chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Attorney General have written to EPA's Administrator telling her she is breaking the law....