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Secretary Ben Barnes sent a letter to Governor Dannel P. Malloy highlighting a new report from the Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA) on the 14% reduction in overtime among state agencies for the last fiscal year, part of Secretary Barnes’s and Governor Malloy’s efforts to ensure State government remains efficient.   “This an encouraging report – we are working closely with our agencies to hold down overtime. LEAN techniques are working, and the state is moving forward. This is good news and no doubt a positive step” Secretary Barnes said. “We still have much more work to do, but I am confident we are moving in the right direction in our efforts to right-size government spending to align it with…

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Career Coach at Westport Town Hall

American Job Center Southwest’s Career Coach in Westport on Thursday, July 14, 2016 Sarah Heath, Director of the Westport Department of Human Services announces the return of the American Job Center Southwest’s (formerly known as CTWorks) Career Coach at Westport Town Hall. On Thursday, July 14th, the Coach will offer a beginner’s class in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 from 10 a.m. – noon, followed by an intermediate class in PowerPoint 2007 from 1 – 3 p.m. The Career Coach is a “training center” tour bus equipped with ten wireless computer labs offering free computer classes to residents in the greater Norwalk area.  The mobile unit operates on a monthly schedule of visits to various community locations and is accessible to people with disabilities. Area residents (not just Westport) interested…

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Ziak Virus Funding

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) andU.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will join Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, State Senator Bob Duff, and Dr. Majid Sadigh, Director of the Global Health Program at Western Connecticut Health Network, at Norwalk Hospital to demand the Senate immediately pass the $1.1 billion bipartisan compromise to combat the Zika outbreak. According to Senator Murphy's press release "This week, Senate Republicans abandoned a bipartisan compromise that had previously passed the Senate and instead took up a divisive bill  that needlessly and recklessly cut funding for Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act. Murphy and Blumenthal will outline the specific steps they’re taking to secure emergency funding, help Connecticut companies – like Protein Sciences in Meriden and CargoGen Corp.…

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