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Channel 5
Investigative Team Reports on the Use of Consultants in State Government |
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Dear M.O.S.E.S. Member, Recently the Channel 5 Investigative Team did a report on the excessive use of consultants in our transportation agencies. As you all know, this is only the tip of the iceberg; we have the same problems in many other state agencies. MOSES will continue to make this important information available to the public. Attached is a link to the story and a video of the investigative report. THANKS ! Joe Dorant, President |
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Team
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Private Consultants Replace State Engineers, Millions of Dollars WastedBOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed a nearly $4 billion plan to fix hundreds of decaying bridges statewide. But Team 5 Investigates' Janet Wu reported Thursday that unless the state dramatically changes how those bridges are repaired, taxpayers will end up spending millions of dollars unnecessarily. More |
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MOSES ALERT! State Employee Health Insurance Victory!! |
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Dear M.O.S.E.S. Member, All of our hard work paid off! The House of Representatives voted to maintain the current state employee health insurance premium split. A sincere thank you goes out to all the M.O.S.E.S. members who contacted their legislators - they heard our message loud and clear! Please call your State Representative and thank him or her for their support. The main number for the State House is 617-722-2800. Sincerely yours, Joe Dorant, President Bridget K. Quinn, Legislative AgentHOUSE REJECTS HEALTH INSURANCE PROPOSAL! The proposal to increase health insurance premium costs for MOSES members and other state employees by up to $2000 per year was soundly defeated in the House of Representatives. Representative Marty Walsh, D-Dorchester filed an amendment to budget to keep health insurance premium contribution rates at their current levels. Over 107 legislators signed on to the amendment!
MOSES and other public employee unions launched an all-out campaign to lobby legislators and mobilize our union memberships with letters, emails and calls.
In the coming weeks the Senate Ways & Means Committee will release its FY 09 budget plan. We are hopeful that the Senate will not make any attempt to increase health insurance costs for state employees. Keep checking the MOSES homepage for additional updates. Thank you, again, for all of your hard work in support of fair health insurance for all state employees. |
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2008 MOSES
Golf Outing |
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 The 2008 MOSES golf outing will be held on Friday, June 13th at the Hampden County Club located in Hampden MA. The format will be a four person scramble. Form your own team. We are scheduling a 10:00 A.M. shotgun start. The cost will be $85.00 per person which includes includes 18 holes of golf with cart, dinner and prizes. Members, Family and Guest are invited.
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MOSES Member from DEP Receives EPA Award |
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MADEP Employee Recognized for Outstanding Wastewater Operator Training and Certification Assistance Thomas Bienkiewicz of the Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection was recently honored with the "2007 State Wastewater
Operator Training and Certification Assistance Provider Award" by EPA. |
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MOSES Testifies Before Transportation Commission |
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President Joe Dorant and Mickey Splaine, BOD member and Mass Highway Engineer spoke before the Transportation Commission on April 30th.
DCR Engineers Mark Griffin and David Lenhardt as well as Board Member Mary Richards attended the public hearing.
During a public meeting members of the Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers & Scientists (MOSES), which includes engineers from Mass Highway and DCR, testified that huge reductions in staffing have left the agencies unable to keep up with crumbling bridges and roadways. In addition, privatization of roadway projects has cost the state more money than keeping the work in-house.
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MOSES HONORED FOR RESPONSE TO BIG DIG TRAGEDY |
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The state’s professionals from the Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES) on Friday were thanked for their hard work following the tragic Big Dig ceiling collapse. Following the July 2006 accident, more than 100 members of MOSES were called to the scene to supervise and inspect the repairs being performed by the contractor in the tunnel. The state’s professional engineers worked around the clock for the next several months to ensure the tunnel’s safety and restore the public’s confidence. “First and foremost, MOSES is committed to protecting the public’s safety, and that’s exactly what we were focused on in this response,” said MOSES president Joe Dorant. “What happened in that accident was inexcusable, and MOSES was there to make sure the public could feel safe and secure following the disaster.” On Friday, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray and Mass Highway Chief Engineer Frank Tramontozzi honored MOSES members with a photo event in the State House. MOSES is committed to working cooperatively with state leaders to ensure programs and initiatives are in place that will provide meaningful improvement to the state’s infrastructure and protect the public’s safety. “The men and women honored today are critical to ensuring
the public’s safety and the response to the Big Dig collapse is a notable
example of the work they undertake everyday,” said Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray. |
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MOSES Member
at DCR Receives Public Service Award from the Charles River
Watershed Association
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The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA)
recently honored MOSES member Robert Lowell (center), Storm
Water Manager for the state Department of Conservation and
Recreation (DCR), with the 2007 Rita Barron Public Official
Award. (Also pictured is Robert Zimmerman, Executive Director of
the CRWA, far left and Kate Bowditch, far right, Director of
Projects for the CRWA.) The honor is presented each year to a
public official from the local, state or federal government who
has made significant contributions to cleaning up the Charles
River. The association cited Lowell, a former civil engineer for
natural resources, for his commitment by DCR to upgrade and
improve its storm water management and, ultimately, brings it
into compliance with the standards established by the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Lowell initiated an
extensive survey of DCR properties and spent two years mapping
areas where storm water enters the environment. |
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