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The Record, Bergen County, NJ, December 19, 2011

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Can We Save $2.2m by Using Private County Security?

Bergen County's three law enforcement agencies -- the Bergen County Police Department, Prosecutor's Office and Sheriff's Office - - deploy civilian security guards in public facilities, a service that a recent report recommended should be outsourced to save taxpayers as much as $2.2 million over the next five years. The report issued by the New York-based Guidepost Solutions in May is best known for its recommendation that the county police be downsized or eliminated. But many of the other fi...

Medicaid Cuts Stun N.J. Nursing Homes

Nursing homes that care for the sickest of patients should have been paid more this year under a new Medicaid reimbursement formula. But because of state budget cuts, it didn't turn out that way. Instead, some nursing homes that had been slated for a substantial boost in reimbursements were warned last summer to brace for a 3 percent cut -- only to be told in the autumn that their rates would be slashed by more than twice that proportion.

Errors Rampant in Public Spending

Elected officials and their hired experts frequently failed to follow state purchasing rules when they signed off on public contracts, despite repeated efforts to educate them on the laws for spending tax money. At least one in five of the multimillion-dollar public contracts approved by local or state governments were faulty, according to figures compiled by the Office of the State Comptroller.

A House Seat Will Vanish, but Which One?

Conservative Republican Scott Garrett, whose congressional district stretches from the northwestern part of the state to the Hudson River, could be out of a job now that he has built up some clout on the powerful Financial Services Committee. Or it could be Steve Rothman, the Fair Lawn Democrat who in 2007 backed Barack Obama when most New Jersey Democrats supported Hillary Clinton.