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Memphis City Council urges Univ of Memphis to opt out of outsourcing
Members of the Memphis City Council want the University of Memphis Board of Trustees to opt out of the state’s controversial facilities management outsourcing contract with JLL, a multi-national corporation located [&hellip
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Knoxville legislators urge UT to opt out of outsourcing
Sen. Richard Briggs and Rep. Rick Staples coauthored a guest column for the Knoxville News Sentinel Friday urging University of Tennessee Chancellor Beverly Davenport and President Joseph DiPietro to opt [&hellip
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Haslam abandons outsourcing park operations
The Haslam administration announced it will no longer pursue outsourcing the management and operations of any of Tennessee’s state parks. The announcement was made by Tennessee Department of Environment and [&hellip
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Market Adjustment increases
What we know about Market Adjustment increases effective July 1, 2017 TSEA staff has received the complete list of all job classifications that will see the market adjustment of 4% [&hellip
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28-day work schedule’s days are numbered
Correction Commissioner Tony Parker responds to questions about his decision to move away from the controversial schedule NASHVILLE – After almost three years operating under the 28-day work schedule, the [&hellip
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Update on Privatization at Mountain View Youth Development Center
In early April, the Department of Children’s Services signed a contract with out-of-state private security provider G4S to privatize Mountain View Youth Development Center. However, there is a serious problem [&hellip
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TSEA attends RIF meeting at GVDC
The Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities held Reduction in Force meetings for the final closure of Greene Valley Developmental Center on April 19 and 20, 2017. Two TSEA staff [&hellip
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Is facilities management outsourcing about something bigger than Tennessee?
Haslam pushes invulnerable outsourcing plan through system By Chris Dauphin TSEA Communications Director [email protected] Not surprisingly, amid what seemed like daily rebukes from TSEA, state legislators, and other interested parties, [&hellip
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NextGen IT chooses insourcing over outsourcing
After several failed state IT projects, Strategic Technology Solutions, formerly the Office for Information Resources, in 2013 decided they would invest in state IT employees through professional training and development [&hellip
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Budget passes including Pay-For-Performance raises for state employees
The legislature this week passed the 2017-2018 state budget which includes funding for pay-for-performance raises of three percent for those with evaluation scores of valued, advanced, or outstanding. Employee evaluations [&hellip
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