LINKS

NEWS/EVENTS OF OTHERS:

• Outsourcing bill favors consultants over savings, by Mark Klipstein, JSOnline, Feb. 2, 2012

• Minnesota Tax Cut on Autopilot  Minnesota 2020 article, appeared in the Jan 9, 2012, AASHTO newslette

• As legislation is proposed or deemed needed, MGEC communicates members' priorities and ideas to those elected to office to represent Minnesotans. Over the past year board members John Siekmeier and Mohammad Dehdashti have joined MGEC Executive Director Dana Wheeler, seeking a pay as you go program for the maintenance and development of our vital national and state infrastructures. Senator Klobuchar's and Franken’s offices continue to be interested in ideas from MGEC members.

  • Klobuchar to sponsor jobs bill proposal focusing on infrastructure By Devin Henry | Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 WASHINGTON — The “Rebuild America Jobs Act” would invest $60 billion in projects ranging from fixing roads and bridges to high-speed rail to airport facilities.

  • Franken letter to MGEC Oct. 28, 2011

• “Looking Beyond the Shutdown: Where is Minnesota Headed?” July 11, 2011: video

organizations:

• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Minnesota Section - ASCE
• Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design (AELSLAGID)
• Invest in Minnesota*
• In the Public Interest
• Minnesota Budget Bites
• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits*
• Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE)
• Minnesota Surveyors and Engineers Society (MSES)
• Minnesota Transportation Alliance
• MN2050. Liquid Assets MN (Financial contribution provided by MGEC)
• National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU)
•     NASHTU Studies and Reports
• Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)
• Wisconsin State Engineering Association (SEA) 

*MGEC is a member

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Legislative:

• Legislation & Tracking Bills
• Minnesota District Finder/Who Represents You?
• Capwiz
• ASCE on-line resources that will help you make the most out of interactions with your elected officials:
  • 2010 Key Contact Webinar Series Download
  • ASCE Government Relations
  • ASCE Policy Statements

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COMPENSATION AND Benefits:

• MGEC Contract 2009-11 (link to MMB)
• Minnesota Management & Budget
  • Health Clinic Directory
• Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
• Social Security On-Line

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OTHER STATE EMPLOYEE Bargaining Units:

• American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 5
• Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
• Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA)
• Middle Management Association (MMA)

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STATE OF MN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

• State Careers Website
• Active Requisition List

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