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Nebraska Legislative Planning Committee 2012 Report: Policy Briefs, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Archived Publications

The Nebraska Legislature's Planning Committee was created in 2009 with the passage of LB 653 in order to help establish a process of long-term state planning with the Nebraska Legislature. The committee was created to assist state government in identifying emerging trends, assets and challenges of the state and the long-term implications of the decisions made by the Nebraska Legislature.

Efforts during the first two years of the committee focused on the development of a database. The goals and benchmarks included in the database were developed and approved by the Legislature's Planning Committee to present a common-sense and data-driven assessment …

Nebraska Legislative Planning Committee, 2012 Report: Policy Briefs, Jerry Deichert, Karl Kosloski, John R. Bartle, Sikarn Issarachaiyos

Faculty Books and Monographs

Co-edited by Jerry Deichert and John Bartle, UNO faculty members.

Report: Addressing the Long-Term Care Needs of Nebraska’s Aging Population through Expanded Assistance to Caregivers, co-authored by Jerry Deichert and Karl Kosloski, UNO faculty members.

Report: Cost Savings in Medical Care for the Elderly through Expanded Case Management, co-authored by Jerry Deichert and Karl Kosloski, UNO faculty members.

Report: City-County Consolidation: Implications for Nebraska, co-authored by John R. Bartle and Sikarn Issarachaiyos, UNO faculty members.

Report: County Mergers: Evidence for Nebraska, co-authored by John R. Bartle and Sikarn Issarachaiyos, UNO faculty members.

Report: Early Childhood Education for Children with All …

Implementing A Health Care Reform Through Inter-Municipal-Cooperation: Adapting And Implementing The Norwegian Cooperation-Reform In Three Inter-Municipal Health Regions, Daf Olaf Torjesen, A. Bryce Hoflund

Public Administration Faculty Publications

In this explorative article we will try to identify some issues and questions about how the Norwegian municipalities are preparing to implement the Cooperation reform and the new health care legislation. Our main focus is on examples of measures municipalities in three Norwegian inter-municipality regions so far have developed with respect to the Cooperation reform which will be implemented from spring 2012. By comparing and contrasting this three regions, with different history and adjustment patterns, our aim is to investigate inter-municipal cooperation as an suitable organizational solutions the municipalities can use in their struggle to prepare for their new extended …