Issues in Brief

Governor's Second Term Priorities Highlighted in Inaugural Address

• Health Care Cost Containment
• Eliminating the Achievement Gap
• Urban and Youth Violence Prevention
• Job Creation - Broad Strategies
• Job Creation - Life Sciences Strategies

More Efficient Government

• Commonwealth Performance, Accountability, and Transparency
• Human Resources Modernization
• Shared Services Reforms
• Office of Access and Opportunity
• Information Technology Consolidation
• State Facilities Management
• Procurement Reforms
• Quasi-Public Reforms
• Budget Transparency
• Strategic Asset Management

Program Reforms and Initiatives

• Higher Education
• Local Aid and Municipal Partnership
• Proprietary Schools
• Homelessness Reforms
• Criminal Justice Reform
• Police Training Initiatives
• Indigent Defense Reforms
• Commonwealth Energy and Investment Program
• Enhanced Recycling
• Transportation Reform

Financial Stability Initiatives

• Pension and Other Post-Employment Benefits
• Responsible Budgeting