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Ex-Pentagon chief Gates: Budget must be smarter

...of the University of South Carolina, during which he received an honorary degree of doctor of public service. The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency became defense secretary in 2006 under President George W. Bush and continued...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-10/ex-pentagon-chief-gates-budge
S.C. unemployment agency to cut workers, route customers online

...particularly denounced the move as an attack on rural South Carolina, and the outrage culminated in the resignation of former Director Abraham Turner.Finan said even that cut ? in addition to hiring and travel freezes ? wasn't enough to offset...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-09/sc-unemployment-agency-cut-wo
Augusta needs Medicaid expansion, and so does Georgia

...in, the right choice should be obvious to our governor. Let's hope he does the right thing. (The writer, a former director of health planning for the state of Georgia, is a retired senior vice-president of a publicly held health-care...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-03-24/augusta-needs-me
Bill aims to boost students' reading abilities

...determinations in state law."Retention should never be a punitive thing," he said. "It's not their fault."The former director of the Charleston Education Network said the problem with advancing students who can't read is that the system never...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-03-30/bill-aims-boost-students-reading-ab
Rutgers coach fired after video viral

...decision to only suspend Rice was made in part because the coach was remorseful.The videotape was given to Pernetti by former director of player development, Eric Murdock, who was hired by Rice in 2010. The two had a falling out over Murdock's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/2013-04-03/rutgers-coach-fired-after
Colo. prison chief's death highlights safety concerns for guards, wardens

...Beauclair, the former deputy director of the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Corrections and the former director of the Idaho Department of Correction. "These gangs have become more powerful."Clements is at least the second...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-03-24/colo-prison-chiefs-death-highlights
Biz Bits

...Elected to the board of directors for Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy.Details: He is a professor of ecology and former director of the Institute of Ecology in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia.BILL MACUCHAward/honor...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2013-04-02/biz-bits
Ernest Daniel Jr.

...active Staff Member of Terrell County, University, Doctors, and St. Joseph. His non-medical organizations were former Director of Terrell County Chamber of Commerce, Member of Stanley-Oxford Housing Committee (Terrell County), and Rotary...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000163586004
Peter Menk

...Exchange, The Augusta Plumbing & Heating Contractors, and The Georgia Plumbing Contractors Association. He was a former director of Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, The Georgia Railroad Bank and First Union of Augusta. He was a board member...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000163908318
Augusta Commission members interview finalists for HR director job

...resources director.The troubled city department has dwindled to about half its original size since August 2011, when former director Rod Powell abruptly resigned and commissioners began seriously considering outsourcing its functions, a decision...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-11-28/augusta-commission-membe