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Colorado: Department Of Public Safety

May 21, 2009 - 10:21 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Senator gave secret Capitol code to class

A state senator's after-hours security code for the Capitol has been deactivated after he made it available to a class he was teaching.

Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, said he had no idea he was breaching security when he provided his individual code to the 11 graduate students in his Colorado government and politics class at the University of Colorado Denver.

Mitchell might own the distinction of being the only lawmaker to ever be "deactivated."

"It's never happened to a lawmaker in anyone's memory, but it has happened to other statehouse employees," said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety.

The code — a series of numbers — allows lawmakers, staffers and others to get into the state Capitol after hours.

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February 6, 2009 - 05:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Colorado hires amid freeze

The hiring freeze Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled in late September to help head off a mounting state budget shortfall turned out to be more of a chill.

The governor's office estimates that it has frozen 463 spots and has saved the state $12 million. A Denver Post review of hundreds of applications for exemptions shows that in three months, Ritter's office approved 326 new hires and promotions — out of 371 requests — that could cost the state more than $12 million.

Ritter's rules say the freeze does not apply to health and safety positions, jobs caring for state wards or required by caseload demands, or positions that, unfilled, would disrupt an "essential state function" or present legal liabilities.

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February 4, 2009 - 02:04 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Colorado hires amid freeze

The hiring freeze Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled in late September to help head off a mounting state budget shortfall turned out to be more of a chill.

The governor's office estimates that it has frozen 463 spots and has saved the state $12 million. A Denver Post review of hundreds of applications for exemptions shows that in three months, Ritter's office approved 326 new hires and promotions — out of 371 requests — that could cost the state more than $12 million.

Ritter's rules say the freeze does not apply to health and safety positions, jobs caring for state wards or required by caseload demands, or positions that, unfilled, would disrupt an "essential state function" or present legal liabilities.

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There have been 36 comments posted in response to this story.

January 14, 2009 - 04:40 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Colorado hires amid freeze

The hiring freeze Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled in late September to help head off a mounting state budget shortfall turned out to be more of a chill.

The governor's office estimates that it has frozen 463 spots and has saved the state $12 million. A Denver Post review of hundreds of applications for exemptions shows that in three months, Ritter's office approved 326 new hires and promotions — out of 371 requests — that could cost the state more than $12 million.

Ritter's rules say the freeze does not apply to health and safety positions, jobs caring for state wards or required by caseload demands, or positions that, unfilled, would disrupt an "essential state function" or present legal liabilities.

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