Colorado Benefits Management System - Stlll Broken Going on Six Years
This has got to be a record for a screwed up computer system. Absolutely shameful!The Denver Post published this article on the system's status on Feb 1, 2010:COLORADO STILL FAILS ON FOOD STAMPS,...
View ArticleThe Post's Editors Chime in on CBMS
Here's what they said in the lead editorial on February 3, 2010:EDITORIALStill lagging on state welfare systemFive years after Colorado launched an expensive computerized benefits system, the state is...
View ArticleThe Saddest Colorado Benefits Management Systems Story Yet
Denver boy, 9, died after state-benefits error denied him asthma medicationBy Allison SherryThe Denver PostZuton Lucero, with her daughter Ashantay, 8, holds a picture of her 9-year-old son, Zumante,...
View ArticleIs Amazon Evil?
Well, Mike Littwin the Denver Post columnist thinks they are. See http://www.denverpost.com/littwin/ci_14644174?source=rsshomecol, and maybe they are. At the very least, I think they showed poor...
View ArticleMore on CBMS
Under Allison Sherry's byline, the following story appeared in the March 3 issue of the Denver Post:"Paperwork maze endangering Colorado Medicaid patients" You can access the full story at...
View ArticleShould Textbook Authors Keep Royalties from Books Sold to Their Own Students?
Well, maybe. But according to this article by Jack Stripling from Inside Higher Ed on April 7, 2010, a number of universities say it's an ethical breach or at least a conflict of interest. Here's a...
View ArticleCBMS on National Public Radio
An NPR piece was broadcast Friday morning, April 23 about food stamps and CBMS. It's worth a listen:...
View ArticleInternational News
Wow. I can't believe I haven't posted anything since April 28th. Shows you how busy I've been. Classes are finished and after winding down I've been chilling out a wee bit. Feels good. Here's a...
View ArticleNo Wonder We're Sick
Sorry to have been gone for awhile. It's summer (and the livin' is easy..........as the old song goes). I'll try get more active from now on. There's a lot going on.But first, I have been watching a...
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Well, OK, it's been awhile, but CBMS is still a disaster!
I know, I know, I haven't posted in awhile, but I promise to get back at it. In preparing for class tomorrow, I wanted to retrieve a news story on the current status of CBMS. I give my undergraduate...
View ArticleRe: CBMS as of March 1, 2011. Maybe, just maybe........
Maybe there’s some cause for optimism. Personally, I think Governor Hickenlooper understands that CBMS must be fixed and will see that it finally gets done. Cross your fingers (and stay tuned). From...
View ArticleA Third Case on CBMS Will be Published Soon
Sorry for being silent for awhile. Spring quarter was pretty busy at DU, but now summer is here and my schedule has freed up quite a bit. There's a few interesting things things on my agenda looking...
View ArticleColorado computer benefits system cited in federal audit
Actually, the headline of Michael Booth's article in today's Denver Post says "Colorado computer benefits systems cited in federal audit for "serious," ongoing problems. (I knew CBMS would not let me...
View ArticleMore on the Federal Audit of CBMS
A more detailed summary of the findings of the Federal audit of CBMS was published on July 8th in a newsletter of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy (CCLP). You've heard me laud the pro-bono work...
View ArticleLawsuit for damages filed in child's death
On February 15, 2010, I posted a brief summary and link to the Denver Post story of the death of 9 year old Zumante Lucero who died because his mother, Zuton Lucero-Mills, was unable to get approval...
View ArticleNew Classroom Teaching Case on CBMS is Published
Professor Cindi Fukami and I just had a our third teaching case on CBMS published. Its title is:"Colorado Benefits Management System (C): Seven Years of Failure" Here's the abstract:"In September...
View ArticleThe Latest on CBMS
Sorry to have been away for so long. Didn't have much to say, I suppose. But, there are some new updates on CBMS, perhaps some hope that the new administration will finally get this thing fixed....
View ArticleMOOCs
I'm back. It was a busy spring and I've slowly geared down and am now gearing back up. I've been following MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) and as someone who has been following electronic...
View ArticleMOOCs - An Eye-opener
So I somehow heard about a MOOC being offered by the folks behind Hybrid Pedagogy. It's called MOOC MOOC (a MOOC about MOOCs). I signed up and sort of got started today. Holy Moley, are my eyes being...
View ArticleA Very Tardy Update
I'm still collecting my thoughts on what's going on in higher education. What I can see is that EC entrepreneurs, many of them VC-backed, are pouring into this space. Sure, it's MOOCs, but there are...
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