FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Chuck
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AUSTIN,
Texas (July 8, 2003) –Texas Department of Human Services Commissioner Jim
Hine and Cassie Carlson Reed, executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission,
have been named 2003 Agency Administrators of the Year by the Texas Public Employees
Association.
“The taxpayers of Texas and the employees who work in these agencies
are fortunate to have Jim Hine and Cassie Carlson Reed in leadership positions.
They are committed to making state government more efficient and to making
Texas a better place to live and, most importantly, they realize that none
of that is possible without employees in their agencies who are dedicated and
who are fairly compensated,” said TPEA executive director Gary Anderson.
“Because of their outstanding service to Texas, we are proud to award
Jim Hine and Cassie Carlson Reed TPEA’s Agency Administrator of the Year
award for 2003,” Anderson said.
The awards were presented to the agency administrators
at TPEA’s 58th
annual meeting recently in Houston.
As the top official at DHS, Hine heads a state agency with a $4 billion annual
budget that serves more than two million people. DHS administers nearly three
dozen state and federal programs for low-income Texans, including temporary
cash assistance for poor families, food stamps, nutrition programs, and health
care coverage for low-income households through the Medicaid program.
“Throughout his public service career, Commissioner Hine has been very
supportive of TPEA and is a long-time member of our organization. He sets an
outstanding example for all state employees,” Anderson said.
Reed assumed the top administrative position at TWC in July 2000 after nearly
25 years of state service, including stints at the Texas Department of Transportation,
the General Services Commission, and the Texas Department of Water Resources.
“Executive Director Reed has been instrumental in assembling an ad hoc
group of state agency CEOs and allowing TPEA to make these top administrators
aware of issues that are important to their workforce. She also played a key
role in re-establishing a TPEA Capitol Chapter. She has led by example: carrying
out her high-level state job with professionalism while working to make state
employment a valued and honorable career,” Anderson said.
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