Budget & Finance
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan. -
The launch of GrantWell, which offers free support to municipal governments, aims to expand their access to federal and state funding. A recent listening tour highlighted local needs.
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Negotiations have stalled over a state Senate proposal to repeal a sales tax exemption on data center equipment. Gov. Abigail Spanberger raised the possibility of a data center electricity consumption tax.
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Congress has pulled the plug on funding for the White House's Silicon Valley tech squad, raising doubts about the organization's future.
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It is quite likely that Microsoft will use the acquisition to fulfill its goal of opening a cybersecurity center in Israel.
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Examples across the spectrum prove that leading-edge technology is spilling into the public sector today.
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Soon, only two companies will make the cards that people get government benefits with, and federal officials are worried that the lack of competition will lead to more expensive contracts.
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The new finance database provides a "contact" button which sends questions directly to Chief Financial Officer Uri Z. Monson.
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By cutting out the middlemen, our pension funds are harnessing the power of their capital.
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The bureau has sought competitive bids for a contract limited to modernizing its own network, but the action is still drawing allegations of bias from Motorola’s biggest rival, Harris Corp., which has formally protested.
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Survey data from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers reveal an IT leadership faced with complex challenges.
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The city of Chicago created a new tax on cloud-based services, but experts are dubious.
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If government merchants don't meet an upcoming deadline for transitioning to the Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) specifications, they may be liable for fraudulent charges.
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Paying for Results: Making the Case for Funding 'Pay for Success' Initiatives (Industry Perspective)Pay for success financing has the potential to finance innovative evidence-based services — and ensures that taxpayer dollars will only be spent once the desired outcomes have been achieved.
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Employees complained that the department director at the time skirted purchasing rules to award contracts to favored companies, wasting taxpayer money.
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The technology, known as the blockchain, is a sort of infinite running ledger, keeping exact track of every bitcoin transaction -- and it may have far-reaching impacts in government.
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The tax change was referred to only obscurely in the budget-deal summary that lawmakers released, which referred to repeal of a “software machinery & equipment sales tax exemption.”
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The budget removes the Life Sciences Discovery Fund's final two years of revenue, a key source of money for early-stage biotechnology and biomedical companies.
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The law being upheld is important because thus far, it has been one of the main drivers in digital health adoption and investment.
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Too few local governments are taking advantage of a valuable tool: benchmarking compensation among their public- and private-sector peers.
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Two industry groups laud the budget’s plan for lowering corporate and personal income taxes and changing the way corporate income taxes are calculated.
