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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The new Business Oregon program will help companies in their early stages develop their products to the point where they would be candidates for a much larger federal program.
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While startups can't equity crowdfund from "unaccredited investors," House Bill 1360 would allow those in Virginia to take advantage of an intrastate exemption.
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The Connector paid Mansha Consulting at least $14.7 million before cutting off payments and launching an investigation into the performance of the information technology vendor, said the Connector's executive director.
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A new generation of payment technologies could help transform the federal government's image while simultaneously protecting sensitive consumer data.
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Two lawmakers have introduced a resolution that enables Congress members to vote and participate in committee hearings via the Internet.
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The contract, issued in 2009 to two politically-connected firms, was mired in controversy from the start, culminating in a judge’s final declaration last week that it was illegal and void.
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Facing high costs but smaller budgets, states like Hawaii and Rhode Island are struggling to find financially and politically sustainable ways to keep their health exchanges running.
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Ohio Treasurer John Mandel said he wants “to create an army of citizen watchdogs” to demand transparency of every level of government and challenge questionable purchases.
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A California licensing and enforcement portal is failing in most ways, according to a recent auditor's report.
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The service, which took six months to develop, was on the municipality’s wish list for three years.
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When the Texas HHS Commission asked the federal government to foot most of the bill for new Medicaid fraud tracking software, it assured Washington counterparts the deal had been competitively bid.
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A shortage of operable hand-held radios could force the patrol into changing its routine operations, including traffic enforcement, ISP officials told lawmakers Tuesday.
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The utility described the $653.8 million effort as an important step toward reaching Gov. Jerry Brown’s goal of having 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the state’s roads by 2025.
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The database, the Alaska Public Safety Information Network, has not been replaced nor fully upgraded since it launched in 1984 on what is now regarded as an outdated large-scale business computer system.
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The Texas Department of Information Resources has negotiated a contract with Amazon Web Services to provide further cloud technologies to state agencies.
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The DOJ has been interviewing employees of the state and of contractors Education Networks of America and CenturyLink about how the $60 million broadband contract was awarded in 2008.
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In Long Island, one district is asking residents to approve a bond that will cover upgrades to ensure its facilities are ready for 21-century learning.
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A $215 million investment is expected to expand personalized medicine and accelerate biomedical discoveries.
