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 county's current software is expiring in the midst of coping with projected revenue losses, and as commissioners decide whether to cut services or raise taxes.
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Visitors to the website now can find data on judges and employees from the state’s 58 superior courts via a dedicated category on the publicpay.ca.gov website.
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Budget negotiations will dominate what little time Congress spends in session the rest of this year, pushing procurement reform to 2015 or later.
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FutureStructure interviews Michael Wilson, Managing Director of Public Transportation for North America at Accenture, about why transit agencies should be investing in transportation asset management.
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The outcome couldn't be more consequential for those who have long cherished the idea of universal health care built on the foundation of a single-payer system.
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While the Transparent Airfares Act aimed to help travelers get a fix on prices, it is a classic feat of legislative misdirection that does exactly the opposite of what it purports to do.
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Ohio is integrating all components of public safety intelligence into all disciplines for a safer state.
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The idea of shifting the risk of failed initiatives from taxpayers to investors is catching on.
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The technology upgrade will revamp the state's financial infrastructure, and is expected to improve significantly how workers and customers interact with the state when it comes to accounting, budgeting and procurement.
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In July, New York released a draft proposal to govern virtual currencies -- and California isn’t far behind.
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The new contract with Deloitte Consulting will add experts to work with both MN.IT and the Department of Human Services to do more in-depth testing and design work.
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Tech industry advocates say those are no simple hires, requiring thousands of dollars in legal fees and at least six months of lead time, with no certain payoff as companies nationwide share 85,000 visas allotted in a lottery each April.
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While automatic renewals sound like good news after troubled enrollments, many may end up paying far more than they need to and with policies that don’t best fit their individual circumstances.
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According to an independent analysis, the system is still in the "lengthy, expensive design phase," while disabled Americans continue to wait hundreds of days — and sometimes years — for benefits.
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Forced out the door, Microsoft employees are poised to see plenty of demand from quickly growing startups, according to Chandra Shekaran, a former general manager in Microsoft’s Bing search unit.
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Javelin Investments LLC, a Tucson company, owns and operates the machine— one of only about 145 bitcoin ATMs worldwide and about 25 in the U.S., according to various tracking sites.
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A new federal loan program, patterned after a successful one for transportation, has a lot of potential for badly needed water projects.
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A congressional committee recommended the first federal funds specifically for the project.
