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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Rancho Cordova's move to tablet devices has been a rousing success in its first year of implementation.
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Mayor Ed Lee's third online budget discussion, held on YouTube, focused on the city's budget and projected deficits, among other topics.
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The bill was meant to amend and clarify — but not significantly add to — a 2013 bill that exempted goods, services and applications downloaded to devices from the state’s 6 percent sales tax.
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The state Department of Transportation's Website Advertising Pilot Project has evolved from manually posted images to a sophisticated system that allows government agencies to target various factors, generate more revenue and adapt to more modern civic strategies.
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Parker shares his ideas about how Oakland can capitalize on its proximity to Silicon Valley and use technology to innovate.
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At martial arts gym Atlanta Kick, they accept credit cards, debit cards and… bitcoin.
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Idaho earned an F for government transparency after the launch of the new Transparent Idaho website.
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Officials are pointing fingers over who is to blame, and the city is risking the ire of state financial overseers, who have made system implementation a condition of budget approval.
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The differences can be found in changes to the tax code that came about with the enactment of the Affordable Care Act.
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Over the last year, three states have looked into and tested selling lottery tickets to consumers while they fill up their gas tank -- and so far, results are positive.
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Longboat Key has launched an online graph for employees and the public that display revenues and expenses directly from the finance department's database.
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Phase II of Owensboro Community & Technical College's Advanced Technology Center is included in the state budget that was passed Monday.
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On Thursday, the commission launched the OpenGov platform to improve budget transparency.
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Partially driven by a devastating alternative, Congress appears closer than ever to passing an Internet sales tax bill.
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Government leaders and vendors meet to talk about bringing procurement into the cloud era.
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Provides legitimacy and clarity for bitcoin purchasers but will complicate taxable gains and losses.
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One nonprofit thinks the U.S. General Services Administration’s handling of surplus real estate could serve as a model to release more wireless spectrum into the marketplace.
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Reform bill follows two legislative audits that targeted the state's use of $126.3 million in federal stimulus funds to expand high-speed Internet across the state.
