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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New crowdfunding platform asks citizens to donate to local government projects.
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The California city has a simple reason for why it stopped making required payments to the state pension system — the city ran out of money.
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New survey measures cost savings for Utah.gov online services.
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A 12-year plan set to change the way Hawaii approaches technology and business practices across the entire enterprise was announced by the State Office of Information Management and Technology.
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One county recently discovered that retaining a permanent CIO is much cheaper.
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New health insurance exchange funding will help states offer citizens and small businesses the same insurance choices offered to members of Congress.
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The LouieStat program tracks government performance metrics to spot improvements.
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Oracle survey finds that states are moving away from manual reporting processes.
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Crowdsourcing down payments improves odds for hard-to-fund civic projects.
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The Star Tribune tells how Minnesota's rural communities are struggling to get Internet service as they're caught between the interests of government and media conglomerates.
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States should pursue more modern options when it comes to protecting themselves in IT contracts, according to a recent report from NASCIO.
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Eight of Philadelphia's major city IT systems will be upgraded once the city decides where to spend the money.
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Industry Perspective: The cost for goods and services is the most significant expense for most organizations, including IT enterprises. Here’s what to consider before jumping into cooperative purchasing.
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Apple’s withdrawal from green electronics registry will make it difficult for San Francisco employees to buy the company’s products for government work.
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Noteworthy excerpts from the 100-page document that sets IT strategy in Texas through 2017.
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The Gartner consulting firm expects worldwide IT spending to eclipse last year due to more spending on enterprise cloud services and consulting.
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Transparency portal features contracts, expenditures and other key financial data.
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Property exemption fraud solution is making fraud detection an automated affair for Miami-Dade County, Fla.
