As part of its on-going Smarter City initiative, IBM announced the launch of its first U.S.-based Business Analytics Solution Center in New York City. The company also announced a new social media and crowdsourcing project with NYC-based Tumblr as part of the initiative.
A new study finds that governments need to move beyond traditional e-government initiatives, like simple websites, email lists, and other one-way communication tools, in order to meet the growing expectations of government services. Accenture’s ongoing research study, From e-Government to e-Governance demonstrates how public service organizations have invested successfully in technologies for the last decade [...]
A new state Medicaid survey finds that national unemployment and increasing pressure on public benefits – like Medicaid – have left states in a financial lurch.
The National Association of Counties (NACo) held a webinar Tuesday for recipients of stimulus funds. Forum participants called the data gathering process for the upcoming reporting deadlines a “first of its kind effort” and praised county leaders for helping facilitate the largest government-to-government collaboration project the country has ever undertaken. But they also tempered expectations [...]
The state of New Jersey launched a new Web portal last week, designed to spur innovation and foster technology transfer between the state’s academic and business communities.
In an effort to determine eligibility for social service programs, the state of Tennessee last week unveiled a Web-based screening tool, focused on helping people find the right assistance, without gathering sensitive information.
The State of Utah has released a revamped recovery.utah.gov, allowing Utahns to stay informed about the receipt and use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding awarded to the state.
Baltimore County is upgrading their outdated public safety radio transmission network. And last week, Governor Martin O’Malley and County Executive Jim Smith hailed the construction of a new radio tower as the first step towards the $57 million project completion.
Xerox Corp. announced this morning a $6.4 billion dollar bid to acquire Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). The deal is the second big industry acquisition in as many weeks. Last week computer hardware and IT services provider Dell bought Texas-based Perot System for $3.9 billion. ACS is the largest provider of managed services to government with [...]
The Louisiana Department of Social Services has hired Affiliated Computer Services to provide electronic benefit transfer services to residents enrolled in states benefits.
