In a world where technology is powerful enough to transform cultures and economies, it’s easy to understand how some might become fearful of the future. But for Robert Bell, Louis Zacharilla, and others at the Intelligent Community Forum, technology simply means the bar has been raised.
Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) has announced a five-year contract, worth $84 million to Affiliated Computer Services. ACS will manage fiscal agent and provider enrollment services for the state’s Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). Under the terms of the contract, ACS will have fourteen months to transition and deliver additional enhancements followed by [...]
States play the roll of rebellious teenagers, know the federal gov’t still loves them…Virginia hacker gets more spotlight, Gov. gets more red…Controversy drives illegal drivers license law in Md….Wisconsin state employees happy to have avoided Govs’ ax…Mass. breaks open the piggy bank, gets federal funds to pay locals…New York 911 gets upgrade
Do you smell that New York? Neither can DHS’s bio-terror gizmos…The WSJ continues its series on “24-style infrastructure hacks I’d be better off not knowing about”…Birds go on strike…VA hacker melodrama continues…Fla. employees look for night jobs…Deloitte to the rescue!…Following stimulus dollars from the cradle to the grave…
New York's Council for Universal Broadband released its first Annual Report this week, highlighting the Council's efforts to ensure every New Yorker has access to affordable, high-speed broadband. Although New York State is ahead of the United States’ average in terms of broadband speeds, the Council is working to make universal broadband a reality with key benchmarks and initiatives.
The National Association of Counties' Rural Action Caucus (RAC) recently returned from a "fly-in" advocacy effort in Washington, D.C. to promote rural America's most pressing issues.
Virginia officials mum about stolen ‘sh**!’…Recovery.gov to be fashionably late…Mass. criminal records get poo-pooed by state auditor…Forget that birth certificate? No vote for you…How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if the woodchuck had $74 billion…Tennessee citizens want the gov’t to prove it can count…
This week Microsoft released Stimulus360, a solution designed to help public sector agencies track, measure and share information about stimulus-funded projects. Josh Rice, Director of Microsoft’s Public Sector Incubation Team, spoke to CivSource about Stimulus360, measuring the economic impact of the stimulus and the future of open government.
Who’s your daddy?…Calif. auditor leery of her calculator…”ATTENTION VIRGINIA I have your sh**!”…Union jacks getting upset in California…The death knell for public education?…Newark makes gains to be slightly more safe than Somalia…11th hour tomfoolery in Colorado…$1 billion in broadband may go out west…Feliz Cinco de Mayo!
Microsoft officially announced Microsoft Stimulus360 this afternoon, though details have been forthcoming from the company for a few weeks now. Microsoft Stimulus360 is touted as an all-inclusive look at “the full life cycle of economic stimulus programs to provide greater accountability at all levels” of government, according to company information.
