Amidst the global recession and an increasing fight for skilled employees, several states and the federal government are looking for ways to promote American competitiveness. Microsoft's State and Local government general manager, Gail Thomas-Flynn, thinks their Elevate America program can help retool America's workforce.
In order to facilitate the massive Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority program, Massachusetts chose Perot Systems to operate the IT infrastructure and member support call centers. Perot Systems' Tim Olivier, who serves as the chief operating officer of their healthcare group, spoke with CivSource to discuss the company's work with the program.
Arizona's Information Technology department (GITA) has overhauled its website by incorporating social media and reorganizing information for increased service and transparency.
In an effort to help state and local governments figure out ways to maximize their tax revenue recovery efforts, Governing.com held an online forum this week, highlighting best practices from tax officials in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.
The North Carolina Office of Economic Recovery and Investment (OERI) is holding a workshop for citizens across the state to provide their two cents on how federal funds should be spent in North Carolina.
A report issued earlier today by Deloitte Consulting finds that innovative management, proper monitoring and the use of new technology tools can mitigate fraud and waste in the stimulus funds.
As Generation Y enters the workforce, they do so with a different set of values, a different concept of work ethic and a different global perspective than preceding generations. Deloitte Consulting’s Leah Reynolds has been mapping these differences with a set of surveys, the latest of which focuses on the public sector. CivSource spoke with Ms. Reynolds about why new talent has looked towards the public sector for employment, how government can attract and use Generation Y workers and how agencies can initiate a meaningful knowledge transfer from one generation of workers to the next.
General Electric joined IBM, Dell/Perot Systems and others in announcing a low-financing program to doctors and hospitals so they can begin working on electronic medical records adoption.
John Hummel, Chief Technology Offer for Perot Systems' healthcare group, believes that by giving patients more control of their medical information and by enforcing stricter penalties for exposed data, a new trend in security will develop. Mr. Hummel sat down last week with CivSource to talk personal health records, information security and the industry's next big thing.
Through Microsoft's Elevate America program, in partnership with the Virginia Community College System, (VCCS) the Department of Education and Virginia's workforce centers, displaced workers will be able to receive free technology training and certification.
