After months of speculation, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue late last week released a four-part plan to restructure, consolidate, eliminate and privatize parts of her administration. Among the proposed changes, Gov. Perdue will be looking towards private vendors to consolidate the state’s IT services and manage its purchasing functions.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is looking for a few good HIEs. The ONC hopes to fund upwards of ten state-level health information exchange projects that can be shared, reused and leveraged by other states to extend a nationwide system. According to an announcement at Grants.gov, state practices, technologies, [...]
Earlier this month a new market forecast said nearly $600 million would be up for grabs from state and local governments to help set up health insurance exchanges. But this represents only a small fraction of what some estimates say will be a $4 billion per year exchange industry. While new and established companies alike [...]
Despite a dramatic increase in the number of broadband users over the last eight years, wide gaps remain in how the internet is being used among poor and rich households. According to an analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Projects, the internet and related technologies remain much more pervasive for [...]
A new report finds technology agenda items among the 37 incoming governors played a more important role during the 2010 campaigns than in past elections. IT-specific promises ranged from enhancing educational performance and streamlining business regulations, to making government operations more transparent.
During a webinar yesterday, Code for America officials discussed timelines and deliverables for projects that will help local governments do more with less. An educational services platform, two civic engagement projects and a catalog devoted to institutionalizing open source software in city government round out the inaugural set of projects being developed by the 2011 [...]
Last week, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced enhancements to the city’s constituent service application for iPhone and Android smart phones. The additional capabilities of Citizens Connect 2.0 will allow city residents to not only submit service requests through their mobile devices, but now they can see and follow requests that are shared by others.
According to a new analysis by the Council of State Governments, the 2010 mid-term elections saw “historic” gains by Republicans in state legislatures. This massive shift adds to the complexities of state policymaking at a time when “new ideas” will have to tackle old problems.
According to a statement issued yesterday by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, reported plans to end a high-speed rail project between Milwaukee and Madison will result in millions of rescinded and wasted funds, as well as hundreds of jobs lost in the state. Gov. Doyle’s statements come following public declarations by Governor-elect Scott Walker to end [...]
According to an announcement by the US Department of Health and Human Services, new funding and implementation guidance will be available for states as they seek to stand up health insurance exchanges and enroll qualified Medicaid applicants under the Affordable Care Act. The new funding opportunities compliment an earlier announcement to create cooperative agreements with [...]
