The National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) voiced their support for a bill introduced in the House of Representatives today, claiming the legislation would lead to a million jobs in both the public and private sector. The bill would provide $75 billion, over two years, in direct funding to [...]
Attensity, a semantic analysis company, recently announced its Attensity Analyze for VOC product. The product aggregates and analyzes text based customer communications including emails, web forums, surveys, CRM notes, social media and other sources into a native dashboard offering sentiments and trends or, “voice of the customer.” The product is the flagship in a suite [...]
INPUT believes that state and local government revenue forecasts will begin to catch up with the realities of the economy in 2010. But just because statehouses across the country will be able to more accurately project future revenues, does not mean those numbers will be encouraging. And 2010 will be a big election year for [...]
The Senate passed a piece of legislation yesterday meant to spur job creation, receiving an extra vote of confidence from the National League of cities, providing this latest bill was a stepping stone towards more help for America’s cities and towns.
Accenture has upgraded Idaho’s Benefit and Eligibility System (IBES), making it the most modern system in the country, according to the company. The upgrades replace the state’s 30 year old system which could no longer effectively manage new benefit requirements or administration.
According to an executive order signed last week, North Carolina-based contractors who are competing for state work against an out-of-state company will be given a price-matching opportunity if the bids are within a specified range. Governor Bev Perdue said Executive Order No. 50 will give North Carolina businesses a much needed boon to their businesses.
Through a combination of state and federal grants, northern Illinois will receive $13 million in capital funds meant to improve broadband access, Governor Pat Quinn said last week. A project meant to develop high-speed, low-cost broadband infrastructure in the DeKalb region is poised to receive the bulk of the funds, where approximately 3,600 businesses and [...]
According to a release Wednesday, Accenture and SAS announced a plan to jointly develop and implement a series of industry-specific predictive analytic applications, beginning with the financial services, healthcare and public service sector. Industry observers and the companies’ officials said the decision was made due to extraordinary demand and a rapid adoption of analytic techniques [...]
Pennsylvania has agreed to a contract with Affiliated Computer Services to provide child support payment processing services for up to $61 million. If all options are exercised, the decade-long relationship with the state’s Department of Welfare, Bureau of Child Support Enforcement will be extended for another eight years, the company said yesterday.
According to a new study, information technology priorities at the federal, state and local levels of government share common outcomes, but investments on how those outcomes are attained differ.
