According to Delaware Governor Jack Markell an initiative to move notary applications and processing into the digital age is making progress. The governor said more than 40 percent of the state’s notary publics have signed up for the streamlined service since being launched last October. The state has nearly 10,000 notary publics, and Gov. Markell [...]
According to new rules published last week by the Treasury Department’s Financial Management Service, Social Security recipients can expect to receive their checks through electronic funds transfer (EFT) beginning May 1, 2011. Officials believe the move to direct deposit could save upwards of $1 billion over the next 10 years.
The Governor of Virginia and Norfolk Southern Railway Company have signed an agreement that will work towards returning passenger rail service back to the city of Norfolk for the first time since 1977. This addition will create a round-trip link between Norfolk, Richmond and Washington D.C., passengers will also have the option to continue as [...]
New York will keep more than 100 of its top companies running on hydropower according to newly approved long-term contract extensions announced yesterday. The contract extensions were signed by the Governor with the aim of keeping jobs and capital in western New York. Most of the contracts were extended through 2020 and contain increased job [...]
The 2010 mid-term elections saw just over 1600 new state legislators elected to office. The turnover rate reached 30 percent, which represents a 5 percent increase over the 1250 new legislators who took office in 2009. This massive shift adds to the complexities of state policymaking at a time when “new ideas” will have to [...]
According to a report from the Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the state of California is making progress on its network consolidation agenda. The states IT agency posted a scorecard on the status of executive branch agencies migrating to the California Government Enterprise Network (CGEN), indicating that nearly 80 of the state’s 123 departments have [...]
As part of IBM’s ever-expanding Smarter Cities initiative, the company announced yesterday a partnership with Corpus Christi, Texas to provide service request tracking, wastewater management software and other infrastructure monitoring tools. IBM has developed a central intake system for handling work requests and ongoing maintenance across city government, replacing a paper-based tracking process.
Mississippi has launched a new website – “Broadband for Mississippi” which provides citizens with a tool that shows the availability of broadband access statewide. The site is part of the state’s effort to increase broadband access. The site provides visitors with information about how broadband can impact their community. It also highlights state initiatives to [...]
The Illinois Governor’s Office of Management and Budget has put its statement of revenue and expenditures online. The statement outlines all of the state’s significant financial activities for fiscal year 2010 and the first quarter of 2011. The statement is the most comprehensive financial overview of agency and fund spending available before annual reports are [...]
A handful of governors spoke out Wednesday to lend their support to President Barack Obama’s compromise with Congressional Republicans to extend a number of tax breaks, including controversial cuts for those who make above $250,000 per year. In most statements, governors commended the compromise, while highlighting those cuts that are meant to help the middle-class.
