Wisconsin is the third state in the last few months to review its regulatory process as a way to energize job creation. Governor Scott Walker this week said the regulatory review would ensure that “only the most necessary rules are implemented so businesses are no longer held back by the costs of overregulation.”
In releasing his administration’s fourth Report on State Performance, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell unveiled an interactive dashboard that monitors agency activities, priorities and challenges. The 2009-10 report helps citizens and other interested readers evaluate Pennsylvania’s efforts to deliver services during the national economic downturn, the governor said.
California Governor Jerry Brown wants to save the state $20 million per year by making state employees return taxpayer funded cell phones. In his first executive order as governor, Mr. Brown directed agency and department heads to cut their employees’ cell phones by half. According to the governor’s office, 40 percent of all state employees [...]
This, the first week in the New Year (2011 for those keeping track), saw a handful of new contract wins and solution releases for the State and Local Government space. A new ERP system for Mesa, Ariz., enhancements to Oregon’s Wireless Interoperability Network, and a new Gartner rating for Oracle’s local government CRM platform leads [...]
In an effort to modernize the state’s criminal immigrant policies, Colorado has joined the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Secure Communities initiative. According to Governor Ritter, the new program will help the state leverag existing information sharing capabilities between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to identify [...]
Boston will be putting more of its City Council activities online according to a new initiative announced earlier this week. In 2011, the council will start work toward fulfilling all data requests online. The council will also be posting all of its committee reports online, saving an average of $35,000 per year.
Alabama’s Medicaid Agency will receive a $55 million federal performance bonus for its efforts to enroll more low-income children into Medicaid. The award is based on the state’s performance for the 2010 fiscal year and marks the second consecutive year that Alabama has earned the largest federal performance bonus. 14 other states received smaller performance [...]
In an announcement made last week, Harris Corporation has been awarded a four-year deal to implement a statewide health information exchange (HIE) in Florida. The $19 million contract will connect health entities across the state to provide a secure exchange of patient health information.
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.
