According to new legislation, Illinois will extend tax credits to wind farms. The legislation also gives new authority to local governments to finance green projects in unincorporated areas. The state hopes that the credits and financing will help grow its renewable energy sector. The bill amends the state property tax code to provide credits for [...]
NIC has redesigned the Tennessee state website TN.gov. The new design aims to make it easier and faster to find government information and services. The website also includes several interactive features which will tailor content depending on interest, click behavior, and geographic location.
CSC announced the launch of InTouch, a new social networking platform which will allow the company to leverage its alumni network for business development purposes. InTouch is built on the SelectMinds networking and referral platform.
IBM subsidiary IBM Lender Business Process Services Inc., will invest $3.7 million to open a managed business process service center in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. The center is expected to hire 600 workers over the next two years. IBM Lender Business Process Services provides a variety of lender-based technology and business process [...]
According to a new survey, eight in ten hospital chief information officers (CIOs) are worried they will not meet the “meaningful use” requirements for electronic health records (EHRs) by 2015. Survey respondents also voiced concern about the massive influx of data that is scheduled to hit a planned national health information network, calling the infrastructure [...]
Last Friday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced that his state was going to invest $1.125 million in Frito-Lay North America to create 125 jobs in North Texas and generate more than $50 million in business infrastructure. Frito-Lay North America will use the funds to implement SAP business management software and other IT system upgrades, the [...]
The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services announced a pilot program to expand access to information and streamline communications between child services agencies across the state. The live test phase is scheduled for completion at the end of this month, where it will be released statewide to 5,000 users.
Colorado will be opening a new temporary insurance pool for people with pre-existing conditions. Under the plan, the state will offer coverage until new federal health care reforms beginning in 2014. Colorado will be one of 30 states that have decided to start offering the temporary coverage ahead of federal requirements. Residents will have to [...]
As Congress gets set to break, a bipartisan group of Governors have joined together to ask Congress and the Obama Administration for an extension of the Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages funding. The Governors say that without the extension, their states may be forced to make harsh cuts to already slashed budgets. As of now, the [...]
According to an announcement today, Tyler Technologies has signed a deal with Madison, Wisconsin to provide enterprise resource planning and other software to the city. The estimated $5.5 million deal extends Madison’s partnership with Tyler Tech to include both Incode municipal court and Munis ERP solutions, the company said.
