Rhode Island signed into law several pieces of legislation designed to make the state more friendly to business yesterday. The bills are the result of the Governor’s work with several groups focused on small business and economic development and are designed to address a range of issues including regulatory reform, workforce development and access to [...]
ILC Dover has been awarded a new contract from the Department of Defense and will be opening a new manufacturing facility in Dover to support its contract obligation. The new facility is expected to create 70 new jobs by the end of this year. The state worked with local government agencies to fast-track the permitting [...]
Microsoft is starting construction of a modular data center in West Des Moines. The $100 million facility will be open by the spring of 2011. The center will be constructed using new sustainability measures designed to significantly reduce water, power and carbon waste typically associated with datacenters.
Maryland’s General Assembly and Board of Public Works are moving forward with several measures designed to increase transparency. The new measures include broadcasting all Board of Public Works meetings live online along with initiatives from the General Assembly to provide greater accountability and transparency about state government.
As part of an effort to reduce its carbon footprint while adopting new smart grid infrastructure technologies, Lakeland, Florida and SAIC announced this week a $13 million, 3-year deal.
Virginia has passed new legislation that will expand charter schools throughout the state. The bills are part of the Governor’s “Opportunity to Learn” agenda, focused on education reform. The laws aim to improve the application and review process for public charter school applicants, as well as establishing uniform statewide input standards for the application process. [...]
Yesterday, Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander and head of the Deepwater Horizon clean up effort appointed Commander Joe Boudrow as Florida’s Deputy Incident Commander of the Deepwater Horizon response. Commander Boudrow comes to Florida from his position as Commander at the U.S. Coast Guard First District in Boston. Boudrow will be tasked with working [...]
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has announced that he’ll be putting the state’s monthly spending reports online as part of the administration’s continuing efforts to provide greater transparency. The reports will be published on a new website that will also include other state financial information such as budgetary items and revenue reports.
The state of Wisconsin will get $50,708,839 in federal grant money to fix struggling schools statewide. The Federal School Improvement Grants (SIG) program is offering the money which is part of the $3.5 billion marked for education funding in the stimulus. The money will be distributed by the state to schools that are identified as [...]
Florida has announced a new website – Florida Gulf Recovery Jobs, a site which will allow job seekers to locate and apply for positions created to manage the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The site will act as a dedicated portal through the state’s official online job bank Employ Florida Marketplace. The Marketplace [...]
