On August 6 of this year, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland issued Executive Order 2010-09S, which prohibits the use of public funds for services provided offshore. The outsourcing ban has riled the Indian Commerce and Industry Minister in the wake of a US-India Trade Policy Forum. But Ohio is hardly the only state to look at [...]
According to an announcement by Governor Martin O’Malley the state has launched a new website for jobseekers in Maryland. The Maryland Workforce Exchange program crawls other job search websites and employer websites to create a one-stop shop for Marylanders, the governor said.
Even though the National Bureau of Economic Research declared the recession is over yesterday, a new announcement from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that unemployment rates continue to rise in 27 states. Additionally, while some states saw decreased or unchanged rates those decreases were barely enough to be felt. Nevada experienced the highest unemployment [...]
General Motors is planning to expand production in Tennessee provided it can come to a positive deal with state and local officials. The company wants to increase production of its Ecotec 4-cylinder engines and may spend approximately $483 million to install a third engine manufacturing line and create 483 new jobs. If all goes well [...]
New York is giving $28 million in funding awards to not-for-profit housing agencies in the state. The funds will go towards building, renovating or modifying 1,472 homes for low-income families, the disabled or the elderly. In addition to that 120 units will be made available to provide home ownership opportunities for veterans, homeless and first [...]
Massachusetts has launched a new infrastructure program – MassWorks, which will act as a clearinghouse for municipalities looking for infrastructure funding. The state hopes to streamline economic development initiatives statewide by consolidating existing infrastructure programs into one single program under MassWorks. MassWorks is designed to help cities and towns with the process of applying for [...]
Georgia has launched a new website, Work Ready Connect – an online employment marketplace for people certified under the state’s Work Ready Certification program. The website will link up employers and employees that participate in the program to provide information about available positions and application requirements. The new site will be free for certified employees [...]
3,000 recent college graduates in California will get entrepreneurial training provided by Alibaba.com through a new partnership the website has made with the state. Aliababa.com is currently one of the largest online e-commerce companies and will show students how to start their own businesses and become successful knowledge workers. The partnership will be called the [...]
Pennsylvania will be giving workers in the state a big boost in funding with the hope of creating more jobs. The state will be leveraging 125 grants totaling $18.8 million in investments for business partnerships and worker training. The funding will come from a mix of state money and private matching funds. The funds will [...]
Earlier this summer, the Obama administration announced enhancements to its Federal IT Dashboard – a website designed to monitor the federal government’s $80 billion in annual information technology investments. If utilized property, says one observer, initiatives like the IT Dashboard could be used to do far more than evaluate project timelines and spend. According to [...]
