South Carolina and Rhode Island are looking at ways to restructure their state governments. Both states are considering elimination of state administrative offices, and would put that authority within the Governor’s purview. Rhode Island’s Chief Auditor has already resigned in the wake of the action in that state.
Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence and the Ramapo Town Board today launched “The Ramapo Jobs Connector,” which is a new online jobs platform powered by TweetMyJobs. “The Ramapo Jobs Connector” will assist local job seekers in the Town of Ramapo and throughout Rockland County by offering an user-friendly online tool to facilitate their search for [...]
Reflections on occasions where political leaders from both sides of the aisle interacted amicably and demonstrated mutual respect I had the opportunity to participate recently in two extraordinary events that resoundingly reinforced the notion that the spirit of collaboration and bipartisanship among the two major parties is alive and well. Although both events were in [...]
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will turn on the state’s largest privately-owned solar energy park in Westford, Massachusetts. The 4.5 megawatt park is situated on a 22-acre site and will soon be generating power. Swampscott, Mass. and Constellation Energy have also completed an aggregate 450-kilowatt solar generation project at Swampscott Middle School and Swampscott High School.
Private sector investment in national broadband infrastructure totaled nearly $66 billion in 2011 according to new data from the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom), a trade association comprised of private sector providers. Wireline projects required the majority of capital investment.
Maryland is likely to become the first state to ban employers from requesting the user names and passwords of social media accounts for potential new hires. The bill follows a public uproar after a jobseeker spoke of the request by a potential employer igniting a controversy about privacy and the limits of what can be [...]
Utah is now accepting gold and silver as legal tender for transactions and to settle debts according to a bill recently signed into law by Governor Gary R. Herbert. Several other states have proposed similar measures in the wake of the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and the decreasing value of paper money.
Code for America, a US-based, civic non-profit has launched a new initiative, a civic startup accelerator. The goal of the project is to provide a leg-up to civic technology companies and disrupt the $140 billion government IT market. The organization is known for its flagship program which recruits technologists to serve as civic coders for [...]
New data from the US Census and the Rockerfeller Institute of Government shows that state tax revenues are began to recover in 2011, taking some pressure off of historically tight state budgets. However, overall tax collections are still 2.1% below peak levels. Many states are pushing for ways to increase revenue as persistent unemployment increases [...]
Some Florida cities are dropping out of the North Florida Broadband Authority citing concerns over the projects debt load and questions about its deployment timeline. The Authority was investigated by federal broadband officials last year over the same types of issues. The city council of Perry, Florida voted to end its involvement in the project. [...]
