The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation has signed a $20 million deal with HP Enterprise Services to build a computer system for the state’s pre-kindergarden and school readiness programs. The new system will enable data sharing between educators, parents, providers and state agencies, the company said, as well as streamline administrative functions of state programs.
According to a survey from IDC Energy Insights, the growing wave of data being generated by transmission and distribution sensors in smart grid projects is being underutilized. The report says less than half of the world’s top twenty utilities and retail energy providers are leveraging the data generated by their smart grid technologies through analytics [...]
Connecticut is partnering with Nissan to further the adoption of electric cars in the state. The Governor has signed a collaborative agreement with Nissan for the LEAF the company’s electric car. The Nissan LEAF goes on sale in limited markets in December and will be available nationwide some time in 2011.
The District of Columbia’s Board of Elections & Ethics has suspended a program that would have permitted overseas and military voters to cast ballots anonymously over the Internet this coming November. Vulnerabilities, exposed by a team at the University of Michigan, allowed the researchers to access the database username and password and the public key [...]
Wisconsin will receive over $1 million in grants to diversify its agriculture through specialty crops such as nuts and ginseng. The grants will go toward research designed to make distribution of these crops more efficient, enhance food safety, look at invasive species and promote sustainable production. Some of the money, however, will also go toward [...]
According to a new report from the National Conference on State Legislators, nearly every state believes fiscal year 2011 revenues will fare better than FY 2010. Despite finding what many state officials hope is rock bottom, phased out stimulus money, expiring tax increases and an increased demand for state services will make any economic recovery [...]
Governors in five Midwestern states have identified six energy transmission corridors that could connect more than 15,000 megawatts of wind development. The five states include North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin and are looking at ways to develop these transmission lines for wind and clean energy in order to bring economic development and [...]
According to a company release today, IBM has launched a simulation game intended to “help business and civic leaders discover how to make their cities and industries smarter.” CityOne allows players to navigate through more than 100 scenarios in order to maximize the simulated city’s financial, environmental and social interests, IBM said.
According to a release by Governor David Paterson this week, an initiative two years and millions of dollars in the making is now available for public use. The New York State Broadband Mapping website was recently launched, allowing policymakers and citizens to assess the availability of high-speed Internet service.
Web 2.0 Expo kicked off in New York this week. The conference covers a range of topics from the latest technologies to best practices in working on the web. One of the main themes of the conference looks at how to effectively leverage and build on top of existing platforms. The expo also has a [...]
