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 [...]
During a Tuesday panel discussion hosted by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) at the Newseum, industry leaders and government officials discussed the future of mobile broadband and related public policies that will enable America to be a the forefront of that sector’s development.
During last week’s Gov 2.0 Summit, Open Government Expert David Eaves sat down with CivSource to discuss open data initiatives at the state and local levels of government. Mr. Eaves suggests that significant strides need to be made in both government culture and strategy before the widespread benefits of open data can be realized in [...]
My grandson Aidan, who is starting the first grade this month, is an astute commentator on our education system. I recently asked him what he wanted to learn this year. After some reflection, Aidan told me it didn’t matter what he wanted to learn because “my teachers decide what they want me to know and [...]
A new study released Monday by a Michigan State University sociologist finds that cities’ size and location are waning as indicators of its economic prowess. Assistant professor Zachary Neal credits the growth of communication technologies and other networks for realigning economic hub zones from places like Detroit and Cleveland to Raleigh/Durham and Denver.
As part of an effort to reduce the State of Washington’s $3 billion budget gap, Governor Chris Gregoire recently closed the brainstorming and voting period for a Web-based crowdsourcing effort. Gov. Gregoire commented on some of the citizen-submitted ideas through a series of YouTube addresses last week. Website visitors submitted nearly 2,000 ideas, with 5,600 [...]
In this edition of CivSource’s The Gallery, Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc., discusses his vision of government that enables innovation through “platform thinking” and a government that is more responsive to its citizens in an age of electronic participation.
Boeing announced yesterday that it is set to open a new manufacturing facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, IL. The new facility is expected to open in early 2011 and will be responsible for assembly and subassembly work. The facility will be considered part of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) St. Louis operating area. [...]
