Colorado launched the “Colorado Industrial Energy Challenge,” yesterday. Companies that enter the challenge have made a voluntary commitment to reduce energy in their manufacturing facilities and are utilizing the challenge program to achieve that goal. 13 companies from a variety of industries represent the inaugural entrants. The Challenge is open to businesses that have industrial [...]
Last week, the City of Toronto added several datasets to its growing catalog of government data. Toronto CIO Dave Wallace spoke to CivSource about the newest release and his team’s efforts to make open data and transparent government a routine part of civil service in Toronto.
Iowa announced funding for eight new initiatives that will focus on green energy. The Office of Energy Independence will put $1.39 million toward the projects which will benefit a variety of organizations statewide, with the funding coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The projects are part of the state’s agenda of working toward [...]
According to new legislation, Illinois will extend tax credits to wind farms. The legislation also gives new authority to local governments to finance green projects in unincorporated areas. The state hopes that the credits and financing will help grow its renewable energy sector. The bill amends the state property tax code to provide credits for [...]
And they’re off! State and local tax revenues are off to positive start for the first time since Q3 2008. The first quarter of 2010 saw state collections growing on a year-over-year basis, but according to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, there is little cause for celebration.
Alabama Governor Bob Riley is headed to the Farnborough International Air Show in the UK next week to court an agreement with an unnamed aerospace company, in the hopes that they’ll bring jobs to the state. If successful, Alabama is expected to break ground on a new aerospace production plant by the end of the [...]
For forward-thinking governors, the post-Great Recession era will be marked by innovation and opportunity, says Accenture’s Steven J. Rohleder. In this edition of CivSource’s The Gallery, Mr. Rohleder writes that fresh approaches to revenue generation, fiscal management and public assistance are within reach for incoming governors.
As budget shortfalls continue to plague states across the country, several are being forced to close offices and agencies which provide services to the public. Today, the state of Washington announced that it will be closing a significant number of state offices as a result of budget shortfalls. Employees working at these offices will also [...]
IBM subsidiary IBM Lender Business Process Services Inc., will invest $3.7 million to open a managed business process service center in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. The center is expected to hire 600 workers over the next two years. IBM Lender Business Process Services provides a variety of lender-based technology and business process [...]
Texas Governor Rick Perry announced the formation of a coalition of energy and environmental scientists, policy experts, academic researchers and state officials called the Gulf Project. The coalition will be tasked with making recommendations on designing safeguards to ensure that the state can respond effectively to the current spill and will never be vulnerable to [...]
