When the tab for the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act starts to be counted in October, an unlikely group of government employees may well prove to be the most capable of insuring the stimulus’ success. The Association of Government Accountants held their fourth annual Internal Control & Fraud Conference in Washington, D.C. last [...]
Only two months into fiscal year 2010, nineteen states have called for furloughs, with another two states looking for possible alternatives. Nearly a million state employees, including teachers and workers at public universities, are facing furloughs in the next two years, the National Conference of State Legislatures says. But a pair of recent court rulings [...]
Deloitte LLP is a leading professional service provider to states governments, among many other public and private entities, seeking to make a difference on some of the bigger and tougher challenges facing government. Recently, Bob Campbell, vice chairman and U.S. State Government leader at Deloitte, spoke with CivSource about the stimulus package, budget gaps and [...]
IBM held a ribbon cutting ceremony today to announce the new IBM technology services delivery center located in Dubuque, Iowa is operational. Iowa politicos and business leaders were also in attendance to welcome the new facility, which is expected to employ up to 1,300 people by the end of 2010.
This week, two major state health organizations took steps to ensure qualified health care professionals are available during the upcoming flu season.
The key to successful public sector implementation of Web 2.0 tools is to evaluate potential benefits of citizen-centric governance against both costs and inevitable risks associated with any new technology, says a new report by Accenture.
This week Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder announced $1 billion in Recovery Act spending through the Department of Justice COPS program. The COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) is expected to create or preserve nearly 5,000 law enforcement positions at state, local and tribal agencies across the country.
Kronos Inc. has added new functionality to their Web-based automated tracking and workforce management application in the wake of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The U.S. Census Bureau unveiled one of three data capture centers today in Baltimore, Maryland. The processing center will be managed by a team led by Lockheed Martin and receive mailed questionnaires from households across the nation during the 2010 Census.
Twenty companies in fifteen states affected by competitive foreign trade received a green light Monday from the U.S. Department of Labor to seek training and employment services due to new legislation passed in May.
