“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction“.– Pablo Picasso Conventional wisdom has been summarily discarded during these unprecedented times. Government leaders accustomed to relying on traditional tools to remedy temporary financial blips – increasing taxes while cutting expenses – have experienced a sobering realization that the current climate in most places aroundRead… Read more »
States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010, but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating. A report, Measuring Transportation Investments: The Road to Results, by the Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation, found considerable differences among the 50 states and the DistrictRead… Read more »
Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) chaired a joint hearing on the implementation of the GPRA Modernization Act and he seemed to enjoy himself. In fact, after the hearing he lingered a long time talking with hearing participants, almost being the last to leave the room! What sparked his imagination? Here’s a link to the hearing record.Read… Read more »
Bank of America home loan customers experiencing financial hardship are encouraged to attend upcoming customer events in Bellevue and Spokane May 19-21. Original post
Most industries (i.e. legal, medical, finance, etc.) prefer their content management solution be customized to meet their specific needs. Non-profit organizations prefer that their solution be customized as well but they face a difficult hurdle: funding. A non-profit organization’s yearly budget lies solely on the generosity of donors and grants that are awarded by statesRead… Read more »
Just about every year since the Australian Federal Budget was first put on the web, I have done a quick search though the documents to find matters of interest in information technology.This year budget web site worked fine at 8pm and kept working (last year the system failed at 7:53pm, reporting: “HTTP Error 404 –Read… Read more »
The MTA (NY) is outlining goals for a new fare collection system in a meeting with more than 70 technology, telecommunications and financial companies. Original post
You have got nothing to bother about in case your own computer system slows a bit once in a while but if you’re encountering this issue routinely, then you must take notice of this difficulty. The sudden or even continuous cut in performance of your computer system is normally a result of a number ofRead… Read more »
Authored by Sean Tucker “The metrics say we’re the best large-scale health care organization in the world.” “But if you look at Facebook posts, it turns out we’re not universally popular for the services we provide.” That, Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told a crowd of IT industry leaders, is theRead… Read more »
INPUT analyst Randi Powell reports on North Carolina’s newly-proposed budget. North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue presented her proposed biennial state budget (FY 11 – 13) on February 17, 2011. Like most governors, Perdue’s budget focused on cutting government spending and creating jobs. Despite the fact that North Carolina is one of eight states retaining aRead… Read more »