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Foundation head Todd Capser takes Burns job
Todd Capser, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Technology Foundation in Billings, has been named the new state director for Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont. By TOM HOWARD Of The Gazette Staff Capser, a former aide…
A Grim Fiscal Forecast for States- Survey Predicts Continuing Crisis and Pressure to Raise Taxes–Legislative analysis raises issues with Martz budget plan
A Grim Fiscal Forecast for States Survey Predicts Continuing Crisis and Pressure to Raise Taxes By Dale Russakoff Washington Post Staff Writer The fiscal crisis now shaking state and local governments appears likely to grow…
Move to Open Government Electronically
Under the law, every regulatory agency must establish a Web site to collect and post public comments on every rule it considers. For example, if the Federal Aviation Administration were considering a new rule about air travel, members of the public would be able to comment on the rule by e-mail messages and to read comments from others. (Is this something we should consider for each Montana State legislative committee so that the public can comment on proposed legislation?- Russ)
Lawmakers in lights- TVMT to bring Montana Legislature into our living rooms
Sen. Duane Grimes, a Clancy Republican and advocate of the system, hopes it will improve the Legislature’s public image.
"It will allow Montanans to see what fellow Montanans do here as citizen legislators," he said. "The Legislature will be more highly regarded when they see what we do on a day-to-day basis." (This is great but is there an easier way to communicate with our legislators using e-mail?- Russ)
Committee: Scrap computer system
A key legislative committee told the Martz administration Wednesday it should pull the plug on remnants of a problem-plagued and undependable computer system that has cost the state $37 million and still doesn’t work properly….
A few thoughts on outgoing Utah state CIO Phil WIndley
(Interesting observations about the difficulty of developing state-wide technology initiatives- Russ)
Montana Census and Economic Information Center Web Site Updated
Last week the Census and Economic Information Center web site was updated to include some Census 2000 data in a new format. First of all, from Summary File 1 (SF1, the 100% data) we added…
What’s the payback from investing in GIS for local government?
Is a proposed IT investment going to pay for itself? If it will, how soon will it do so? The return on investment question is ? or at least should be ? a common concern…
After years of heavy lifting, Washington State sales tax is getting weaker
A state committee last week reiterated that the tax overburdens the poor. It is also shot through with exemptions and finds itself on the wrong side of several economic trends — from the surge in e-commerce to the shift away from goods toward services.
States Vie For Innovation Awards
Innovative state programs ranging from a trash-your-TV initiative to an effort to bring homeless teens in out of the cold are competing for the Oscars of government prizes.
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