Government Technology

Employees who were authorized to use phones for work previously owned their own phones under individual plans, with bills partially reimbursed by the county each month.

"When we have a fully operational, statewide data system, we will be able to know how well programs and course offerings for students at all grade levels prepare them for the next grade up … and from high school to college, and college to career," she said.

"The problem with the two bills is that they go after all the wrong problems."

Have an archaic government website and no budget to refresh it? If so, a new extreme makeover contest may be just the facelift your Web presence needs.

The White House claims it’s the most significant step to improve the management of public records since the Truman administration 60 years ago.

Eight states — Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, California and Oregon — listed tax system modernization among their top five technology priorities in the Center for Digital Government’s 2010 Digital States Survey.

Called "cold in-place recycling" (CIR), the process involves a machine chewing up existing city streets, grinding up and recycling the rock, injecting it with binding material, and spitting it out as new pavement.

After a few attempts at getting funding, Corbett applied for and received a $1.4 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant to launch a two-year program to develop user-friendly software that will electronically submit the required forms to the respective agencies.

Eight U.S. cities and 25 fellows have been chosen to participate in next year’s Code for America, a nonprofit program that brings together volunteers and local governments to work on innovative IT projects.

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