Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• My Voice is My Password
• Nov 22, 2008
• Rhode Island paid over $220 million in unemployment insurance benefits last year, of which $1.4 million was obtained fraudulently. To prevent fraud, protect beneficiaries' identities and reduce...

• Pricier Parking
• Nov 5, 2008
• New York City's 75,900 parking meters produced $114 million in 2007, and city officials anticipate $120 million in meter revenue this year. The estimated increase is due in small...

• Virtual Voting in Arizona
• Oct 29, 2008
• Since almost three out of four adults use the Internet, what better way to reach and educate voters? That's the motivation behind two new programs...

• Financing Solar Power FIRST
• Oct 26, 2008
• Alternative energy sources, such as wind, biomass and geothermal, are far more widely deployed than solar power, largely because solar can be prohibitively expensive. But...

• A Blue Alert for Officers
• Oct 22, 2008
• Since January, 35 police officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty; two of those were from Texas. Adopting the successes of its...

• Dressing Up Online Elections
• Oct 19, 2008
• Almost three in four American adults now use the Internet, and according to the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, two-thirds of those...

• Honoring the Best
• Oct 8, 2008
• At Idea Center, we feature replicable government programs, online innovations and useful resources. This year's recently announced Innovations in American Government Awards went to six...

• A Guide to Healthier Choices
• Oct 5, 2008
• Every year, 5 percent of healthy employees become sick as a result of risk factors that include unhealthy lifestyle choices, according to health insurance provider CIGNA....

• A Solar-Powered Highway
• Oct 1, 2008
• It takes 45 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually to run Oregon's state transportation system -- power that comes mostly from non-renewable sources. Change is underway, however,...

• Judging the Judges
• Sep 28, 2008
• Most voters, even the best-informed ones, find it difficult to vote intelligently for judges. The culprit is often the lack of nonpartisan information about their...

• Bailing Out Homeowners
• Sep 25, 2008
• As Congress debates whether or not to pass a $700 billion bailout proposal, one of the issues that has arisen is how to include a rescue ...
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• Paying for College, Round 2
• Sep 24, 2008
• Hoping the second time's a charm, Texas officials launched a new prepaid college tuition plan, four years after the state's old program was closed because...

• Looking Down on America
• Sep 21, 2008
• As satellite imagery and aerial photography have become more accessible, state and local governments are finding multiple uses for them in areas that include disaster...