• Tapping into Big Data in Government
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   April 8, 2013
• Cheaper storage and more powerful analytic tools are making big data an increasingly viable concept for the public sector.

• States in a Race to Secure Drone Testing
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   April 8, 2013
• Groups in 37 states are vying to become one of six federally designated sites for testing the remotely piloted crafts for use in the nation's airspace. They see a chance to generate jobs.

• Ruling a Blow to Plan to End Federal Oversight of California Prisons
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   California   |   April 8, 2013
• A federal judge rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's claim that California has improved its mental healthcare for inmates enough to end 17 years of court oversight.

• Job Skills Gap a Growing Concern in Cities
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   April 5, 2013
• Cities coming out of the recession are facing new challenges with matching their workforce to available jobs, a problem that could be an early indicator of a growing national problem.
• 2 Comments

• Arizona Presses Ahead on Border Fence Despite Obstacles
• BY: Stateline   |   Arizona   |   April 4, 2013
• After nearly two years of preparation, an Arizona state senator says a plan will be unveiled in a few weeks to build a fence along the border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants.

• Sequester Squeezes Massachusetts Judiciary
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   April 4, 2013
• Nationwide, the judiciary’s budget has been cut nearly $350 million for the 2013 fiscal year, leading to the layoffs or involuntary furloughs of 2,000 employees, according to the court system.

• Sequestration Cuts into Scientific Research
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   April 3, 2013
• Federal agencies pour billions each year into university research. With less federal money to spend, some Ph.D. programs are delaying admissions decisions, while others have already cut positions amid the uncertainty.

• Utah Governor Delays Guest-Worker Law from Taking Effect
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   April 3, 2013
• The program was scheduled to take effect in July, but it's now postponed for two years, due to optimism for immigration reform at the federal level.

• Prescription Drug Deaths Rise Despite Efforts to Combat Abuse
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   April 2, 2013
• Despite efforts by law enforcement and public health officials to curb prescription drug abuse, drug-related deaths in the United States have continued to rise, the latest data show.

• 13 States Seek Contraceptive Exemption to Obamacare
• Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer   |   Nation   |   April 2, 2013
• Thirteen attorneys general believe any employer who says he or she objects to contraception should not have to provide contraceptive coverage.
• 12 Comments

• Feds Accuse Oregon of Segregating Disabled in Sheltered Jobs
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   April 2, 2013
• Oregon unlawfully segregates people with disabilities in sheltered workshops instead of providing them more work opportunities in the public midst, federal authorities allege.

• Hazleton a Test Case for GOP's Immigration Stance
• Source: New York Times   |   Hazleton, Pa.   |   April 1, 2013
• The Pennsylvania city presents a test case of whether the party risks leaving behind a critical part of its core constituency: white working-class voters for whom illegal immigration stirs visceral reactions.

• Gov. Pence Pushes Controversial Healthy Indiana Plan to Expand Medicaid
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   April 1, 2013
• If Washington doesn’t agree to allow the state to alter Medicaid to fit the Healthy Indiana Plan — which could happen — Medicaid would not be expanded and the state would forgo $10.5 billion in federal aid through 202

• States Lose Millions in Mineral Revenue Under Sequestration
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   March 29, 2013
• The sequester will cost energy states tens of millions of dollars in mineral revenues, a move that has sparked anger — and surprise — among some state officials who say they should have been informed sooner.
• 1 Comments

• Florida Governor Calls for Obama to Pay Up on Port Improvements
• BY: Stateline   |   Florida   |   March 29, 2013
• Ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the Port of Miami, Florida Gov. Rick Scott criticized him and the federal government for not paying their share of port improvement projects costs in the state.

Most Viewed

This Section    |    Whole Site

• Feds Issue New Fracking Rules
• States' Rights Debated in Supreme Court DOMA Case
• Obama Proposes $75 Billion for Universal Preschool
• Obama Proposes Energy Program Modeled on 'Race to the Top'
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Lays Out Goals for 2012

• How Tennessee Plans to Solve Its IT Problems
• Kardashian Pulls T-Shirt from Shelves After Gov. Cuomo Threatened Lawsuit
• A Third Way for Public Pensions: Adjustable Pension Plans
• Bike Lane Battles Heat Up
• Success of Gun Buyback in Phoenix May Backfire

Comments

• Congress Passes Highway, Transit Bill
  
  "$util.encode.html($string.substring($comment.comment,0,$space))..."
• Obama Proposes $75 Billion for Universal Preschool
  
  "There are numerous studies from decades of research of early childhood education that..."