Federal and state officials moved Wednesday to strengthen the computer underpinnings of the new online health exchanges, which proved inadequate to handle a flood of consumer inquiries that began as soon as the system opened on Tuesday and continued into the next day.
Online marketplaces at the heart of the health law opened for business Tuesday, often haltingly, as Web-based insurance portals were swamped with consumers who were frequently unable to sign up.
Source: AP/Washington Post | Nation |
October 1, 2013
Millions of Americans will be able to shop for the first time Tuesday on the insurance marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, entering a world that is supposed to simplify the mysteries of health coverage but could end up making it even more confusing, at least initially.
The U.S. government on Thursday announced new delays in rolling out President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, saying small business and Spanish-language health insurance enrollment services would not begin on October 1 as planned.
Source: Boston Globe | Massachusetts |
September 27, 2013
The Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously Thursday to abolish a sales tax on software services that generated a firestorm of criticism from business leaders, following Wednesday’s action in the House of Representatives to repeal the fledgling levy.
Taxpayers send nearly $2 billion a year to cyber schools that let students from kindergarten through 12th grade receive a free public education entirely online.
Source: Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles |
September 26, 2013
L.A. Unified board grapples with the question of whether to force parents to pay for damaged or lost iPads. It's uncertain whether responsibility was made clear to all parents.
Source: Boston Herald | Massachusetts |
September 26, 2013
The state Senate is poised today to follow the lead of the House, which voted yesterday to repeal the so-called tech tax in a finger-pointing session that left business leaders concerned that lawmakers just don’t understand the technology sector.
The software, which makes forecasts based on geographic location, age, type of crime and other variables, is helping parole boards and law enforcement keep closer watch on the most violent offenders.
Source: Wall Street Journal | Nation |
September 20, 2013
Less than two weeks before the launch of insurance marketplaces created by the federal health overhaul, the government's software can't reliably determine how much people need to pay for coverage, according to insurance executives and people familiar with the program.
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | Ohio |
September 12, 2013
Ohio’s law enforcement database and its facial recognition software are open to more than just law enforcement, a concern of members of the advisory group reviewing the security of the systems.
Source: Boston Globe | Massachusetts |
September 11, 2013
Governor Deval Patrick abruptly changed course Tuesday and said he no longer supports a controversial new tax on computer software services that has triggered a fierce backlash from the state’s technology community and spawned numerous attempts to repeal it.
Source: Washington Post | District of Columbia |
September 11, 2013
The city’s beefed-up automated force also will nab drivers who run stop signs and encroach on pedestrian crosswalks, and truckers who drive overweight trucks through neighborhoods where they are prohibited.
Source: Newark Star-Ledger | New Jersey |
September 10, 2013
Gov. Chris Christie today signed legislation requiring out-of-state law enforcement agencies to notify New Jersey authorities before conducting counter-terrorism operations within its borders.
Fraud is on the rise. There is evidence that fraud has permeated virtually every government-based benefit program at the state, local and federal level. The federal government estimates that three to five percent of public assistance dollars are lost each year to fraud, and tax related identity fraud has grown 650% since 2008.
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