• More STEM Degrees May Not Equal More Jobs
• Source: Miami Herald   |   Florida   |   December 10, 2012
• As STEM has become an education buzzword in recent years, a steady stream of research has emerged that challenges the notion of STEM as an economic elixir. In some STEM careers, the employment picture is downright lousy.

• Fracking Decision Pending in Maryland
• Source: Washington Post   |   Maryland   |   December 10, 2012
• Time is slowly running out on a de facto drilling moratorium imposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley.

• California Stem Cell Agency Board Criticized for Conflicts of Interest
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   California   |   December 10, 2012
• A new report found that "far too many" of the board members are from organizations that stand to benefit from the $3 billion the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is supposed to dole out to researchers over 10 years.

• New York City Seeks to Reinvent the Pay Phone
• BY: Government Technology   |   New York City   |   December 7, 2012
• The city is asking citizens for ideas on how to reinvent pay phone sites and their surrounding enclosures.

• Christie to Let Feds Run Health Exchange for New Jersey
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   December 7, 2012
• Gov. Chris Christie, a critic of Obama’s Affordable Care Act, said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has yet to answer dozens of questions on how much the new online insurance marketplace would cost New Jersey residents, among other concerns.

• Report: Budget Transparency Website Could Save Florida Millions
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Florida   |   December 6, 2012
• Two government watchdog groups say Florida could save millions of dollars if a budget transparency website, which taxpayers have already spent $4.5 million on, were allowed to go live.

• South Carolina Gov. Won't Release Full Hacking Report
• Source: The Post and Courier   |   South Carolina   |   December 6, 2012
• Gov. Nikki Haley’s administration will not publicly release a previously undisclosed, more-detailed report on how a hacker breached the S.C. Department of Revenue, affecting sensitive information for millions of taxpayers.

• Some Health Exchanges to be Paid for with Surcharges Instead of Taxes
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   December 4, 2012
• Federally-run health insurance exchanges as well as some some state-run exchanges will be paid for using insurance premium surcharges, not separate taxes.

• App Lets Public Score Boston City Services
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Boston   |   December 4, 2012
• Boston is making available a big chunk of that information on a mobile app and website to give the public tools for judging how the city is faring.

• Wisconsin Universities' Flexible Degrees for Working Adults May Be a 1st
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Wisconsin   |   November 30, 2012
• The University of Wisconsin System is perhaps the first public university system in the nation to roll out a set of 100 percent competency-based online degree programs for working adults.

• Email Transparency Efforts Fail to End Secrecy in Florida State Government
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   November 30, 2012
• Project Sunburst, Gov. Rick Scott’s program to foster email transparency, is not being used by the governor or his top staffers.
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• Predictive Data Fuels Child Support Success in Pennsylvania
• BY: Government Technology   |   Pennsylvania   |   November 30, 2012
• Pennsylvania is the only state currently meeting or exceeding all federal guidelines for securing child support payments.

• Arizona to Let Feds Run Health Exchange
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   November 29, 2012
• Gov. Jan Brewer rejected a key pillar of President Barack Obama’s new health-care law

• Portland OKs Land-Line Tax
• Source: Oregonian   |   Portland, Ore.   |   November 29, 2012
• Portland's City Council unanimously voted to extend a tax to all land-line phone service providers - an idea that Mayor Sam Adams pushed to raise millions of dollars a year for federally-mandated police reforms.

• Cities in High-Speed Rail's Trail Have Mixed Reactions
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   November 27, 2012
• Some officials in Santa Clarita, Burbank, Palmdale, Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have asked the California High-Speed Rail Authority to consider alternative routes, but no city has expressed serious opposition.

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