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- Fracking Decision Pending in Maryland
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pennsylvania is the only state currently meeting or exceeding all federal guidelines for securing child support payments.
- Arizona to Let Feds Run Health Exchange
- Gov. Jan Brewer rejected a key pillar of President Barack Obama’s new health-care law
- Portland OKs Land-Line Tax
- 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
- 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.
- Supreme Court Lets Ruling on Illinois Eavesdropping Law Stand
- The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law — one of the toughest of its kind in the country — violates the First Amendment when used against those who record police officers doing their jobs in public.
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- High-Performance Government - Building "Better, Faster, Cheaper"
- June 20, 2013
- Nationally, six straight years of revenue declines have put enormous pressure on state and local governments, nevertheless, some are thriving. Standard & Poor's, the credit-rating agency, reports that it issued more bond upgrades than downgrades in 2012.
- Health Care Reform is Here: Are You Ready for the Rush?
- June 27, 2013
- The Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act are in full swing. With the influx of people who will be applying for benefits and the ACA requirement for online enrollment, it is more important than ever to verify the identities of those accessing benefits up front.
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