Posts Tagged: budgeting

Jay Sher – Federal R&D Prizes for Technological Investment and Innovation

The essay below has been selected as one of the 15 finalists for the GovLoop and NASPAA Scholarship program. To vote, simply sign in to your GovLoop account (Not a member yet? Sign up for free now!) and then click the big ‘Awesome’ button at the bottom of the post. Everyone is encouraged to voteRead… Read more »

Mauricio Cifuentes – The Social Innovation Fund: Implementing Effective Bottom-up Solutions

The essay below has been selected as one of the 15 finalists for the GovLoop and NASPAA Scholarship program. To vote, simply sign in to your GovLoop account (Not a member yet? Sign up for free now!) and then click the big ‘Awesome’ button at the bottom of the post. Everyone is encouraged to voteRead… Read more »

Mark Van Horn – Using Computer Games to Simulate Policy Problems in the United States

The essay below has been selected as one of the 15 finalists for the GovLoop and NASPAA Scholarship program. To vote, simply sign in to your GovLoop account (Not a member yet? Sign up for free now!) and then click the big ‘Awesome’ button at the bottom of the post. Everyone is encouraged to voteRead… Read more »

While ranking in the top 10 for efficiencies, Colorado has more than 265 active GovWin opportunities

Deltek Principal Analyst Brian Coyle reports. Over the past few weeks, GovWin has blogged about various states which have been working to improve efficiency and cut costs in the wake of tightening budget environments. One state which was stood out in making these improvements is Colorado. Currently, Colorado ranks as one of the more efficientRead… Read more »

Health Care and Social Services: Budget and Future IT Business Opportunity Correlation

Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. In previous articles, GovWin illustrated how state budget efficiency can be used as a metric for future budget increases or decreases. While those articles focused on state all-funds budget efficiency, this article focuses instead on health care and social services budgets. The analysis outlined below offers insight into stateRead… Read more »

Weekly Round-up – November 11, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda Gov 2.0 in San Francisco. Jay Nath, whom you should be following on Twitter, has a piece in the National Civic Review titled “Reimagining Government in the Digital Age.” In it, he details what Gov 2.0 has meant for his city, San Francisco, and what it can mean in local governments around theRead… Read more »

New York insurers overcharge policyholders millions, ordered to refund overages

11 insurers in New York have been ordered to refund overcharges on their insurance premiums. State officials ordered insurers to refund $114.5 million in overpaid premiums to almost 600,000 New Yorkers. According to the order, insurers failed to spend the minimum amount of each premium dollar on providing health care to policy holders. Under NewRead… Read more »