or, rather: Those Who Cannot Remember Find the Past… by Keith Knapp, SF2012 Along with my fellow fellows Shaibya Dalal, Carla Hansen and Janice Levy, I’m currently working on a small team project seeking to push forward the vision of San Francisco as a living laboratory for testing of innovative clean energy solutions – akaRead… Read more »
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie campaigned on promises of bringing increased transparency to New Jersey. Early on in his administration he launched a transparency website designed to highlight public information from state offices. Despite that, New Jersey last year the state comptroller issued a blistering report highlighting just how opaque the state really is. Now,Read… Read more »
The Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association has set up a Watermain Break Clock site showing real time numbers and costs of water main breaks. According to the information posted, there are 850 water main breaks that occur each day in North America. A quick search on Twitter gives us a snapshot of just a few ofRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Luke Harris reports. In November, the widely-anticipated LA-RICS project request for proposals (RFP) was released, and on December 6, Los Angeles County, Calif., released an associated RFP for project and construction management services. The RFP seeks a vendor to manage the LA-RICS project in accordance with the highest professional standards. The consultant isRead… Read more »
A court overturned the petit larceny conviction of a scammer who sold discounted MetroCard swipes to riders and found a lesser charge more appropriate. Original post
In 2006 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg created the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO). The purpose of CEO is to implement innovative ways to reduce poverty in New York City. With access to a $100 million innovation fund, CEO has financed 40 targeted performance based initiatives. The CEO operates out of the Mayor’s office,Read… Read more »
An article in GovTech last Friday reported that public libraries in North Carolina are now checking out e-library books. The North Carolina Digital Library Consortium released a collection that can be downloaded directly from the library onto the patron’s Kindle or Kindle reading app. While this service is more convenient for the public, it isRead… Read more »
SEPTA received a $1.2 million EPA grant to improve air quality in and around its rail yard by converting one of its locomotives to a clean diesel engine. Original post
Rising pension costs are crippling state and local governments. Today Government Technology reports that North Carolina will use custom software to help forecast state pension costs and help protect the pensions of 850,000 employees. The customized software from SAS — which the company says will be made available to all state pension systems — willRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Joanna Salini reports. The state of Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (NDMV) is looking to establish a REAL ID security plan in compliance with the REAL ID Security Act. The state released a formal solicitation on October 13 for a Comprehensive Driver’s License and Identification Card Issuance Security Plan. REAL ID is aRead… Read more »