The State of Alabama is proud to unveil its new and improved official website, Alabama.gov, introducing the most user-friendly design yet. With the award-winning website’s sleek and simplistic silhouette, visitors can easily discover useful local, state, and federal government information. Alabama.gov visitors expressed their opinions about changes for the site; in return, the state listened… Keep reading →
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Corporation occupation tax reports filed online with the Secretary of State’s office increased significantly in 2014. Compared to data from 2012, filings for domestic corporations alone jumped 348 percent. Filings for foreign corporations have gone up 47 percent. “We began encouraging business entities to file online about five years ago,” said Gale. “Each cycle the… Keep reading →
Musk Protests Air Force Launch Awards, Hopes To Break EELV Deal
By Colin Clark, Breaking Defense
WASHINGTON: When you’re a disruptive company owned by a disruptive personality you tend to do things that disrupt your industry, and SpaceX and Elon Musk must be the most publicly disruptive pairing in America right now. Now he’s filing a protest against what is potentially his biggest customer, the US Air Force, for giving the business of seven… Keep reading →
The Department of Administration announced the launch of a redesigned www.Wisconsin.Gov portal, which has been updated with a new mobile-friendly modern design and streamlined content. This overhaul will improve one of Wisconsin’s premier government websites – in 2013 Wisconsin.Gov received more than 2.9 million unique visits and 6.1 million page views. “Today is a huge… Keep reading →
Symposium on “Big Data for Government” – (Federal R&D, Plans, and Opportunties) Announced
By businesswireTechnology Training Corporation (http://www.ttcus.com), in association with the American Institute of Engineers, has announced the “4th Symposium on Federal Big Data R&D” to take place in Arlington, VA, June 17-18, 2014. This outstanding symposium brings together the key government and industry experts who are shaping the direction of big data research and development across the… Keep reading →
Inside The President’s Daily Briefing; DNI Moves With Care To Tablets
By Colin Clark, Breaking Defense
TAMPA: The conventional image of an American president managing a crisis shows him thumbing through a briefing book on a desk in the Situation Room or Oval Office. The new standard may well become that of a president with an iPad in his lap or on his desk, keenly watching a video or flipping through a… Keep reading →
The following press release was issued by Vote Solar: Businesses, advocates, and environmental groups joined together to applaud Gov. Andrew Cuomo for extending the successful NY-Sun Initiative to install ten times more solar power in New York State by 2023. Announced today in honor of Earth Week, the Governor’s bold expansion of the state’s landmark solar program will… Keep reading →
National Labor Exchange Providing Over 1.5 Million Job Listings to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Newly Enhanced Veterans Job Bank
By businesswireThe National Labor Exchange (NLx) was named the provider of job content to the newly enhanced Veterans Job Bank found on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs eBenefits platform. A public-private partnership between DirectEmployers Association and its longtime partner the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), the NLx includes 1.5 million opportunities found on… Keep reading →
Citizens seeking to burn brush, wood debris or agricultural fields now have the option to obtain their open burning permits electronically. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Forestry announced that it has expanded the online burn permit system statewide. Traditional hand-written burn permits are still available, but the online system allows… Keep reading →
Residents in the Gem County, Idaho, area can now pay for their ambulance transport payments using credit and debit cards, Rick Welch, Gem County Emergency Services Director announced. Transport payments can be paid online by going to the Gem County website at www.co.gem.id.us or over-the-counter at the Emergency Services office located at 330 E. Main… Keep reading →