economic stimulus http://www.itworld.com/economic-stimulus xx States scramble to track federal stimulus bucks http://www.itworld.com/government/83224/states-scramble-track-federal-stimulus-bucks Just as the $787 billion economic stimulus is unprecedented, so are the reporting demands it's making on state CIOs and IT organizations, which are scrambling to whip up new processes and tools to accurately track and account for their states' shares of the stimulus pie. http://www.itworld.com/government/83224/states-scramble-track-federal-stimulus-bucks#comments Government Internet Feature economic stimulus Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:58 -0500 ITworld staff 83224 at http://www.itworld.com Maryland is tops at tracking stimulus spending http://www.itworld.com/government/83225/maryland-tops-tracking-stimulus-spending Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley doesn't have to guess where federal stimulus funds will do the most good in his state: He can see for himself -- and his constituents can, too. http://www.itworld.com/government/83225/maryland-tops-tracking-stimulus-spending#comments Government Internet Feature economic stimulus Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:39:58 -0500 ITworld staff 83225 at http://www.itworld.com Is the federal stimulus creating tech jobs? The government isn't saying http://www.itworld.com/government/82108/is-federal-stimulus-creating-tech-jobs-the-government-isnt-saying One obvious follow-up question to the U.S. government's announcement this month that the federal stimulus has created or saved 30,000 jobs so far is this: How many were IT and engineering jobs? Unfortunately, there isn't an answer. http://www.itworld.com/government/82108/is-federal-stimulus-creating-tech-jobs-the-government-isnt-saying#comments Career Government News economic stimulus IT jobs Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:27:54 -0400 ITworld staff 82108 at http://www.itworld.com Broadband subsidy: too much money, but mostly well targeted http://www.itworld.com/networking/70270/broadband-subsidy-too-much-money-mostly-well-targeted A few weeks ago I aired my worries about how the broadband funding in the Federal stimulus package was going to be spent. The government has now released documentation on that part of the package, and so far things look mostly OK. http://www.itworld.com/networking/70270/broadband-subsidy-too-much-money-mostly-well-targeted#comments Government Networking Opinion broadband economic stimulus Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:32:28 -0400 ITworld staff 70270 at http://www.itworld.com White House plan to create 600K jobs in 100 days won't help tech http://www.itworld.com/government/68966/white-house-plan-create-600k-jobs-100-days-wont-help-tech The real impact of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package on shrinking IT employment remains in the future, despite President Obama's plan to expedite hiring of some 600,000 people over the next 100 days. http://www.itworld.com/government/68966/white-house-plan-create-600k-jobs-100-days-wont-help-tech#comments Career Government IT management/strategy News economic stimulus IT jobs Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:04:38 -0400 ITworld staff 68966 at http://www.itworld.com