Infrastructure contractors have good reason to look forward to 2017, based on the emerging positive trends and encouraging new developments. A highly touted and promised federal infrastructure plan plus an abundance of private capital waiting to be tapped will likely result in the launching of hundreds of large new public sector projects by early 2017. […]
It’s all about options! And, in the public-sector information technology (IT) world, state and local government executives view having choices as a key driver in their ability to reduce IT costs and improve services to taxpayers.
No matter what happens at the polls on Tuesday, both presidential candidates have made public pledges to address the country’s infrastructure problems. That’s extremely good news for both cities and states, because it appears that the next president will champion infrastructure reform. Long overdue infrastructure needs such as water, energy and road and bridge projects […]
The presidential candidates are not the only ones worried about the outcome of the upcoming November general elec
tion. With Election Day less than a month away, recent increases in cyberattacks and data breaches have state election officials throughout the country on edge. Voting systems nationwide are in jeopardy and many states are turning to the federal government for help. News reports indicate that voter registration systems in nearly half of all states have been targeted by foreign hackers. Read more
The Great Recession may be over, but fiscal issues in many states are still dire. Public officials at every level of government are also struggling to meet budgets that have not expanded in years.
SPI’s President/CEO Mary Scott Nabers was recently featured on Smart and Resilient Cities discussing the growing support for the congressional reauthorization of the country’s EB-5 Program.
SPI’s President/CEO Mary Scott Nabers was recently featured on Economic Development blog discussing use of green spaces ability to recruit business and industry to a given area and positively affect the city’s economic growth.