Tag: R.I. Department Of Administration
Statewide Planning to interview small businesses for weather-resiliency project
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Division of Statewide Planning is launching a project to help small businesses’ extreme weather event and climate change resiliency, the...
Education, economic policy linked for gubernatorial candidates
By many measures, Rhode Island has long had a troubled education system. While most major gubernatorial candidates have at least paid lip service to...
There’s a cost to preserving history. Is R.I. willing to pay...
Rhode Island’s state archives, which include pre-1650 artifacts, have sat in nondescript commercial office space in a Providence flood zone, lacking proper preservation technology,...
OER honors public sector for energy-efficiency achievements
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Energy Resources recognized 12 state agencies, municipalities and higher education facilities for renewable-energy and energy-efficiency achievements, at its...
Five Questions With: Kevin Parker
A year ago, the R.I. Office of Innovation launched the Government Innovation League, an initiative where representatives from state agencies spend 20 percent of...
R.I. Senate approves bill establishing state infrastructure grant program
PROVIDENCE – A bill that would create a state infrastructure grant program, similar to the Mass Works program in the Bay State, has passed...
Raimondo eyes tax on cloud-based services
(Corrected at 11:25 a.m. to replace T-shirt reference in 11th paragraph with microwave.)Does your business use Office 365? Do you pay for TurboTax’s...
R.I. Department of Administration releases outline of $25M budget cuts
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Administration Friday afternoon released a summary of its plan to achieve $25 million in savings as part of...
State: 6-10 connector project on schedule
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo a year ago called a press conference announcing the state could no longer wait to address the deterioration of one...
