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Massachusetts a magnet for federal funding
Posted by: Secretary Gregory Bialecki, Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development The Patrick-Murray Administration partnered with The Boston Foundation on Thursday, May 29th to kick off the...
View ArticleInnovation Month Proclamation from Governor Deval Patrick
The following is the full text of a proclamation by Governor Deval L. Patrick WhereasInnovative ideas start here. For almost four hundred years, Massachusetts’ social, cultural, technological,...
View ArticleA message from Governor Deval Patrick to Massachusetts College Students
Students of Massachusetts,My path to Massachusetts may be similar to your own. I'm originally from elsewhere, the South Side of Chicago. I came here as a teenager when a program called “A Better...
View ArticleThe Massachusetts Creative Economy
On September 22, 2011, Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Greg Bialecki announced the appointment of Helena Fruscio to the position of Creative Economy Industry Director for...
View ArticleRegulatory Reform Initiative: Overview
Nearly half of all employed people in Massachusetts are working in small businesses, and these small businesses represent the best opportunities for economic growth and prosperity in the Commonwealth....
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Welcome to Mass Innovation
Welcome to the Mass Innovation blog!In my role as Government Innovation Officer (GIO), I have been charged with looking at how the various operations of the Commonwealth state government can be...
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Commonwealth Website Evolves for a Mobile World
The overarching goal of Mass.gov is to enable the Commonwealth’s constituents to easily find, learn about and access state services. To do this effectively, Mass.gov’s staff periodically reviews how to...
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New Revenue Modeling Tool: How does Gov. Patrick’s "Choose Growth" Proposal...
When the Commonwealth releases budget proposals (like Governor Patrick did in January), it is sometimes the case that additional information is sought by different people. Some citizens have...
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Innovating in the Commonwealth
In my role as Government Innovation Officer (GIO) for the Commonwealth, there are several ways in which I help move the innovation agenda forward within the Commonwealth’s various agencies.One category...
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DOR's "WebFile for Income" Tax Mobile App Available for Refund Program
First came "WebFile for Income", the Commonwealth’s online system which thousands of taxpayers will use to file their state returns this year. Now comes WebFile for your smartphone. The Department of...
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One-Stop Business Portal Launches
Businesses interact with the Commonwealth every single day on a variety of matters – from accessing resources to understanding obligations and regulations. In dialoguing with business owners, we found...
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Attention Software Publishers: 3 Steps to Doing Business with the Innovation...
The initial projects from the Office of the Government Innovation Officer (OGIO) seek to deploy COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) and SaaS (software as a service) software solutions to address identified...
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Commonwealth Citizens Connect: Using Technology to Create Dialogue Between...
“Tree limb snapped, hanging on phone wires,” “Pedestrian street signs are down,” and “Pothole on Smith St” are common concerns reported each day to local governments across the United States. But...
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Community Innovation Challenge: Incenting Creativity at the Local Level
One of the core components of the Commonwealth’s Innovation approach is to encourage a culture of innovation at all levels of government. Community Innovation Challenge (CIC) Grants are competitively...
View ArticlePax East Showcases MA's Digital Gaming Industry
I’m standing in the middle of the Boston Convention and Events Center staring at a “Plants vs. Zombies” booth surrounded by people, thinking my 9-year-old was missing-out. Out of nowhere, someone slaps...
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MCCA's Innovative Tech Creates World-Class Venues
An event like PAX East brings with it some of the most technologically savvy clients and attendees in the meetings and convention industry. Internet connections on the wireless system at the Boston...
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MassDOT's Accelerated Bridge Program
On August 1, 2007, Minneapolis’ I95 W Bridge injured 145 people and took 13 lives when it collapsed into the Mississippi River. Seeing this disaster led Governor Patrick and Massachusetts...
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Building Performance Management and Innovation at MassDOT
In June 2009, Governor Deval Patrick signed Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2009, which consolidated several state offices into the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. To streamline planning and...
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School StatNet Enables Informed School Operations Decisions
In the past decade, school districts in Massachusetts and around the country have been learning how to use data to customize teaching to each student’s individual needs, to support coaching and...
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“Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) Gives Users More Choices
In response to the growing prevalence of mobile devices in our workforce, the Information Technology Division (ITD) for the Commonwealth has introduced its Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. BYOD...
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