LANSING - The Department of Human Services is increasing its contract with the company that created the Michigan Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System by $15.68 million for maintenance and enhancements, a spokesperson said on Monday. The 10-month program has been under scrutiny because of issues with payments to individual foster parents and private agencies,
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple is in talks with programmers to offer a slimmed-down bundle of TV networks this fall, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox, and would be available on Apple devices such as the
GRAND RAPIDS ? Michigan serial entrepreneur Keith Brophy has been named the new State Executive Director at the Michigan Small Business Development Center replacing Carol Lopucki who retired at the end of 2014. The announcement was made Thursday. Brophy had been CEO of IdeoMed, a Spectrum Health start-up in the Life Sciences sector, which recently
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder is hoping to see as much as 40 percent of the state?s power from renewable sources and use reduction over the next 10 years under the energy plan he unveiled Friday. By 2025, the state needs to adopt energy efficiency practices to reduce use by 15 percent from what it
DETROIT ? Grand Circus, a tech educational space in downtown Detroit, has been named as a participant in President Obama?s TechHire initiative, described as a ?bold multi-sector initiative and call to action to empower Americans with the skills they need? for high-paying, in demand careers.? ?We?re proud to be a part of this innovative, nation-wide
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday that he will not support an immediate end to the state's film incentive program, comments that come as the House prepares to vote on a bill eliminating the program. The House advanced HB 4122 to Third Reading on Tuesday with a vote on the bill expected Wednesday. A
LANSING - A pair of bills that would exclude the definition of Software-As-A-Service from the use tax and sales tax and grant the right to use prewritten software installed on another person's server won unanimous approval in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday. Without SB 82 and SB 83 , a 6 percent tax exists
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit announced Monday that Robert Magee, who had been serving as interim executive vice president since August, now has the job full time. He was named to the permanent post by a vote of the ESD Board of Directors last week, following a national search. Magee is a veteran
ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, the host of the June Michigan Renewable Energy Fair, has partnered with the Indiana Renewable Energy Association to expand the reach of the Energy Fair in the Great Lakes. The Fair June 26 ? 27 at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason features free workshops, hands on
WASHINGTON DC - The Central Intelligence Agency announced publicly on Friday that - as part of one of the largest agency makeovers since its founding in 1947 - it's creating a new top-level directorate that includes the mandate to engage in cyberespionage as well as monitor social media and foreign websites. The Directorate of Digital