BLUE SPRINGS — MacLellan Integrated Services, co-headquartered in Lexington, Ky., and Chennai, India, has been recently selected by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi (TMMMS) as its provider of critical process cleaning services. In addition to process cleaning, MacLellan will also provide select maintenance services as well. The Blue Springs plant is Toyota’s 10th U.S. manufacturing facility [...] [...]
JACKSON — For the second year in a row, the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service, has issued Jackson State University the highest possible security rating for the university’s compliance with the nation’s security standards. The Defense Security Service rates security postures within one of five categories — superior, commendable, satisfactory, marginal or unsatisfactory. [...] [...]
Source: The Mississippi Office of the State Auditor JACKSON — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has released the Performance Review of Madison County Contracts with Rudy Warnock. Based on the limited review done by the State Auditor’s Performance Audit Division, it is OSA’s recommendation to Madison County to improve its oversight and management controls. “This report [...] [...]
JACKSON — Lawmakers yesterday sharply questioned the Mississippi Development Authority’s contracts with private consultants, including a $240-an-hour agreement with Terri Hudson, who used to be the agency’s chief financial officer. Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, said during a budget hearing that he doesn’t understand why MDA would pay Hudson so much for a part-time contract to [...] [...]
JACKSON and BILOXI — Credit Union 24, the national credit union-owned ATM and point-of-sale (POS) network, announced today that 17 credit unions have renewed contracts with the network during Q2 2009, representing more than $3.4 billion in assets with more than 360,000 members. A total of 29 credit unions have renewed to date in 2009, [...] [...]