JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) and the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) have entered into a partnership aimed at increasing access to job search services provided by the WIN Job Centers. MDES and MDHS will combine their expertise and locations to expand the number of e.WIN Access Points throughout the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 27,2012
Tags: college, county, county govertnment, economic development, education, higher education, Internet, job, job creation, university, website
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — A new Oktibbeha County website developed by a Mississippi State University research center will better connect citizens with their county government, and also serve as a “business card” for local economic development efforts. The university center’s director said the project “is the beginning of a new way for Oktibbeha County to work. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 12,2012
Tags: agriculture, computers, crops, environment, farmers, farms, Internet, online, pesticide sales, pesticides, registration, row crops, state agency, state government
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) introduced the Pesticide Products Registration Online System in 2011 to overwhelming support from businesses nationwide, according to MDAC. In its first year of operation as a pilot system, over 80 percent of businesses took advantage of the online application as a way to register pesticides [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 13,2012
Tags: broadband, cell phones, cell towers, federal adency, federal government, Internet, investment, online, telecommunications, telephones
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — AT&T is making a $53 million investment throughout Mississippi as a result of reforms made to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund, a vast majority of which will be used to enable broadband expansion. This investment in Mississippi will mean more than 170 new sites in more than 60 wire [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 7,2012
Tags: computers, electricity, energy, hardware, Internet, power, power distribution, power generation, smart meters, software, technology, telecommunications, utilities
JACKSON — SmartSynch has unveiled the team that will help provide the advanced metering system that will form the foundation of a grid and meter modernization program for Consumers Energy’s 1.8 million electric customers in Michigan. Members of the team include GE Energy, who will provide the meter hardware, and Grid Net, who will provide [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 21,2012
Tags: bill, Charter schools, education, elementary education, Internet, law, lawmakers, legislature. legislative branch, online, schools, secondary education
JACKSON — Online charter schools would not be allowed under a bill that Mississippi senators are pushing forward. A committee agreed today to an amendment banning such virtual schools, which have been a subject of intense argument among education advocates. The bill would also let charter schools sponsor prekindergarten programs, although no state money is [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Broadband Internet usage in Mississippi is catching up to the national average more quickly than recent national studies report, according to a statewide survey conducted by the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University. Information on this Internet and broadband use survey is available at srdc.msstate.edu/ebeat/reports.html. Reports on the Mississippi Broadband Survey, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 16,2012
Tags: acquisitions, computers, electricity, energy, hardware, Internet, mergers, power, smart grid, software, telecommunications, utilities
JACKSON — Itron Inc. of Liberty Lake, Wash., has signed an agreement to acquire SmartSynch Inc. in a transaction valued at $100 million. The parties said they expect the transaction to close in the second quarter of 2012. “SmartSynch is a compelling strategic acquisition that strengthens our position in the industry and with our energy [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov.-elect Phil Bryant says he plans to name former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale as the next interim leader of Mississippi’s economic development agency. “One of the world’s best entrepreneurs will be the next director of the Mississippi Development Authority and that man is Jim Barksdale,” Bryant said. Bryant said he wants Barksdale to [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Broadband Connect Coalition has issued recommendations for improving access to high-speed Internet and encouraging digital literacy. These recommendations are the culmination of almost a year of study and meetings by stakeholders from the public and private sectors. The Coalition also is partnering with the newly created Connect to Compete, a national [...] [...]
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