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- Summary:
- This bill requires both chambers of the legislature to implement rules to permit residents to present testimony through audiovisual technology. Appropriates funds to establish audiovisual systems throughout...
- Topic:
- Citizen Engagement, Access to Services
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Hawaii Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill creates new disclosure requirements for national advocacy organizations that draft, promote, or distribute model laws and influence public officials to either introduce or vote in favor of the...
- Topic:
- Lobbying
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- Minnesota Legislature
- Summary:
- This bill establishes a state contracting standards board as an independent executive department and requires it to prepare a uniform procurement code. This bill requires the state contracting standards...
- Topic:
- Government Contracts and Procurement
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- New Hampshire Legislature
- Summary:
- This ordinance amends a prior open data policy that empowered San Francisco's Committee on Information Technology to establish rules and standards applicable to all city departments regarding the release of...
- Topic:
- Citizen Engagement, Reports and Disclosure
- Year:
- 2013
- Source:
- San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- Summary:
- The council bill requires, among other things, that for contractors with contracts over $300,000 or subsidies over $5,000,000 51% of new hires must be residents of the city of Baltimore.
- Topic:
- Government Contracts and Procurement
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Baltimore City Council
- Summary:
- This executive order establishes an open data policy for the city of Chicago. It requires agencies to make certain records available to the public through an online portal. The order creates the position of...
- Topic:
- Citizen Engagement, Reports and Disclosure
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Chicago Mayor's Office
- Summary:
- The executive order requires that contractors provide certain benefits to their employees in order to qualify to bid on municipal projects.
- Topic:
- Government Contracts and Procurement, Wages and Compensation
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Houston Mayor's Office
- Summary:
- This act establishes a Linked Deposit Program for Small Businesses in the Department of Housing and Community Development for a specified purpose; provides that specified loans qualify under the Program;...
- Topic:
- Banking, Subsidies - Grants and Loans, Small Businesses
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Maryland Legislature
- Summary:
- The model ordinance sets a standard for the city to make more efficient and sustainable decisions in its procurement. The ordinance requires the city to procure and contract for environmentally preferable...
- Topic:
- Government Contracts and Procurement, Government Contracts and Procurement
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- The Public Law Center
- Summary:
- This bill requires public works contracts by state agencies to contain provisions that the manufactured goods used or supplied in performance of the contract be made in the United States. The act would not...
- Topic:
- Government Contracts and Procurement, Government Contracts and Procurement
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Nebraska Legislature