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Martin O`Malley on Technology
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$156M for One Maryland Broadband Network
We must create an economy that is "built to last." Maryland is leading the charge for our country's better future: by harnessing innovation; by modernizing our Port, opening the Inter-County Connector; expanding rural broadband; and building
new schools & modern classrooms:- In 2009, Governor O'Malley announced an agreement that will allow the Maryland Port Administration to lease its 200-acre Seagirt Marine Terminal to Ports America and in return, Ports America has agreed to construct
a 50-foot berth for the Port of Baltimore. The partnership is expected to support 5,700 direct and indirect jobs and will generate $15.7 million per year in new taxes for Maryland.
- At the peak of construction, the Intercounty Connector project
supported more than 4,500 jobs.
- The development of the One Maryland Broadband Network--an investment of $156 million in federal, State and local funds to connect all 24 counties via high-speed fiber-optic broadband--will support up to 1,700 jobs.
Source: 2012 Maryland State of the State Address
, Feb 3, 2012
21st Century cyber-infrastructure & rural broadband network
Together, in so many ways, we are also building a 21st Century cyber-infrastructure. Our Health Information Exchange and first-responder interoperable communications network, will protect public health and public safety. The statewide rural broadband
network we're building will effectively connect every county in Maryland to the information superhighway--thanks to President Obama and our congressional delegation. Through the Sustainable Communities Tax Credit, we're helping create 700 jobs.
By moving forward with the Red Line and the Purple Line, we're striking a more sustainable balance between roads and transit.
To connect the infrastructure of a stronger future, we are working together to grow smarter: protecting more open space, and advancing strategies like Transit Oriented Development.
Source: 2011 Maryland State of the State Address
, Feb 3, 2011
Chief information officer to digitize federal government.
O`Malley adopted the manifesto, "A New Agenda for the New Decade":
Performance-Based Government
The strong anti-government sentiments of the early 1990s have subsided, but most Americans still think government is too bureaucratic, too centralized, and too inefficient.
In Washington and around the country, a second round of “reinventing government” initiatives should be launched to transform public agencies into performance-based organizations focused on bottom-line results. Many public services can be delivered on a competitive basis among public and private entities with accountability for results. Public-private partnerships should become the rule, not the exception, in delivering services. Civic and voluntary groups, including faith-based organizations, should play a larger role in addressing America’s social problems.
When the federal government provides grants to states and localities to perform public services, it should give the broadest possible administrative flexibility while demanding and rewarding specific results.
Government information and services at every level should be thoroughly “digitized,” enabling citizens to conduct business with public agencies online.
Goals for 2010 - Require public agencies to measure results and publish information on performance.
- Consolidate narrow federal-state grants into broad performance-based grants that offer greater flexibility in return for greater accountability for results.
- Make it possible for citizens to conduct all business with government online.
- Create a chief information officer to drive the digitization of the federal government.
Source: The Hyde Park Declaration 00-DLC8 on Aug 1, 2000
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