LANSING - The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late Monday gave its approval of Michigan's Medicaid eligibility expansion plan, meaning the state can move ahead with steps to enroll low-income individuals into the health care program. "It's a nice year-end gift for the governor and Legislature," Community Health Director James Haveman said in
TENAFLY, N.J. - Any organization that has not already started to think about the impact mobility has on IT security should start doing so this year. 63% of businesses provide formal access to some of their business applications to mobile users, a Quocirca research report "Digital Identities and the Open Business," showed. Furthermore, the sheer
LANSING - The year 2013 started quietly for the 97th Legislature as is usually the case in the first year of a new legislative term, but quickly ramped up into another year of significant changes in Michigan law. Gongwer reviewed the 277 public acts so far in 2013. There is one bill the Legislature must
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Join the Michigan Israel Business Bridge Jan. 9 for its first networking program of 2014: The Connected Autonomous Vehicle, How Michigan and Israel can partner on technology. Registration closes Jan. 7. Speakers include: Udi Naamani, CEO, Fusepoint Solutions(Ann Arbor/Israel), Past Director of the Connected Vehicle Proving Center at the University of Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS - Israeli researchers have identified a vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone that allegedly allows a hacker to easily intercept secure data. Samsung told CNET and other news outlets that it's looking into the issues and thus far doesn't believe the problem is as serious as the researchers present in their findings.
WASHINGTON DC - A US district judge dismissed the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit against the government's top spy agency, ruling that bulk collection of telephony metadata by the NSA is lawful. In June, the ACLU filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's mass collection of phone records, arguing that the
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio is hosting a webinar Jan. 17 to look at what government funding may be available for the life sciences industry. Accessing Government Funding in a Changing Landscape will show viewers how to access government funding for your bioscience company, especially from the Department of Defense. Speaker, Liz Powell, is a former
HOLLAND - John Maxson has been elevated to the position of Chief Executive Officer at Genzink Steel, a supplier of fabricated steel products for original equipment manufacturers of heavy equipment in the Oil & Gas, Mining, Rail, Energy and Defense Industries across North America. Maxon served for the past decade as chief operating officer. Genzink
DETROIT ? Grand Circus is saying goodbye to 2013 with a sweet deal for our favorite peeps (literally, it's an early bird special). Apply to one of its three upcoming in-depth classes before January 1st and get 20 percent off. Build a Dynamic Website: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Jan 28th ? April 3rd, 6:00 ? 9:00
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission has not yet determined if it will review the activities of certain utilities as crews continue to work on power outages in the Lansing region after the past weekend's ice storm, the commission's executive director said Thursday. After major outages, the commission has occasionally reviewed utilities in affected