SLED GovWin Recon February 15, 2024

Health & Human Services:

• New Biden Administration Rule Removes Burdens to Support Growth of Child Support Programs
• (Iowa) Kim Reynolds Has Released Her Plan to Restructure Iowa’s Mental Health Systems. Here’s What it Says:
• Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Among Gov. Ivey’s Top Priorities for 2024
• Biden-Harris Administration Partners with States to Address Homelessness
• HHS Launches Postpartum Maternal Health Collaborative
• Nebraska Governor Reverses Course and Says State Will Take Federal Funding to Feed Children
• Hawai’i to Build out Housing Services with Medicaid Under New Federal Program

SLED Information Technology:

• California Bill Would Form New AI Regulation Division
• Here’s How Massachusetts Hopes to Become a Global Leader in Artificial Intelligence

General Government:

• (Arkansas) Legislative Pane Endorses McKinsey Contract to Improve State Government Efficiency
• Nevada Launches New Site to Promote Transparency in Government Spending

Transportation

• Federal Highway Officials Reject Alaska Transportation Plan, Citing 24 Pages of Flaws

Economic Development/Regulations:

• (Michigan) Gov. Whitmer Launches New Government Office to Aid in Transitions of Auto, Energy Sectors
• Governor Moore Unveils State Plan, First in Nearly Ten Years, to Create Measurable Progress and Make this Maryland’s Decade

Higher Education:

• BYU Receives $3.7 Million Grant for Cybersecurity Students to Train for Government Jobs

Natural Resources/Environment

• Department of Energy Partners with States and Research Institutes to Boost Offshore Wind Development
• (South Carolina) Aiken County Rep’s Anti-ESG Investing Bill Becomes Law

Public Finance

• Denver Mayor to Cut DMV, Parks & Rec Services as City Deals with Critical Budget Situation
• (Maine) Gov. Mills Proposes Supplemental Budget Focusing on Public Safety, Mental Health Services
• (Louisiana) Gov. Landry Presents First Budget with $3.3 Billion Reduction
• As Pandemic Aid Winds Down, States Scramble to Fill Gaps

Justice/Public Safety & Homeland Security

• (Vermont) Gov. Phil Scott Puts Public Safety First at Weekly News Conference