Over the past week, the stimulus package has been talked about as a sort of fiscal version of “Where’s Waldo?” “Where’s the $787 billion?” asks BusinessWeek. Meanwhile, US Vice President Joe Biden offered up a strong defense of the administration’s pace in releasing the funds. So, what does that pace mean for industry? Here’s what [...]
With the stimulus package fresh on everyone’s mind, ExecutiveBiz recently sat down with Al Gordon, CEO of National Strategies, for tips on how to reach state and local clients. For 10 years, Gordon worked in the governor’s office of New York, where he routinely met with companies looking to do business with the state. So, [...]
The newly created State Fiscal Stabilization Fund is shifting a total of $48.3 billion from the Federal budget to the states in an unprecedented opportunity to realize the stimulus effect envisioned by the current administration. The question of how the states will be able to absorb and spend these dollars, along with the billions of federal [...]
