Avenu Insights & Analytics, a global leader in revenue enhancement and administration solutions for state and local governments, announced its acquisition of Interware Development Company Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based payment solutions for local governments. The acquisition will provide Avenu’s existing clients with a new centralized payment platform.
Did you know that it takes 238 trees to make 1,888 reams of paper which equates to 944,000 pages? Avenu prints 944,000 pages of Index Prints for our customers each year!
Monroe County was established in 1821 and the amount of papers that was accumulating from the span of 200 years was exponential…leading the County to embark on the Paperless Initiative. Today we’re going to discuss what drove the county to venture towards this initiative and the steps they’re taking to achieve it.
For over 20 years, Avenu has been providing IT Managed Services to the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO). For this effort, we partner with a Disadvantaged Business Entity and together employ 43 staff members (23 Avenu employees).
If you work in government in a tourism town, the pandemic was a nightmare come true.
With just over 40,000 residents, Florence is Alabama’s 11th largest city. Home to the University of North Alabama, this vibrant and welcoming town also hosts the state’s most popular renaissance festival, held annually each October.
In recent weeks, the state legislature has been working actively on their state budget proposals and to meet the statutory deadlines to move bills from their house of origin to the other house by the June 4th deadline. On May 19th, the Speaker Pro Tempore Toni Atkins announced that each legislator would be limited to sending 12 bills to the opposite house. Some bills may be excluded from this requirement if they are being proposed to be implemented immediately. Below is a summary of key legislation moving through the California State Legislature
Avenu in partnership with the UCLA Anderson Forecast collaborates to provide both micro and macro level views of the economic health of California at the state and local levels. The following economic information has been provided by our colleagues at UCLA Anderson Forecast. We’ve also attached our recent sales tax forecast assumptions.
The Administration and Legislature are nearing final agreement on the Budget Act of 2021. The Legislature sent SB 129 to the governor on June 29 amending the Budget Act of 2021 (AB 128). AB 128 contains the Legislature’s Budget which the governor signed; however, the bulk of the final budget agreement is contained in SB 129. This is the first time in ten years that the actual budget agreement was not signed on or by June 30.
Thomas Whitener recently unseated a 13-year incumbent in a tight election that was fueled by promises of change and cultural shift that was highly sought after across the county. Thomas is licensed Real Estate Agent, entrepreneur, and former interactive systems and balance designer who is making a big impact on Kalamazoo County. He has built his career on openness and transparency and plans to establish a culture of accountability and fairness to all constituents.
SB 156 provides the statutory framework to implement the broadband provisions contained in the 2021 budget package. This bill contains necessary statutory changes to implement the broadband provisions included in the 2021-22 budget package. Funding for this bill is included in SB 129 (Skinner) and AB 164 Ting/SB 164 (Skinner) which amend the 2021 Budget Act AB 128 (Ting, Chapter 21, Statutes of 2021).