SEATTLE—Despite a slowing economy and projected local budget shortfalls, 80 percent of purchasing officials plan to maintain or increase government spending activity in 2008, compared with 2007, according to a…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Based on a study by The Pew Center on the States and Governing Magazine, all 50 states received report cards evaluating each state government’s performance in a range of…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A diverse committee of experts from around the world, convened at the request of the National Science Foundation, recently announced the following, unranked, 14 grand challenges for engineering in…