Governor Sends Northrup Grumman the Bill for Computer Outage and Extends DMV Hours

As Virginia’s crippled computer systems  return to normal, Governor Bob McDonnell announced further steps to address the unprecedented hardware failure and subsequent data corruption that has affected state agencies during the past week. The Administration, together with the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC), will commission an independent review of the information system failures [...]

DMV Expected To Be Fully Operational Sept. 2nd

The catastrophic failure of Virginia computer systems appears to be on the mend. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency continues to make progress in returning all state agencies to normal operating conditions in the wake of the recent disruption in service caused by the failure of a major data storage system.  The initial failure affected 26 [...]

Results of Air, Land & Speed on I-64 & I-66

Were you driving along Interstate 64 or Intestate 66 this weekend? If so, then you probably noticed Operation Air, Land & Speed in effect. The weekend safety campaign has been part of the Virginia State Police traffic safety initiative since 2006. The enforcement effort began Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 through Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 with [...]

Air, Land & Speed on I-64 & I-66 Focuses on “Back to School”

With hundreds of new and returning college students taking to Virginia’s highways this weekend, Virginia State Police will be increasing patrols along Interstate 64 and Interstate 66 to ensure traffic moves safely. The two-day initiative is part of state police’s continuing traffic-safety program called Operation Air, Land and Speed.
“This weekend was specifically selected for an [...]

Virginia Wins National Award for Niche Marketing Wine Tourism

The Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) won the ESTO Mercury Award for Niche Marketing for wine tourism promotion. Virginia took home top honors for “Vintage Tweets” – a cutting-edge public relations effort that utilized social media to promote wine travel in Virginia.  This was one of only  12 awards  the U.S. Travel Association  gives out to [...]

Virginia Named Most Pro-Business State in America

Virginia is the “most pro-business state” in America according to the Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States for 2010 rankings released today. This marks the fourth time the Commonwealth has held the top spot, with previous top rankings garnered in 2003, 2007 and 2009.
In the official release from Pollina, the company notes that the study [...]

Feds Challenge to Dismiss Virginia Health Care Lawsuit Rejected

This morning, Judge Henry Hudson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied the federal government’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s challenge to the constitutionality of the mandatory health insurance purchase requirement in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement in response to [...]

Sales Tax Holiday for School Supplies and Clothing

As a classic television commercial once said, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” back to school time. This year the state of Virginia will make it a little easier to shop for back to school supplies with a tax holiday. The 2010 holiday will take place on August 6-8, 2010. During this three-day [...]

Virginia Prepares for National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill

Representatives from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Virginia State Police (VSP) have spent weeks developing traffic and communication plans to support the 2010 National Scout Jamboree that will be held July 26 to Aug. 4 in Caroline County.
Boy Scouts of America (BSA) officials anticipate that nearly 50,000 participants will begin to arrive [...]

Weekend Police Operation Nets 6,000+ Violations on I-81 & I-95

If you were speeding, driving recklessly or driving impaired on Interstate 81 or 95 this past weekend, then you may have been one of the thousands of motorists cited as part of Virginia State Police’s Operation Air, Land & Speed traffic-safety enforcement effort. During the special initiative, there were no fatal traffic crashes reported on [...]

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