Every time an inmate enters or leaves a correction facility in Connecticut, a database is updated so the state has an accurate count of its incarcerated population. And each day, those numbers are used to produce a chart on the state’s website. It’s one of the few state “datasets” that is updated daily for the public. But it takes persistence to find the chart because it’s buried on the website of the state’s Office of Policy and Management (OPM), and it exists nowhere else, including on other government websites with state criminal justice data.
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Governor’s budget chief to town leaders: No cuts in state aid expected next year
Ben Barnes, the governor’s budget chief, has told municipal leaders not to expect any cuts in state funding for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.
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Malloy’s budget office enters the Twitter age as 2014 campaign approaches
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office has become the latest entity in state government to enter the social media arena. The Office of Policy and Management launched its own Twitter account this week with the handle ConnOPM.