The U.S. Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Appropriations Subcommittee has approved about $2.5 billion to advance the Gateway Tunnel project as part of a fiscal year 2019 discretionary spending appropriations bill.
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Technology
Murphy appoints Rein chief technology officer
Gov. Phil Murphy has named Christopher Rein as New Jersey’s chief technology officer, overseeing the Office of Information Technology’s 600-plus employees.
Read More »RCM elevates execs after Campanelli retirement
Chairman Bradley Vizi has been named executive chairman of RCM Technologies, following the June 1 retirement of Rocco Campanelli.
Read More »Quest to treat cancer patients using Watson tech
Secaucus-based Quest Diagnostics is using IBM’s Watson Genomics technology to provide tumor gene sequencing and match it with treatments.
Read More »NJIT, Woz U offer online training
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has partnered with technology-based education start-up Woz U to offer online courses on cybersecurity and software development.
Read More »Murphy proposes state help for STEM tuition
Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled a pair of measures aimed at keeping science, tech, engineering and math college graduates in the state.
Read More »Kansas tech company to acquire Lumeta of Somerset
Keying on the tech companies’ strategic synergies, FireMon of Overland Park, Kansas, said Tuesday it plans to acquire Somerset-based Lumeta.
Read More »BofA introduces AI app for retail customers
Bank of America will introduce an app employing intelligence for retail customers on July 1.
Read More »High-tech tax credit zones proposed for New Jersey
As part of the latest effort to lure the high-tech industry to New Jersey, state officials are backing a measure that would offer tax incentives to those kinds of industries.
Read More »McCarter English establishes blockchain practice
Law firm McCarter & English launched a new Blockchain, Smart Contract and Digital Currency Practice, which is being led by East Brunswick Managing Partner Dave Sorin.
Read More »NJII, HealRWorld partner to help grow sustainable companies
The New Jersey Innovation Institute, a corporation of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, has formed a partnership with Somerville-based HealRWorld, a company specializing in helping the growth of sustainable businesses, to form a new accelerator program and investment fund.
Read More »Inspira to open second radiation oncology center
Inspira Health Network has opened a radiation oncology center on its Medical Center Woodbury campus.
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