In the very near future, Virginia social service officials are expected to meet regarding whether the delivery of social services should be totally controlled by the State.  Currently, Virginia localities administer the program and the State pays for it. [Read more →]

A bill proposed by Governor Martin O’Malley, and being shepherded through the legislature by Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D), would permit the State to seek private partners for public projects. [Read more →]

The Vienna Town Council will review a PPP proposal for a three-story mixed-use building and a parking garage.  The private-sector proposal was submitted under Virginia’s PPP guidelines recently adopted by the Town Council. [Read more →]

Long moves from the Governor’s office, where he was responsible for making funding decisions on transportation projects, to work under Golden at GDOT.

The City of Virginia Beach recently wrote Virginia’s newly created Office of Public-Private Partnerships and asked that the potential Virginia Beach light-rail extension be added to a list of projects that “might” benefit from private investment. [Read more →]

Golden was elected March 1, 2012 by the Georgia Department of Transportation board.  He has served as the Interim Commissioner since Vance Smith’s resignation in September of 2011.

The Virginia Beach City Council officially ended a PPP transaction to construct a four-star hotel near the Virginia Beach Convention Center.  The proposal lost political support earlier in the year. [Read more →]

After outsourcing highway rest area vending services, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell now seeks a private-sector partner to run Virginia’s transportation operation centers. [Read more →]

Reflecting concern over tolls in two Hampton Roads tunnels, local lawmakers peppered Virginia’s transportation chief with questions regarding a $2.1 billion deal with a private company to expand the Midtown Tunnel and rehabilitate the Downtown Tunnel.

Tazewell County, Virginia School Board members recently announced they will consider using a public-private partnership to help build a new field house for Tazewell High School. [Read more →]