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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The Georgia Ports Authority has joined a South Carolina state agency in agreeing to a settlement that would end pending lawsuits over the proposed $652 million deepening of the waterway to the Port of Savannah.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  The director of a national association of state computer chiefs says South Carolina is moving in the right direction on cyber-security following the massive breach at the Department of Revenue.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  A state agency continues to block public access to notices on its website as it works to improve its computer security.

Friday, December 07, 2012  A judge is allowing the state Revenue Department to notify banks and credit unions of the 3.3 million bank account numbers compromised when someone hacked department tax files.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  A South Carolina legislative panel has approved giving state agency directors and college presidents their first state-provided raise in five years.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley holds a  meeting of state agency directors.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  The Georgia Ports Authority wants to enter a federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel. The authority also wants to block the Savannah River Maritime Commission, a South Carolina state agency, from being involved in the case.

Friday, June 22, 2012  The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to confirm Patrick Maley as  South Carolina's first independent inspector general.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  South Carolina's new inspector general is a 30-year veteran of the FBI and former accountant.

Monday, April 30, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley has asked the state inspector general to review all agencies' security systems following the theft of personal information of more than 228,000 Medicaid patients.

Monday, April 16, 2012  South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis says putting his office in charge of audit findings could save the state money and fix problems before they become a crisis.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  South Carolina's inspector general has asked the State Law Enforcement to investigate two embezzlement cases at a state agency.  Inspector General Jim Martin said Wednesday the cases involve less than $50,000. He would not identify the agency because of the ongoing SLED investigation.