AI Consultant to Overhaul Permanent Fund Dividend Application System
The PFD application process is headed for revamp with AI enhancement through partnership between the State of Alaska and New York-based tech firm Saige Consulting.
Tag: Permanent Fund
Authority Questioned: AIDEA Defends Its Win/Loss Record
Flyers mailed this spring accused the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority of bad investments. Is the criticism justified, and what is AIDEA anyway?
NANA Shareholders Approve Creation of Shareholder Permanent Fund
NANA shareholders overwhelmingly approve amendments to create a shareholder permanent fund to offset mine proceeds as Red Dog Mine winds down.
PFD Research Enters Fifth Phase
Since earnings from the Permanent Fund have been spent on state government in recent years, research into effects of the fund’s annual dividends has entered a new phase.
2020 Permanent Fund Dividend to Begin Distribution July 1
Permanent Fund Division estimates nearly 600,000 Alaskans will receive payment on July 1.
First PFD Education Raffle Drawing Held in Juneau
Governor Mike Dunleavy joined Mike Barnhill, acting commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue, and Dr. Michael Johnson, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, at the first drawing of the PFD Education Raffle at Harborview Elementary School.
ISER Report: What We Know About the Effects of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend
In a new paper, Mouhcine Guettabi summarizes the research on what is known of the PFD’s effect on employment, consumption, income inequality, health, and crime.
Pick.Click.Give. Surpasses 2018 Donations
After several years of steady but flat giving through Alaska’s premiere charitable giving campaign, Pick.Click.Give. is experiencing an increase in overall pledged totals as well as the amount pledged per donor.
PFD Raffle for Education Raises Nearly $1 Million
The numbers are in for the 2019 Alaska Permanent Fund Education Raffle. The program, in its first year, raised a grand total of $976,400, with 85 percent of the proceeds directly benefiting the state’s K-12 public education system.