Framingham

Technology spending is projected to grow next year, with 87 percent of those surveyed by Framingham-based CIO — which focuses on executive-level IT professionals — saying they will increase or maintain their budgets in 2015.

The union representing Massachusetts public school teachers announced a boycott of Framingham-based Staples on Monday to protest the opening of U.S. Postal Service retail centers inside company stores.

Federal regulators released a letter that accuses Framingham-based HeartWare International of design and software malfunctions that might have resulted in serious injuries and death.

The grandson of the founders of the Cumberland Gulf Group has been named company CEO, the Framingham-based firm announced Friday.

As school shootings continue to make headlines, public school systems are investing in security systems to make students safer in the Bay State and beyond. One Framingham company is beginning to make inroads with a new mobile app that gives school officials fast access to public safety, with the click of a cell phone button. Rave Mobile Safety launched its Rave Panic Button mobile software on June 16 - incidentally, about a week after the nation's latest school shooting in Troutdale, Ore.

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At the center of MetroWest and about 20 miles from Boston, Framingham looks to have an edge over many communities when it comes to economic development prospects. But town officials believe Framingham could be doing more to develop commercial properties, especially near exits 12 and 13 off the Massachusetts Turnpike. “It may have been, at times, we've taken it for granted,” Town Manager Robert Halpin said Monday of the town's position. With 68,000 residents, Framingham also employs the most people of any MetroWest town. According to 2008 data published by the town, the job count stood at 45,000, representing 41 percent of the region's total employment. But Framingham officials are hoping to boost the town higher with a new business-friendliness campaign, “Choose Framingham for Business.”

The Patrick administration is awarding nearly $14 million in grants to support new building projects for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, schools, and communities across the state, including 21 in Central Massachusetts.

JLG Technologies of Framingham, which makes software that helps corrections and law enforcement officials, will be acquired by Dallas-based Securus Technologies, a provider of inmate communications service and other law enforcement technologies, the Dallas firm announced.

Framingham officials will launch a new campaign highlighting the town's new approach to economic development today.