Oil prices fueling cost-cutting creativity among counties
Hennepin County, Minn., which has seen its fuel expenditures jump from roughly $1 million in 2004 to a budget of $3 million for 2009, recently instituted...
California city expects to cut fleet costs with leasing program
Through the leasing initiative, the department will obtain nine marked patrol cars, six detective-staff vehicles, two multipurpose pickups and two motorcycles....
A safe harbor for now
In these rough economic seas, more and more vendors are turning to the government market to stay afloat. Its not hard to understand why: The most recent...
Department of Justice issues revised standard for body armor
The revised standard, which is part of the Justice Departments Body Armor Safety Initiative, now requires rigorous testing that takes into account high...
GSA inspector general praised in watchdog groups report
The report titled Those Who Dared: 30 Officials Who Stood Up for Our Country singles out Miller for helping the federal government win a False Claims...
Utah inks $26 million contract with Granite Construction for road reconstruction
The contract is the fourth and final one awarded to Granite for the project. The four awarded contracts totaled $40 million, according to the company....
Palmetto GBA will continue to service as national supplier clearinghouse for Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded Palmetto GBA a one-year base contract with four one-year options. If all options are exercised,...
Survey of counties recognizes technology leaders
As part of the 2008 Digital Counties Survey conducted by the Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties (NACo), county officials...
Port of Houston Authority purchases situation-planning technology
The deployment of Situator is scheduled to begin in early August, according to Orsus. The project will integrate hundreds of cameras and access points,...
Denver couldnt refuse opportunity to test hybrid-hydraulic trash truck
At a time when city managers across the country are grappling with record-high fuel prices, officials with the city and county of Denver are hopeful that...
Greater Cleveland RTA locks on to fare-box security
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) recently faced just such a problem. Keys were being lost or stolen, and a review of the collection...
Washington school district gets straight As in energy management
The system, made by Telkonet Inc. of Germantown, Md., maintains energy-efficient temperatures without manual intervention. The district is implementing...
The great drain robbery: Scrappy thieves taking aim at manhole covers
A stagnant economy, coupled with rising prices for scrap metal, is propelling the growing number of thefts. In 2004, scrap steel sold for $353 per ton,...
The future looks paperless at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport
RSMS provides sound-mitigation treatments to single-family homes located in neighborhoods within the noise-impacted areas surrounding Phoenix Sky Harbor...
Improved body armor is on its way to U.S. military
In May 2007, the Army awarded two contracts for the procurement and initial fielding requirement of 230,000 IOTVs. While the initial 230,000 IOTVs were...
APWA Congress and Expo: A big show in the Big Easy
Often referred to as The Best Show in Public Works, the congress promises to deliver four days of compelling educational programming, workshops and professional...
$35 billion aerial tanker contract will be rebid
Gates office rather than the Air Force will supervise the latest round of bidding between Boeing and the team of Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent European...
Report: Federal IT spending growth slowing, but still healthy
INPUTs five-year Federal IT Market Forecast predicts that IT contract spending by the federal government will grow 4.1 percent annually over the next...
Atlanta-area community upgrades to two-way radio technology
These Project 25 compliant radios will provide us with two-way radio interoperability with the Georgia State Patrol, Cobb County Fire, Police and Sheriffs...
Michigan holds its first-ever public purchasing conference
The event, which was held June 25 at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Mich., brought 225 participants together to discuss the challenges they face and...
L.A. law enforcement using wireless surveillance to address crime, gang violence
Leverage worked quickly to design and deploy a wireless video surveillance system to help safeguard the community of 300,000-plus residents. The results...
DHS doles out $80 million to boost security of drivers licenses, IDs
Fiscal year 2008 awards from the departments REAL ID Demonstration Grant program will fund state-specific projects such as improving the physical security...
State and local agencies can buy homeland security goods through GSA
GSAs expanded authority comes as a result of the Local Preparedness Acquisitions Act (H.B. 3179), which the Senate passed on June 10 and President Bush...
Security cameras in Cleveland now eyeing residential areas
Mount Pleasant has had dozens of surveillance cameras in its high-crime commercial areas for two years. However, this is the first time theyll be monitoring...
Oversight committee will examine Air Force tanker decision
About a week after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that the Air Force made a number of significant errors during the course of the...
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