New Jersey bans disposal of electronic waste
In addition to the disposal ban, the new Electronic Waste Recycling Act requires electronics producers to pay state registration fees from $5,000 a year....
Governments' use of consultants continues to grow
According to Kennedy Informations Public Sector Consulting Marketplace 2007-2010 report, opportunities for providing consulting services to the public...
Golden State motor vehicle IT applications will get up to speed under new contract
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has awarded a $76 million, six-year contract to EDS to assist in modernizing the departments IT applications...
Maryland county purchases all-in-one public safety communications system
Law enforcement, fire, corrections and other public safety departments in Anne Arundel County, Md., soon will be using an integrated communications and...
Federal IT spending will continue to grow through 2011
Uncle Sam will be investing more dollars in hardware, software and IT services. According to Falls Church, Va.-based Government Insights' Federal IT Spending...
Staples launches online catalog covering 8,000 products for contract customers
Staples 2008 Contract online catalog combines the ease and familiarity of the traditional paper catalog with the interactivity and speed of an online...
Local governments in Missouri are in the pink of fiscal health
According to a new analysis, finance officers from Missouri municipalities report that their current financial conditions are favorable and that they...
Army awards $556 million to Lockheed Martin for PAC-3 missile program
According to Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin, the contracts include production of 148 hit-to-kill PAC-3 missiles, 17 launcher modification kits, spares...
Patrol cars clear intersections via vibrating sound waves
In Washington, D.C., 49 patrol cars were recently equipped with a new intersection-clearing system called the Rumbler. When activated by a police officer,...
Denver government hoping for sweet deal when it auctions Toyota Priuses
The time is right, says the City of Denver, to dispose of 24 hybrid Toyota Priuses in its fleet. So, come Jan. 23 and Feb. 6, Denver will auction off...
GSA: Mobility-impaired can use Segways in federal buildings
In a bulletin published in the Jan. 7 Federal Register, the GSA said that it recognizes that some persons with mobility impairments are utilizing the...
Safety professionals rank PPE noncompliance a top workplace issue
Eighty-seven percent of respondents to a survey of attendees at the 2007 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress held in October, conducted by Kimberly-Clark...
California county upgrades emergency alerts to mobile phones
In Contra Costa County, Calif., a blend of heavily and sparsely populated areas fill the region, which also is home to a number of chemical plants, prone...
Government purchases of goods and services will grow in 2008
According to the Boston-based economic and political forecasting firm Global Insight, government purchases of goods and services in 2008 should reach...
Defense Department awards $74.5 million contract to Spectrum Comm
The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers a five-year period. According to the Department of Defense, the contract provides for technical,...
Germicidal lights earn first LEED credit for clean air quality
Notkin Mechanical Engineers of Seattle, mechanical engineer for the new city hall project at Sammamish Commons, applied for and received the LEED credit...
North Carolina city delivers water-conservation message that sticks
In December 2007, 63 percent of the Southeast and 100% of areas in the state of North Carolina were classified as experiencing severe drought conditions....
Cornhusker State aims to reduce highway congestion with sensor system
The sensors, made by San Jose, Calif.-based SpeedInfo Inc., will deliver traffic-flow information to enhance the states 511 traffic information system....
NASA awards contract for microgravity aircraft services
The parabolic flights will provide the means to replicate the reduced gravity environment of space necessary for various areas of research to further...
New rules limit lithium batteries for airline passengers
The new rule, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, prohibits the transport of spare lithium batteries in checked baggage, such as large suitcases...
California Transportation Commission allocates $125 million for highway upgrades
Proposition 1B projects that received allocations include: Central ValleyThe commission allocated $43 million to widen three miles of Highway 99 from...
Transit agencies order 1,052 diesel-electric hybrid buses from Daimler
According to the company, MTA New York City Transitwhich provides bus and subway service to New York Citys five boroughshas ordered 850 buses. The order...
Interoperable communications projects drive $1.2 billion in 2008 public safety contracts
Ten opportunities examined in the report represent nearly $1.2 billion in total spending, an amount buoyed by significant federal grant money made available...
Armored SUVs join Rebuilding Iraq initiative
Awarded to First Choice Armor Inc., based in Spindale, N.C., the contract will provide armored SUVs to strengthen security operations and meet goals of...
2007 ends deadliest year for U.S. law enforcement since 1989
As of December 26, 186 officers were killed nationwide. Among the causes of death: --69 officers were shot and killed, up 33 percent from 2006; --81 officers...
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