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October 26, 2004
Appropriations Act Signed and Sealed
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Visit: www.govpro.com a news-, product-, and issue-driven site for all levels of government. Sponsored by John Deere This Week Appropriations Act Signed and Sealed Last week, President George W. Bush signed the FY 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which provides $28.9 billion in net discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This is $1.8 billion more than the FY 2004 enacted level - reflecting a 6.6% increase in funding over the previous year. City Takes Enterprise Applications on the Road By deploying wireless appliances and software, The City of Largo, FL, is improving the efficiency of city services and cost-effectively extending the city's IT architecture to fire inspectors, environmental services, and public works officials working remotely in the field. With Value-Added Resellers, Options Weigh In Selling to the government at any level is big business. Every year, billions of taxpayer dollars are spent on a variety of goods and services. Unfortunately, stories about wasteful spending on grossly overpriced toilet seats became fodder for modern day muckrakers. While the process businesses must go through to be recognized as resellers to government is intensive, once in, too many vendors satisfy themselves with maintaining status quo.
Millions to Fuel U.S. Hydrogen Highway The Energy Department and the private sector are beginning to roll towards the creation of a hydrogen economy to replace today's petroleum economy. Last week, the agency awarded more than $75 million in hydrogen research projects, a figure that mounts to nearly $100 million when private sector contributions are added. In addition, a hydrogen technology park opened in Michigan with the ability to produce hydrogen to refuel fuel cell vehicles. News LAX Upgrade Plan Gets OK The Los Angeles City Council approved an $11 billion plan to modernize Los Angeles International Airport -- the first upgrade of the world's fifth busiest airport since 1984. The initial phase calls for spending $3 billion to expand capacity by nearly 30 percent to 78 million passengers a year, realign a runway and build a new transit hub, rental car center and elevated "people mover." Controversial elements championed by Mayor Kenneth Hahn -- demolishing three of the seven terminals and building a remote check-in center about a mile (1.6 km) from the airport -- are part of a second, $8 billion phase requiring more study. Source: Airwise.com. Canada Enforces International Mail Rules The U.S. Postal Service is alerting customers mailing items to Canada they must comply with strict Canadian Customs and postal administration addressing requirements. All postal items (except postcards) that do not display the complete name and address of both the sender and the recipient -- in roman letters (A, B, C) and Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) -- are being denied entry into Canada. Sender or recipient identification such as "Grandma" or "Aunt Ruth" are not acceptable and are among the causes of mail being returned. Accordingly, addresses to recipients in Canada should be printed in ink or typewritten in capital letters, and the last line of the address must show only the country name, written in full, and in capital letters. When a Canadian postal delivery zone number is included in the address, mailing requirements allow that number to appear as the last line of the address. Customers also are reminded that complete and legible customs declarations -- along with required import documentation -- must be provided to specifically identify the contents of any package. General descriptions such as "gift" or "present" are not acceptable.
The 2004-2005 Dimming Study explores attitudes in the specification, distribution and contractor sales channel by providing and analyzing survey data from architects, lighting designers, engineers, electrical and lighting distributors, and electrical contractors. The 219-page study, sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association, suggests that the use of dimming systems is steadily increasing, largely due to the benefits of flexibility and energy savings. Lighting industry participants largely agree that dimming is perceived as a "green" technology, that daylighting/daylight harvesting is becoming more important as an energy-saving strategy, and that today's manufacturers offer "good products and services." The 219-page study is available as a PDF file. To view the report, For bizarre but true stories about real people, GovPro Offers Product Demos in Wireless Services
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