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This Week

Features
Pennsylvania Awards Municipalities $20 Million for Recycling
In Case of Attach, Who Would Run the Legislature?
State Agency Enhances Public Safety
News
Army to Develop Propulsion Motor for Hybrid, Combat Vehicle
U.S. Postal Service Launches Magazine
GSA Auctions Triple For Federal Personal Property
News of the Weird

Features

Pennsylvania Awards Municipalities $20 Million for Recycling

Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen McGinty has announced 162 grants totaling $20 million to help finance municipal recycling programs. Some 10 million Pennsylvania residents will have access to recycling services through the funded projects.

In Case of Attack, Who Would Run the Legislature?

If the continental United States were under attack, an obscure state law passed in 1962 would allow South Carolina legislators to call on pre-selected individuals to carry on with duties in the General Assembly in the event of the death or incapacitation of the elected officials.

At Utility Metals, a substantial inventory of lighting poles and brackets is available for immediate shipment. Custom fabrication is available for one-of-a-kind applications. For a free catalog, call (800) 627-8276 or visit: www.utilitymetals.com

State Agency Enhances Public Safety

The Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) now has access to over 290 WeatherBug Tracking Stations across Maryland, reporting data every two seconds facilitating safer and faster emergency response.

News

Army to Develop Propulsion Motor For Hybrid, Combat Vehicle

UQM Technologies, Inc., a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Army’s Tank - Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to develop an advanced vehicle propulsion motor for application as a wheel mounted electric propulsion system for hybrid electric combat vehicles being developed under the Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program.

U.S. Postal Service Launches Magazine

Finding innovative marketing tools is a must for any company that needs to promote its brand and products to the consumer. Today the U.S. Postal Service is Deliver-ing a magazine for marketers about strategies and trends that are shaping the world of marketing and advertising.

Deliver is unlike any existing publication aimed at the marketing sector. It is a 32-page, bi-monthly magazine mailed to a targeted audience circulation of 350,000 CEOs, corporate marketers and their creative agencies. The magazine features contributions from well-known industry practitioners, thought leaders and strategists. It provides forthright editorial comment, coupled with feature stories that offer readers a deep-dive into the successful direct marketing approaches from some of the nation's leading companies.

GSA Auctions Triple For Federal Personal Property

GSA Auctions celebrates its fourth anniversary this year with 64,000 registered users, whose activities on the online U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Web site accounted for 84.5 percent of all of GSA’s federal surplus personal property sales in 2004. Sales of cars, trucks, motorcycles, aircraft, boats, furniture and other seized goods and federal surplus personal property sold on GSA Auctions in 2004 totaled $32 million, up from $11 million in 2001. GSA Auctions began operations on Jan. 17, 2001.

GSA Auctions offers the public the opportunity to bid electronically on a wide array of Federal assets. The auctions are completely web-enabled, allowing all registered participants to bid on a single item or multiple items (lots) within specified timeframes.

"GSA Auctions saves money on federal warehouse costs and helps citizens, businesses and government agencies find and buy personal property easily on a site they know is credible, safe and exclusive to the federal government,” said Lynne M. Price, GSA Chief of Sales. GSA Auctions performance is consistent with the President’s Management Agenda goals to use technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness and provide citizen-centric services.

Visit GSA Auctions at: www.gsaauctions.gov. Unregistered users may browse the site. Registration is required for bidders.

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