YAKIMA, Washington -- Some new street lights are helping the city of Yakima cut its electric bill. The lights have been up for about a year and have already saved thousands of dollars. About 400 lights throughout the city have already been ...
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Some Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused two U.S. agencies of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in broadband stimulus money on failed projects, but supporters of the broadband spending questioned the Republican numbers. Some ...
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As a result of the last-minute enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act earlier this year, six common energy-efficient upgrades you may have made to your home in 2012 or plan to make this year are eligible for a federal tax credit. Replacement ...
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In response to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement that it plans to develop a line of “smart” clothing, CAGW excoriate postal management for its misguided attempt to step into non-postal, commercial ...
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If you have young children or grandchildren, look at them and imagine signs around their necks: “I owe my government $52,000 — and each day I will owe more.” While the number varies according to the parameters of data ...
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Three men have been jailed for manufacturing illegal and potentially fatal vodka using industrial alcohol that is normally used in antifreeze and cleaning fluids. This equipment was used to make the potentially fatal alcohol During ...
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The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to investigate what happened with a massive, failed U.S. Air Force ERP (enterprise resource planning) project, amid a rising tide of calls for action on Capitol Hill to reduce wasteful IT spending. ...
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Donal O Riain, CEO and founder of Ecocem, told the Irish Times that the the anomaly occurred because the domestic cement sector had lost 75 per cent of its demand since the peak years, yet the allocation of ETS credits to the sector was ...
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In addition to holding down taxes for all but the wealthiest Americans, the fiscal package passed this week includes a number of incentives for homeowners to become more energy efficient. Buried in the 150-page document that is the American ...
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Government plans for next generation shared services in the public sector will save taxpayers up to pound 500m a year, the Cabinet Office has claimed. In a new document dubbed the Next Generation Shared Services Strategic Plan, the ...
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The House Judiciary Committee is moving toward passage of a small portion of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, raising concerns among SOPA opponents. The committee has released a draft bill, called the Intellectual Property ...
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Security analysts this week challenged South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's defense of the state's information security practices in the wake of a data breach at the S.C. Department of Revenue that exposed the Social Security Numbers ...
Whitehall departments spearheading moves to break up large system integrator contracts into separate'towers'have seen a dramatic drop off in suppliers bidding to co-ordinate the multiple providers. Under the tower model the government ...
Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a £32m-a-year contract to run its back-office services. The 10-year deal would see the outsourcing company operate London Borough of Barnet's new support and customer ...
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Starting from January 1st,2013,the number of participants in the consolidated group of taxpayers of OAO Severstal will expand from nine companies to 22. The relevant agreement is registered at the Interdistrict Inspectorate#5 for Major ...