LEDnovation introduces 75W-and 100W-equivalent A-lamps,warm-on-dim BR30 28 Sep LEDnovation has developed a 100W-equivalent A-lamp that produces 1600 lm and uses 19W,while its new 75-equivalent A-lamp uses 14W to produces 1150 lm.The BR30 ...
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has reproved the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for recklessly issuing mortgage insurance to thousands of ineligible borrowers. ...
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York Fed) has completed the sale of the remaining securities in the Maiden Lane III (ML III) portfolio. The apex banking regulator said that it garnered a net gain for the benefit of the public of ...
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Auction site eBay's tax arrangements since its Luxembourg office became base for European sales. This move is one politicians and tax authorities say should be examined. The office only has nine employees, but eBay Europe Sarl is ...
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Council leaders in Bath have agreed to give to the go ahead for some of the area's traditional streetlights to be changed to reactive LED lighting. The authority gave the green light earlier this month and officials are hopeful that it ...
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Following an Air Force Times report that a U.S. servicemember was unable to obtain American-made boots after having been twice issued Chinese-made ones, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to step up ...
Computerworld - Federal investigators Thursday released a report charging that the Medicare electronic medical records (EMR) program lacks effective fiscal oversight. The report, issued by the Inspector General's office of the Department ...
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iPad is used to control streetlights in London borough. After a successful pilot scheme, the London borough has created a 'Smart Lights system' deploying Philips CosmoPolis Outdoor Lighting products in conjunction with a Harvard LeafNut CMS ...
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GSA Tests Occupant-Specific Lighting Controls The US General Services Administration released two reports as part of the Green Proving Ground program, unveiling technologies that reduce energy use in federal buildings and have significant ...
By Aaron Sutch The White House recently pledged $2 billion for energy efficiency improvements in federal buildings, underscoring efforts already underway to save energy in several government facilities. The government is the largest ...
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Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a32m euros-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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It seems almost too absurd to be true, but in the land of leviathan government, where the layers of bureaucracy are so intertwined it is impossible to navigate them, comes the revelation that the U.S. government has now taken to fining ...
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Streetlights across a the borough of Westminster are to be fitted with remote monitoring CMS (Central Management System) technology, which can be controlled from an iPad. This will alert technicians to any problems as soon as they arise. ...
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Government bodies must now comply with Open Standard Principles for IT, minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has announced. The Open Standard Principles are an agreed set of standards designed to make government IT more open, ...
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BT has accelerated its fibre broadband rollout,with the company now saying that two-thirds of the UK will be covered by spring 2014. It's the second time that BT has claimed that it is speeding up its plans,which had an original ...
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