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November 6, 2009
Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility to Get $800000 Stimulus
Centralia Chronicle
A five-mile underground pipeline carries the water down the mountain to the powerhouse near the town of Packwood. The 1800-foot drop in elevation generates ...
November 5, 2009
November 4, 2009
Stimulus to fund factory energy saving upgrades
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Thomas Content of the Journal Sentinel CleanTech Partners of Madison will receive up to $14.5 million in funding from the federal stimulus package to ...
Louisville Water Co. breaks ground on stimulus-funded pipeline project
Bizjournals.com
Tuesday broke ground on a $20.5 million pipeline project on English Station Way in Eastern Jefferson County. The project is being funded in part by $4 ...
Officials break ground on new water plant
Zanesville Times Recorder
The project is being paid for in part by stimulus money -- $4.5 million from a grant and $4.5 million from a zero interest loan. The remainder of the money ...
November 3, 2009
Maryland is tops at tracking stimulus spending
CIO - München,Bayern,Germany
Maryland's pioneering work with GIS and ARRA reporting caught the eye of ... see the total amount of stimulus dollars coming into the state and the counties ...
Con Ed 3Q Profit Jumps 85% Amid Hedging Impacts; Views Topped
Wall Street Journal
Consolidated Edison Inc.'s (ED) third-quarter profit rose 85% amid prior year-hedging losses as the utility reported higher natural-gas sales but lower ...
November 2, 2009
Burned by fairpoint, NH Electric Co-op scores stimulus funds
Nashua Telegraph
The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative – after learning it will likely be burned by the fairpoint Communications bankruptcy to the tune of $400000 – will be ...
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
GuruFocus.com
... period for smart electric meters The extension through 2009 of bonus depreciation, as originally provided in the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act, ...
AEP 's Mountaineer plant going green
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
The company has applied for more than $300 million in federal stimulus funds to install a commercial-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage system. ...
November 1, 2009
Obama Moves To Modernize Electric Grid
Hartford Business
The $3.4 billion in grants from the government's economic stimulus program will be matched by $4.7 billion in private investments, the officials said. ...
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In state electric co-op's plan, everyone wins
Charleston Post Courier
As an added benefit, it would boost the stimulus program by providing jobs all over the state to weatherize homes and buy and install more efficient ...
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Stimulus keeps Oregon highway division busy
Statesman Journal
People look at transportation as they do electric power and other utilities. They tend to take it for granted. The street is there when they want to use it; ... |
NOVEC gets stimulus grant for to upgrade electric grid
Washington Post
By Jennifer Buske The Manassas-based Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative has received $5 million in federal stimulus funds to deploy new technology that ...
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Delay In Naming Bid Winners
Multichannel News
The self-imposed deadline for announcing the winners had been early November, but National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief Larry ...
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Lawrence homes to test smart meters
Lawrence Journal World
The smart grid is the marriage of telecommunications and the electric power grid, said state Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence. The importance of building it has ... |
October 31, 2009
Consortiums will be likely winners of broadband stimulus funding
GovPro Media
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), along with the Department of ...
DTE Energy exec: $84M stimulus grant for smart grid techologies will create ...
MLive.com
By Sven Gustafson Courtesy The National SummitDTE Energy Chairman Anthony Earley Jr.Detroit-based electric and gas utility DTE Energy plans to spend nearly ...
A smarter grid
Baltimore Sun
... Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. for receiving $200 million in federal stimulus grants to support efforts to modernize the electricity grid in Maryland. ...
Consortiums will be likely winners of broadband stimulus funding
GovPro Media - Cleveland,OH,USA
With 2200 entities applying for nearly $28 billion in stimulus money ... For instance, each of the towns runs their own geographic information system (GIS), ...
Stimulus grant to help power smart electric meters
Tampa Tribune
As a first step, some 80000 smart electric meters could begin sprouting up in the region by late 2010 or early 2011, company spokeswoman Cheri Jacobs said ...
AEP Tests Coal's Future at Its West Virginia Plant
Bloomberg
By Tina Seeley Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- An American Electric Power Co. plant in New Haven, West Virginia, may help determine whether the nation's 1500 ...
Utilimetrics Members Awarded More Than $1 Billion in Stimulus Funds
Reuters
Utilimetrics members awarded smart energy funds include: * centerpoint Energy * Salt River Project * San Diego Gas & Electric Company * Honeywell ...
October 30, 2009
Smart Grid Stimulus Funds Awarded
M2M magazine
This week, the US Dept. of Energy (DOE), www.doe.gov, Washington, DC, and President Barack Obama announced the recipients of smart grid investment grants. ...
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PECO gets $200M in stimulus funds for smart meters
Philadelphia Inquirer
AP PHILADELPHIA - Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the Philadelphia area's largest electric utility will get $200 million in federal stimulus money to ...
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Mitsubishi Electric Announces Revised Earnings Forecast for Fiscal 2010 (April ...
Reuters
Against these circumstances, the Mitsubishi Electric Group intends to achieve the profit target announced on July 30, 2009 by bolstering various performance ...
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Carbon project started at AEP plant
Daily Mail - Charleston
Joe Manchin; Michael Morris, American Electric Power's chairman, president and chief executive officer; and Philippe Joubert, president of Alstom Power. ...
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WPS gets no stimulus aid; updates slowed
Green Bay Press Gazette
The Department of Energy said Tuesday the money is going to American Transmission Co., Madison Gas & Electric and Wisconsin Power & Light. ...
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Schools receive energy stimulus
Palladium-Item
The bonds are among $2.2 billion that schools, municipalities, public power providers and cooperative electric companies could issue nationwide as part of ...
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JEA seeks $12.5M for electric grid upgrades
Jacksonville Business Journal
If Jacksonville's publicly owned electric utility receives the $12.5 million in federal stimulus money it has requested, it plans to match the amount and ... |
October 29, 2009
OG&E awarded stimulus funding
NewsOK.com
BY JAY F. MARKS Comments 0 Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.'s plan to expand the use of smart grid technology throughout its system got a $130 million boost ...
China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. Third Quarter 2009 ...
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
The Chinese government economic stimulus package, fast growing wealthy Chinese .... as well as the integration of innovative GIS, GPS, remote sensing and ...
US GDP rises 3.5% as stimulus kicks in
MarketWatch
By Rex Nutting, marketwatch WASHINGTON (marketwatch) - The US economy expanded at a 3.5% annual pace in the third quarter, as massive government stimulus ...
October 28, 2009
First Broadband Stimulus Grants Are Delayed
Wall Street Journal
... head of the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is giving out some of the $7.2 billion in stimulus ...
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Oncor's $317 million stimulus grant request rejected
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Oncor sought about $200 million for smart meters and approximately $58 million each for telecommunications and network investments to support smart grid ...
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Smart power connection
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Mr. DePriest said the telecommunications business is separate from EPB's electric service and will not use the stimulus funds. ... |
$69M grant boosts Smart Grid
Rutland Herald
The federal stimulus grant allows CVPS to enhance its initial plans and accelerate replacement of its 180000 meters with in-home, wall-mounted digital ... |
Stimulus Funding State Internet Mapping, Too
DaniWeb (blog)
The project, which will also help create a national broadband map, is being managed by the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and ... |
October 27, 2009
CRS: AMERICA'S COMBINED ENERGY RESOURCES LARGEST ON EARTH
Media Newswire (press release)
The $787 billion economic stimulus bill included no provisions to spur production of American natural gas, oil, or coal reserves. ...
Milwaukee, Madison awarded $1 million for solar expansion
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Thomas Content of the Journal Sentinel Milwaukee will receive $650000 and Madison will receive $370000 from the federal stimulus package to advance their ... |
Stimulus Shows Positive Results
ForConstructionPros.com
Over 75000 jobs were created or sustained in July as a result of stimulus funding for water, highway and public transportation projects compared to fewer ... |
Stimulus funds earmarked for state drinking water upgrade | water ...
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Stimulus shines on southern Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Shines' goal is to increase the number of solar installers and install more than 100 solar-electric and 50 solar thermal systems by 2012. ...
Bay Area snags 10% of clean energy stimulus
San Francisco Chronicle
Could lower the cost and speed the adoption of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. Carbon nanotubes for reverse osmosis membranes that require less ...
State energy projects in line for $13.4M in funding
The News Journal
The University of Delaware will receive $4.5 million for work to make more efficient motors for electric vehicles and wind turbines. ...
Millions of homes to get smart meters
CNNMoney.com
Government announces $3.4 billion in grants to help pay for 18 million meters as part of stimulus plan. By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer Real ...
October 26, 2009
RAINBOW: Water District receives grant to cover reservoirs
North County Times
The Rainbow Municipal Water District was awarded $6.7 million in federal stimulus money for reservoir covers, officials said last week. ...
Reno water supply project proceeds in Mogul
Reno Gazette Journal
The new system will bypass Mogul, feeding the Chalk Bluff water treatment plant via an underground pipeline. The system's capacity will grow from the 55 ...
City lining up stimulus-funded transportation projects for 2010
The Missoulian
A local gas tax isn't on the ballot, and a local sales tax isn't an option for Missoula until and unless the Montana Legislature changes its mind on the ...
October 24, 2009
Butler County gets $1.9M grant
Middletown Journal
... said Emergency Management Agency Director Jeff Galloway, who has been applying for numerous other grants to equip a new EOC. “That (stimulus grant) is ...
Fed funds earmarked to map county archaeological sites
Valley News - temecula,ca,USA
About $1.4 million in federal economic stimulus funds has been allocated to ... The inventory will require hiring experts in geology, archeology and GIS ...
NTIA Grants $1.4 Million in Broadband Mapping Money
Broadcasting & Cable
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/23/2009 3:09:20 PM The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has handed out $1.4 million in ...
$5.6 million dollars of stimulus funds come into Otsego County
WKTV
The $5.4 million will be used to upgrade the village's waste water system. State officials said the check of stimulus funds is one of the biggest ever ...
Water plant's construction estimated to create 3000 jobs
Austin Business Journal
The Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce called it a local stimulus project, citing job creation not only in construction, ...
Redding wins $19 million for sewage treatment plant
Record-Searchlight
By Dylan Darling The city of Redding won almost $19 million in federal economic stimulus money Thursday to help pay for an ongoing overhaul of its main ...
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Stimulus funds given for area water systems
ENC Today
RALEIGH — State environmental officials have allocated $65 million in federal stimulus funds to cities, counties and local water systems across the state to ...
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Stimulus funds aid water projects
The Desert Sun
Officials with the Coachella Valley Water District and Mission Springs Water District in the next week will finalize bids and award contracts to connect the ... |
Border projects mostly met stimulus goal, DHS review finds
Washington Post
ranking Republican on the House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform, has called on Napolitano to disclose the border agency's selection criteria. ...
October 23, 2009
Asian Stocks Rise as Earnings Boost Outlook for Recovery; Wesfarmers Gains
Bloomberg
Tokyo Electric Power Co., Asia's biggest utility, slumped 1.8 percent to 2220 yen, and smaller rival Kansai Electric Power Co. slid 2.3 percent to 1964 yen. ...
Stimulus money flows to South Darlington Watershed Project
South Carolina Now
More than 5 miles of drainage will be improved in an effort to properly convey storm water and protect lives and property. “It took many agencies coming ... |
Local water districts get stimulus funding
The Desert Sun
... and Mission Springs water districts are among 160 water projects statewide that have received stimulus funding, the governor's office announced today. ...
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Upgrades underway on Pablo water system
Montana's News Station
Once the stimulus packages were introduced, the Pablo Water and Sewer District was one of the few systems in the state that was already ready to go with ...
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Stimulus money set for Commercial Street work
Cape Cod Times
The grant is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the federal Clean Water Act, according to state records. ... |
Opinion: Federal stimulus effective for South Dakota residents
Daily Republic
The stimulus has ensured that water projects like Lewis and Clark, which received $56 million; Mni Wiconi, $20 million; and Perkins County, $4 million, ... |
State's stimulus spending about $436 million
Kennebec Journal
... spent about $436 million in federal stimulus money so far, which helped employ more than 3400 people in construction, water projects and sewer projects, ... |
Millions in local stimulus awards announced
Bakersfield Californian
More federal stimulus money will flow to Kern County for several water-related projects, according to a Thursday press release from Gov. ... |
Bolstering Emergency Communications through Broadband Stimulus
TMCnet
By Michael Dinan, TMCnet Editor Grant money from the federal government under the broadband stimulus program is needed to bolster emergency response ...
October 22, 2009
Champlain Bridge damage evaluated
Addison County Independent
Independent photo/Trent Campbell Vermont Transportation Secretary David Dill announced the emergency declaration at a press conference in Middlebury on ...
Governor Submits Recommendations for Broadband Stimulus Program
Kansas CW
Governor Mark Parkinson has sent a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with recommendations for the Broadband ...
CEG kicks in on furnace repairs
Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Heating System Fund piggybacks on weatherization initiatives funded by federal stimulus dollars to install insulation, ...
October 21, 2009
Stimulus project bids come in under projections
Journal and Courier
... first to be paid for with Tippecanoe County's pot of stimulus funds. The county has already earmarked $3.8 million for upcoming transportation projects. ...
Local projects face tough odds for federal aid
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Three transportation projects in King County, including Seattle's Mercer East mega-project, face tough odds in the race for federal stimulus money that's ...
Rome Transit Department assured of stimulus funds
Rome News Tribune
The purchase is slated to be added to the official Transportation Improvement Program document during the transportation policy committee's Thursday meeting ...
Wind Power: US Wind Energy Installations Booming, Thanks to Stimulus
Wall Street Journal (blog)
General Electric dominated the third quarter, supplying the turbines used in 10 of the 23 wind farms that were built. Of the 51 farms currently under ...
Camp County approved for grant funds totalling $279000
Pittsburg Gazette
Camp County officials have been very active during the past few months applying for Federal Economic Stimulus grant money. In most cases stimulus money that ...
A123 in talks on some $250 million loans
Reuters
A123 won a $249.1 million grant in August from the US Department of Energy as part of a competition for $1.5 billion in federal stimulus funds for companies ...
California vision for high-speed rail deserves federal stimulus
San Francisco Chronicle
They realize that every passenger who travels these sleek trains will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that auto or air travel would have spewed into the ...
A City of 'Experts' Ponders a New Energy-Saving System
New York Times
The utility is also trying to qualify for a second round of DOE stimulus funds and is applying to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to put some of ...
Port MacKenzie expansion to increase jobs
Anchorage Daily News
CH2M Hill workers built and shipped small modules to house equipment along the pipeline there. Hanson said the jobs estimate also includes 100 jobs related ...
October 20, 2009
Transparency in Government Spending: US States Enable Citizens To ...
eGov monitor - London,UK
More than a third of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus package that .... O'Malley is a proponent of using geographic information systems, or GIS, ...
State focuses on broadband
Vermont Public Radio
(Host) Murray says the state will benefit from federal stimulus funding and new technology that will improve the electric power network. ...
Rainbow Water District to receive $6.7 million in stimulus funds for reservoir ...
Village News Network
the Revolving Fund and Stimulus Package will help us mitigate any future water rate increase needed for our reservoir projects. There may be increases, ...
Budget Director Says SD Sought Stimulus Money
KELOLAND TV
The budget director says much of the money is supporting highway and water projects that would have been built eventually anyway.
Aurora gets stimulus cash to replace water mains
Aurora Beacon News
... Act -- is part of $180 million in federal stimulus funds for wastewater projects and $80 million for drinking water projects across Illinois. ...
Road projects should be ending, but many are just beginning
Detroit Free Press
As a result of the stimulus money, the Michigan Department of Transportation and local road agencies have added dozens of projects to their to-do lists for ...
October 19, 2009
Environmental concerns delay solar projects in California desert
Los Angeles Times
... by the end of next year, which would qualify them to obtain some of the $15 billion in federal stimulus funds designated for renewable energy projects. ...
October 18, 2009
The Press Republican Saranac Lake taps stimulus for water meters
Saranac Lake taps stimulus for water meters. By KIM SMITH DEDAM Staff Writer. SARANAC LAKE The village is seeking bids to put water meters in every village ...
October 17, 2009
October 16, 2009
State's stimulus tally: 4% down, 96% to go
Nashville Business Journal
Harlan Electric of Nashville won more than $1.6 million from the US Army Corps of Engineers for dam and other work. And LeGacy-Critique of Brentwood has ... |
County officials detail stimulus projects
Daily Mail - Charleston
Kanawha Valley Regional Transit Authority received $2.9 million to be spent on two hybrid diesel-electric powered buses, 20 bus shelters and renovations to ... |
October 15, 2009
US Department of Energy Earmarks $5 Million for ComEd Smart Grid ...
Transmission and Distribution World - Overland Park,Kansas,USA
You can prevail, using a geospatial composite application. ... a new smart meter through ComEd's proposed Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) pilot, ...
Solar energy, natural gas: Florida's new power couple
Orlando Sentinel
Proponents of both natural gas and solar power are forming an alliance that aims to promote and expand both forms of energy in Florida. ...
Clean energy challenges: the power grid and renewable energy infrastructure
Examiner.com
The economic stimulus bill passed in February 2009 allocated $11 billion to upgrade the current nation's outdated and unprepared power infrastructure. ...
October 14, 2009
Elizabethtown Gas Debuts New Customer Care Call Center
Reuters
... than 273000 residential, commercial and industrial natural gas customers and helps support New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's economic stimulus plan. ...
Report: Stimulus package led to 13K Ohio jobs
Dayton Daily News
The report, however, noted that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, which has $278 million in stimulus money to upgrade water and sewer systems, ...
Lansing details plans for water plant upgrades
Lansing State Journal
If the city council agrees to allow the city to issue bonds and then have nearly $7 million of the debt forgiven through the federal stimulus program, ...
China's oil thirst spurs race
Globe and Mail
Now, even with plans to dramatically expand export capacity into the US, Enbridge says there is keen interest among oil companies for a pipeline to the ...
Stimulus Spending Tally Makes Public Debut
New America Media
SAN FRANCISCO – The American public is about to find out how the government has been spending their stimulus money. That's because on Thursday October 15, ...
October 13, 2009
Maine Governor Baldacci Announces Creation of Statewide Map to ...
Amerisurv (press release) - Frederick,MD,USA
... eligible to receive $2.6 million in federal stimulus funding under the National ... the Maine Office of GIS, the Broadband Strategy Council, and Sewall. ...
BPL Global and SAIC Partner to Market Services to Utilities
Smart Grid News
... of the stimulus funds made available by several countries to develop intelligent electric grids and the technologies required to get them online. ...
Obama transit chief praises Detroit port project
The Associated Press
The passenger terminal and public dock on the Detroit River is getting $7.1 million in federal stimulus funds. The project wouldn't be moving ahead as is ...
Green technology and education reform get boost from Schwarzenegger
San Jose Mercury News
By Denis C. Theriault SACRAMENTO — With a long-awaited state water deal in sight, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger finally took action on hundreds of bills that ...
Millions in Stimulus Money Coming to Arkansas Water District
Today's THV
A lot of us have got bad water, "James Busbee is the mayor of Marshall. He says the improvement project to be funded by the stimulus money is significant as ...
Local projects get stimulus money for carbon capture and storage
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
The project will transport compressed carbon dioxide through a 12-mile pipeline that connects to Denbury's Green Line pipeline system in Louisiana so that ...
City of Austin Selects IBM to Manage New Billing System
Reuters
IBM and Smart Grid Infrastructure investments are at the forefront of stimulus packages around the world to spur economic growth. ...
October 12, 2009
Bay watchers talk of inlet, pipeline
Asbury Park Press
... of the American Littoral Society, which has lobbied for using federal economic stimulus money to build new storm water systems in Ocean County. ...
Mass. spends $4b of federal stimulus money
Boston Globe
By Steven Rosenberg, Globe Staff Massachusetts has spent more than $4 billion of the $17.7 billion in stimulus funds it received from the US government to ...
Solar energy projects get stimulus money
EmpireStateNews.net
... energy infrastructure that will create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthen New York's energy security,” Governor David Paterson said. ...
October 11, 2009
Dam breaching celebrated on famed Rogue River
The Associated Press
The NOAA has offered federal stimulus money to help with the cost. Another small diversion dam at Gold Hill has already come out. ...
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Fed stimulus money trickling in
Milford Daily News
While Ashland and Marlborough expect funding for solar power projects at municipal water treatment plants, towns have received no word yet on most proposals ... |
October 10, 2009
Nevada stimulus reports won't be public for weeks
San Jose Mercury News
Nevada agencies face a Saturday deadline to file stimulus spending reports with the federal government, but it could be another three weeks before the ...
Canadians need more details on stimulus spending, says budget watchdog
Canada.com
Page's report comes roughly two weeks after Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled the government's latest update on the stimulus package. ...
Grant secures Pembroke water project
Bryan County News
A stimulus project aimed at improving water delivery and boost fire protection for homes in southwest Pembroke could get under way soon, city council ... |
Water system to be handed over Monday
Augusta Chronicle
Those are among issues that must be handled before stimulus funds will be granted for the water system's rehabilitation, said County Administrator Clay ... |
US HOT STOCKS:Interphase, National Semi Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
Revenue is expected to come in between $4.3 million and $4.4 million, said the network connectivity and telecommunications applications maker, ...
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TMCnet's Broadband Stimulus Week in Review
TMCnet
Be sure to visit TMCnet for the latest Broadband Stimulus news. Amy Tierney is a Web editor for TMCnet, covering unified communications, telepresence, ... |
Winona, Minn., Organizations Seek Broadband Stimulus Money for Elderly ...
TMCnet
By Marisa Torrieri, TMCnet Editor While a number of telecommunications companies are asking for large pieces of the government's broadband stimulus pie, ... |
Cape lawmakers lobby Gov. for stimulus money to expand broadband access
Falmouth Bulletin
Install a microwave radio overlay for public safety development of a 700Mhz mobility network and backup communications in the event of a storm or hurricane. ... |
Independent State Agencies Claiming First Stimulus Wins
TMCnet
National Telecommunications and Information Administration boss Larry Strickling used such terms to refer to the grants submitted by each of these winners. ... |
October 9, 2009
Connected Nation Buys Off Florida Challenger
Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment - Washington,D.C.,USA
... collected by Connected Nation and do the Geographic Information System (GIS) processing. ... bid about $1.1 million for the stimulus mapping project. ...
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How To Fix The GIS Data Mess
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
But now, the market is telling us that GIS is a "can't live without" feature of not only ... but a mainstay of federal economic stimulus programs. ... |
Federal grant spurs Ind. broadband mapping project
Chicago Tribune
Stimulus grants from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration will allow Indiana and three other states to ... |
Current Telecom Developments
Linex Legal (registration)
Boucher Calls For Change In Broadband Stimulus “Remote Area” Restriction At an oversight hearing conducted yesterday by the House communications, ... |
October 8, 2009
Getting to the bottom of the Bay's depths
The Chesapeake Bay Journal - Seven Valleys,PA,USA
About $4.3 million in federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and ... with specialized knowledge of computer systems, GIS and spatial analysis. ...
Stimulus Funds for Freeland Water Will Be Loan
Water World
The USDA Web site lists all recipients of the $190 million funding for rural water projects. The stimulus package will help improve infrastructure in 17 ...
Gas plant plans progress - Local - SunHerald.com
In July, DOE selected its parent company, Leucadia, for a $1.7 billion loan guarantee toward building the plant and last week, granted Leucadia Energy $840000 in stimulus money to apply toward the technology of capturing and reusing ...
Stimulus funds help upgrade water systems
Bethany Beach Wave
This will include replacing the existing four-inch cement and asbestos water pipeline with an eight-inch PVC line that will double the capacity of the water ...
October 7, 2009
$55M grant for north-central Ark. water project announced by members of Congress
KFSM
... Mountain Regional Public Water Authority would get the money from the federal Agriculture Department as part of the federal economic-stimulus program. ...
Pickens turns down stimulus money for water plant
Greenville News
... City Council has rejected $16 million in federal loan and stimulus money that was to be used for a major overhaul of the city's aging water plant. ... |
Clear Lake will receive water funds
St. Cloud Times
Clear Lake is among five Minnesota towns that will get federal stimulus money for city water improvement projects. The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority ... |
Del. taking time spending stimulus
The News Journal
Oberstar's figures also show that Delaware had not spent any of its $19 million in public transit money or its $19.2 million in Clean Water State Revolving ... |
City puts water pressure plan in motion
Herald & Review
He said the city also would seek federal stimulus money. The project already has been awarded some federal money. US Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ...
Nashville's gas heating bills could drop 20 percent this winter
The Tennessean
This fall, the Metro Action Commission got a $1.8 million boost from the federal stimulus bill, which will help people with higher incomes get help with ...
Patent banks designed for NJ inventors
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
A lot of the federal stimulus money is going into research and development into alternative fuels, clean energy and renewable energy technology, ...
October 6, 2009
US-BUSINESS Summary
Washington Post
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co agreed to acquire network equipment technology provider Avocent Corp for about $1.2 billion ... |
The Stimulus means green jobs for Minneapolis
Southside Pride
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has apprenticeship programs in photovoltaic systems, and the Laborers International Union of North ... |
US Stock-Index Futures Rise; Alcoa, Exxon, Citigroup Advance
Bloomberg
“On the one hand, there's spending and stimulus to the economy,” said Peter Jankovskis, who helps manage $1.4 billion at Oakbrook Investments in Lisle, ...
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Hartnell College gets federal stimulus money
The Salinas Californian
Funding sources include the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or federal stimulus money; the State Energy Program; the governor's discretionary 15 ... |
California gets $2.3 mil for broadband stimulus
Bizjournals.com
The US Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Monday announced the first four grants under the State ...
FOX 5 Money: Winter Fuel Forecast
MyFox Washington DC
The American Gas Association is predicting that natural gas prices are going to be affordable this winter. "Principally because the cost of natural gas that ...
Nevada agencies report stimulus spending directly
San Jose Mercury News
With a federal deadline looming this week, state agencies will submit their detailed spending reports directly to the federal government, Nevada's stimulus ...
GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES $3.5 MILLION IN STIMULUS FUNDS FOR ...
Media Newswire (press release)
$12500 to the Village of Speculator, Hamilton County for the purchase of pipeline inspection equipment to identify areas of the sewer lines where ...
October 5, 2009
PG&E partnering on 'Smart Grid'
San Francisco Chronicle
When President-elect Obama outlined his ambitious proposal in January for a stimulus package to get the nation's economy back on track, he called for ...
Stimulus money's effects visible in Delaware's homes, businesses
The News Journal
"The electric in the winter is higher than my mortgage." Fields is getting some relief from the federal government in the form of stimulus money. ...
Stimulus Funding Boosts Construction Spending
Reed Construction Data
Building funds are about three times more than shovel ready highway and water projects. The impact of the stimulus on heavy construction will be ebbing ...
October 3, 2009
October 2, 2009
Federal Stimulus-Tracking Site To Open APIs
InformationWeek
By J. Nicholas Hoover The US government's relaunched Recovery.gov site boasts an improved interface, new graphics, and other upgrades. ...
Smart Grid Stimulus Funds to Provide Market Boost
Automation World
Inc. (www.newton-evans.com), an Ellicott City, Md., firm that focuses on the electric power industry. The availability of the stimulus funds has “kicked up ...
Murphy leads effort for accountability in Iowa's federal stimulus ...
Iowa Independent
His main focus currently is an Oct. 10 deadline for reporting to the federal government how Iowa has spent the stimulus money it has received thus far. ...
House OKs 2010 spending for energy-water projects
The Associated Press
Committee Democrats put the energy and water project total from the $787 billion stimulus at $44 billion, minus $2 billion later taken out for the "Cash for ...
House OKs $86.5M for Sacramento flood protection
Bizjournals.com
The project received $14 million earlier this year through the federal economic stimulus package. • A project to protect south Sacramento from flooding from ...
October 1, 2009
Downtown Tampa pipeline replacement starts in October
Bizjournals.com
The city of Tampa in May announced a $2.5 million stimulus grant and a $23 million low-interest loan from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ...
State cleared for $23M in stimulus grants
Bizjournals.com
The federal government this week allotted more than $20 million in stimulus funding for energy-efficiency projects that the Ohio Department of Development ...
Natural gas pipeline OK'd
Janesville Gazette
ANR is allowing the city to build a bike trail within the pipeline easement. The construction is funded with stimulus money and scheduled for construction ...
Lost and Found - The Colorado GIS Portal — AnyGeo - A GISuser Blog ...
By glenn
James started a discussion something to the effect that we could use some stimulus cash to rid us of old, broken-down webmaps and GIS web services - really, this is a great idea - forget filling all those portholes, lets invest in some ...
Alleghany Co. to get $5 million for wastewater system from ...
WSLS.com
“Early this year, I urged that robust grant funding be included in any economic stimulus legislation for the construction and improvement of water and ...
Water Works is plugging right drains
Natchez Democrat
Natchez Water Works will get a $5 million project and only have to pay $762000. We've been somewhat critical of the stimulus act — and still are — as much ... |
Hialeah ready to spend stimulus money
MiamiHerald.com
Realistically, Robaina only expected $6 million, though the city was awarded double that to spend on new roads, storm-water drains, city buses and police ... |
Water quality at local beaches gets high marks
Santa Monica Daily Press
The State Water Resources Control Board recently approved 604(b) stimulus funds to extend monitoring throughout 2010. However, there is no secured funding ... |
September 30, 2009
Pueblo County GIS
GISuser.com (press release)
EPA Economic Stimulus and Recovery Efforts Map - View spending for each State broken down by $$ totalts obligated and spent. Click additional info for more ...
Stimulus money flowing to Nevada
Nevada Appeal
While much has been said about the $2.2 billion the state of Nevada expects from the stimulus package, that isn't the whole story. ...
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Texas utilities bypass stimulus funds for transmission lines
Dallas Morning News
... none of the commissioners voiced opposition to the stimulus. But PUC Chairman Barry Smitherman, who opposes legislation to regulate greenhouse gas ...
September 29, 2009
Recovery.gov relaunch puts stimulus spending on the map
Computerworld
While individual states have been experimenting with the use of GIS for tracking and reporting stimulus spending, the level of detail and the use of GIS to ...
Recovery.gov Relaunch Maps Stimulus Spending
CBS News
It doesn't seem to show a roughly $35 million bid from the town of Millbrae, Calif. for water pollution control, which Recovery.org does. ...
Federal stimulus-monitoring website gets an update
Los Angeles Times
By Joe Markman Reporting from Washington - Since February, when the government launched a website to provide a window on the federal stimulus package, ...
SJ to announce fed stimulus projects
KGO-TV
And $6.5 million will be spent to recycle water at San Jose State University, San Jose Mineta Airport and city parks and schools.
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Douglas County receives energy stimulus
NRToday.com
Other improvements could include the installation of a solar hot water system in the jail and the addition of tinted film to windows at all of the main ...
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Water Infrastructure Stocks
Green Chip Stocks (blog)
... otherwise known as The Stimulus. The act allocated more than $11 billion to be spent on water projects. All you need to do is take a position early, ...
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TR council sticks by decision not to replace lead laterals
Herald Times Reporter
... also through federal stimulus funding, to cover the other half, Buckley said. If the amount of lead in the city's water continues to exceed ...
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San Jose Announces $56 Million In Stimulus Projects
KTVU.com
She and fellow Congressman Mike Honda, D-San Jose, listed transportation dollars, water district flood control projects and money for county safety net ... |
Federal stimulus grants give boost to ASU research
Arizona State University
The goal of ASU's new center is to design and construct a synthetic system that uses sunlight to convert water cheaply and efficiently into hydrogen fuel ... |
September 28, 2009
Stimulus Funds Speed Transformation Toward 'Smart Grid'
Wall Street Journal
... of $4.5 billion in federal stimulus funds for so-called smart-grid projects. A San Diego Gas & Electric technician installs a residential smart meter. ...
September 27, 2009
Kevin Rudd's stimulus wins G20 backing
The Australian
A leaders' directive to G20 finance ministers to look at options to finance developing countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions before the UN Copenhagen ... |
Stimulus money changes Stillwater
Stillwater NewsPress
“More stable economies are based on FROG or farming, ranching, oil and gas. Less stable economies are reliant on FIRE or finance, insurance and real estate. ... |
Where the Mountain Empire stimulus money goes
Bristol Herald Courier
Coincidentally, the grant Abingdon received also was for a sewer project: an energy-saving plan to purchase turbines that will convert methane gas from ...
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China says industrial profits fell 10.6 percent
The Associated Press
Hardest hit were the iron and steel sector, where profits declined by 71.7 percent, and the petroleum and natural gas industries, which suffered a 68.5 ... |
Progress - Infrastructure plans roll along
Danville Commercial News
BY JENNIFER BAILEY DANVILLE — With motor fuel tax funding coming in less each year and rising road construction costs, stimulus funding, grants and city gas ... |
September 26, 2009
September 25, 2009
September 24, 2009
Lufkin ISD students sharing the WeatherBug
Lufkin Daily News
"The kids learn how to use the GIS, online mapping and do real-time experiments with their own data. The campuses will get the general display unit. ...
Plenty of stimulus money for energy improvements
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
By AL HEAVENS - The Philadelphia Inquirer There appears to be a cauldron of federal stimulus money going to waste these days because large numbers of ...
September 23, 2009
Stimulus Dollars for A-CC Water Projects
1340 WGAU
By Tim Bryant @ September 22, 2009 3:10 PM Permalink | Comments (0) The Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority has signed off on a federal stimulus ... |
Peterborough residents to talk about water projects, repealing a ...
The Keene Sentinel
Residents will be able to vote on whether the town should accept federal stimulus funds for a proposed $1.16 million water system improvement project and ... |
Dundalk flood prompts Cardin "watershed moment"
Baltimore Sun
After praising Congress and President Barack Obama for pouring $6 billion into water infrastructure as part of the $787 billion stimulus law, ... |
ADB extends $100 mln to develop small cities, towns in China
Xinhua
City and county governments in Liaoning will provide the remainder, along with a 250000- US-dollars grant from the ADB-administered Water Financing ... |
WA community tackles water woes
Water Technology Online
OCEAN SHORES, WA — This city of 4500 on Washington state's Pacific Coast is using $6 million in stimulus funding to build a water treatment plant designed ... |
Federal stimulus aids restoration in Tahoe Forest
Reno Gazette Journal
Restoration of Perazzo Meadows will benefit not only fish and wildlife, but improve flood conditions and natural water storage, officials touring the site ... |
ESCONDIDO: City receives $3.25M stimulus grant to replace water lines
North County Times
ESCONDIDO ---- The city will receive $3.25 million in federal stimulus money to replace six miles of aging water lines in southwestern Escondido. ...
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Federal stimulus money turns into jobs aiding Oregon's needy
OregonLive.com
Clean water: Loans and subsidies to 21 Oregon communities to bring infrastructure up to federal drinking water standards. Spent: Nothing yet. ... |
Stimulus Funds Are Boosting Construction Work
BusinessWeek
“It's mostly road resurfacing, water and sewer projects. That's the fastest way to get money out the door.” Basu figures about $131 billion of the $787 ...
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Economic Action Plan Gets Shovels in the Ground Across Nova Scotia
Market Wire (press release)
Funding for the eight water and wastewater projects comes from the $8 million joint federal-provincial commitment made on September 13, 2009, for stimulus ... |
EPA Economic Stimulus and Recovery Efforts Map
GISuser.com (press release)
The ITT and ESRI Partnership and a Look at ENVI EX for arcgis - At the 2009 ESRI user conference a special PR event was held to officially announce a ...
Energy executives offer ideas on stimulus
Boston Globe
Those projects will convert landfill gas into usable energy. Ameresco's founder, George Sakellaris, said the benefits of the funding will extend beyond the ...
September 22, 2009
Clean-Tech Progress More Important Than UN Climate Treaty -- DOE Chief
New York Times
The federal stimulus law passed in February is a significant step in that direction, Chu said. During his opening remarks, Chu announced $100 million in ...
China's water issues create opportunities for Wisconsin firms
Bizjournals.com
“We see evidence everywhere of the Chinese stimulus package.” At the same time, Chinese businesses have been more receptive about the prospect of direct ... |
Stimulus for water projects in Pa., NJ
Philadelphia Business Journal
by Athena D. Merritt Staff Writer Federal stimulus funds are helping New Jersey and Pennsylvania put a dent in completing much-needed clean-water and ... |
SCIA focuses on justice, mental health, water
Indian Country Today
Beyond the justice bill, SCIA also focused on receiving testimony regarding an Indian youth suicide bill, and considered legislation regarding water rights ... |
VPSA May Take Over Avondale Water
Water World
The upgrades will be achieved by a combination of loans, stimulus funds and grants from the Department of Agriculture. As part of the deal, Aiken County ... |
TR council votes not to proceed with replacing water laterals
Herald Times Reporter
... thereby giving up a federal stimulus grant that would have covered half of the cost. If the amount of lead in the city's water continues to exceed ... |
Protectionist US could break water flow
The Age
... impacts on water and wastewater utilities using that money. The law requires projects using stimulus funds to buy American products and services. ... |
OSU's non-stimulus stimulus plan
KMTR NewsSource 16
... a metering device which measures how plants are doing, whether they need water or more nitrogen, even their precise location thanks to a built-in GPS . ... |
Stimulus funds go to sewer project
Honolulu Advertiser
There's a lot of water infiltrating into the system, which has been causing sewer spills every time it rains," Nishimura said. ... |
MDE commits $400K for Smith Island well
Delmarva Daily Times
The Rhodes Point project was among 95 in the state to win a portion of a $121.6 million federal stimulus package to Maryland for water projects, she said. ... |
Sewer rates on way up in city
Daily Republic - Mitchell,SD,USA
As described by Johnson, the city is using GIS to build a computer model of the city .... principal forgiveness through a federal economic stimulus program. ...
Wind-Turbine Makers Press for Green Mandates
Wall Street Journal
New federal stimulus grants helped restart a stalled wind-power industry, but Vic Abate, a General Electric Co. vice president in charge of its wind-turbine ... |
DOE seeks bids to boost energy efficiency
Bizjournals.com
As part of the US Department of Energy's State Energy Program, the program aims to reduce fossil fuel use in buildings by 10 percent and cut electric loads ...
Government of British Columbia: Oil and Gas Week Celebrates a ...
Market Wire (press release)
Through innovative royalty programs and the recently announced Oil and Gas Stimulus Package, the Province is attracting new investment and making the oil ...
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September 21, 2009
Capital Profile
Albany Times Union
And she's also involved with how the state will spend some of the federal stimulus funding in those two areas, with some required to be set aside for ...
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Defense cos. advance on alternative energy bucks
Bizjournals.com
Earlier this month, Waltham defense giant Raytheon Co. was chosen by Arizona utility Tucson Electric Power to provide security systems for the IT backbone ... |
Renewable power decisions create a tangled web
San Francisco Chronicle
But the utilities are only required to take so much of it - up to 2.5 percent of each utility's total electrical load - and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. ...
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Software cuts power bills
News & Observer
The Smart Grid concept has been touted as the nation's electrical future, and the Obama administration has dedicated $4.5 billion in stimulus funds to ... |
September 20, 2009
September 19, 2009
US utilities scramble for smart-grid stimulus cash
Reuters
A dozen large US utilities, including American Electric Power, centerpoint Energy and Consolidated Edison, are asking for more than $2.6 billion. ...
Stimulus grants will help NC boost energy efficiency
CharlotteObserver.com
Since then, he said, Californians have reduced their energy bills 39 percent compared to NC residents, despite higher electric rates. ...
The race for US smart-grid cash
Reuters Blogs (blog)
San Diego Gas & Electric is one of the utilities hoping to launch a smart grid through the federal program and has applied for $100 million in stimulus ...
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$17M in transportation grants available
Bizjournals.com
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said Friday that $17 million worth of federal stimulus money is being made available for transportation efficiency projects. ... |
US Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Twice That of Renewables
Bloomberg
The $787 billion stimulus package signed in February included more than $60 billion for reducing energy use and supporting renewable programs. ...
Columbia College has filled several key positions:
Columbia Business Times - Columbia,MO,USA
The geographic information system (GIS) allows citizens to go online and view ... awarded $16.3 million in grants from the US government's stimulus funding, ...
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September 17, 2009
Tax bills won't go by end of year; sale of WW airport still uncertain
News-Reporter - Washington,GA,USA
... putting the new GIS mapping system in place, and the field appraisals of ... a part of Highway 378 through the use of Stimulus funds. l Moore said that ...
September 16, 2009
Water power projects to receive $14.6 million from DOE
HydroWorld - Kansas City,MO,USA
The DOE also is offering $37 million in economic stimulus funds for clean-energy ... which will then be used to develop a web-based interface and GIS ...
Broadband stimulus program draws local applicants
Bend Bulletin
The federal Rural Utilities Service and National Telecommunications Information Administration, which will award the grants, has not set a timeline for ...
September 15, 2009
Inquiry on Wireless Innovation and Investment
The FCC has released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) that seeks to identify concrete steps that the FCC can take to support and encourage further innovation and investment in the wireless marketplace. The NOI seeks comment on all ideas that will foster wireless innovation and investment. The NOI focuses on spectrum availability and use, wireless networks, devices, applications, and business practices, while at the same time inviting public input on how wireless services and technology can solve real world problems in areas such as health care, energy, education, and public safety. Comments are due by September 28, 2009 and reply comments are due by October 12, 2009.
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New York Times
The aim of the Energy Department program — part of the $3.9 billion in stimulus funds targeting the nation's electrical system — is to take smart grid ... |
Electrical gear makers' share price targets raised
Forbes
AP , 09.14.09, 11:10 AM EDT An analyst Monday raised his share price targets on electrical equipment makers in response to a strengthening economy and ... |
California Solar Bill AB 560 Stalls, Putting Green Jobs, Electric ...
Reuters
With federal stimulus funds committed to support the state`s switch to solar, this legislation is a critical component of a fiscally and environmentally ...
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Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association sending checks to customers
The Coloradoan
"It's like a little REA stimulus package," Soulen said. The co-op provides electricity to 35000 customers in Boulder, Larimer and Weld counties, ...
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Tendril Continues to Build the Energy Ecosystem That Enables the ...
Reuters
Denise Richerson-Smith, director of renewable and conservation programs, Tucson Electric Power * "In designing our Smart Grid pilot program, we wanted to be ...
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Boucher announces stimulus funds for Yuma wastewater project
Kingsport Times News
“Building public water systems and wastewater systems have been absolutely essential to our growth plans for the region,” Boucher said after making the ...
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Officials: Maine needs $500M for sewer, water
SmartBrief
Maine's sewer and water infrastructure needs $500 million for growth and repairs, according to state officials. The federal economic-stimulus package ...
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Bridgeton receives $3.2 million in stimulus funds for water system ...
NJ.com
... will receive $3.2 million in assistance through the American Reconstruction and Reinvestment Act of 2009(ARRA) for upgrades to the city's water system. ...
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$2.5 million from stimulus package coming to Dorchester County
WCBD
He said “The project will involve construction of water and sewer improvements consisting of the following: 14000 linear feet of a 12' water line; ... |
Waterworks District 8
KPLC-TV
... of Health and Hospitals and the stimulus plan. They have put in a new water well are tearing down an old water tank, and replacing it with a new one. ... |
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana |Better water service on the way
KPLC-TV
Through the Department of Health and Hospitals, and the Stimulus Plan, Waterworks District 8 was able to apply for the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund, ...
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Stimulus funds to pay for Akron's sewer fix-up
Akron Beacon Journal
By Phil Trexler Akron will use federal stimulus money and a state loan to pay for $7 million in repairs to its sewer system. City Council on Monday approved ... |
Hurricane money, 'stimulus' funds swell budget, complicate ...
Alexandria Town Talk
The Department of Natural Resources, DEQ and DWF all have water monitoring programs for different purposes. Merging those efforts could be a suggestion. ... |
September 14, 2009
The Latest Buzz On...
Wall Street Journal - USA
Recovery.gov, a site created to track the flow of federal stimulus funds, ... GEOGRAPHY LESSON: As GIS services become more widespread and easier to use, ...
Stimulus boosts Lined Valve Co.
The Columbian
Inc. in Woodland produced a 96-inch bonneted knife gate value for industrial use in a water treatment plant in Chicago. (Photos courtesy of Lined Valve Co. ...
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Fancy Gap gets $8 million stimulus grant
Mount Airy News
Boucher said he had urged that robust grant funding be included in the economic-stimulus legislation for the construction and improvement of water and ...
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Ottawa pledges $190-million for Toronto infrastructure
Globe and Mail
... repairs to roads, water mains, sewers, public transit and community centres, after a big injection of stimulus funds by the federal government. ...
Oil, gas and the budget
Trinidad & Tobago Express
Hence the present stimulus to manufacturers to retool to encourage diversification is still-born. The Government has to drive the diversification and in ...
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MDOT: Stimulus projects to be done by spring
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The majority of Mississippi road projects funded by the federal stimulus bill will be completed by the spring, a state transportation official says. ...
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A year after Lehman, the pain remains
guardian.co.uk
A huge debate has ensued around the so-called "stimulus spending" in the US, Europe and China. Stimulus spending aims to use higher government outlays or ...
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Shell ticks $50bn gas project
WA Business News (subscription)
Page 14: The Australian public has endorsed the Government's arguement it should continue its stimulus measures and ticked its management of the economic ... |
FACTBOX-Norway holds elections
Reuters
During the downturn, Norway has been sustained by its oil and gas sector, as well as from stimulus measures by its deep-pocketed government. ...
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Solar energy could get boost from stimulus
Tampa Tribune
Ben Stuart with the Florida Energy and Climate Commission briefed Mariano and many other area leaders on the state's pending application for stimulus funds ...
Mesa looks to stimulus funds for solar project
Bizjournals.com
The city of Mesa is partnering with SolFocus Inc. to build a concentrated solar power array with federal stimulus money. Mesa is looking at a $558180 solar ...
Farmington road projects under way
Farmington Daily Times
Construction on the $6.2 million Navajo Municipal Pipeline and water tank began earlier this week. The city is closing Municipal Drive north of its ... |
Centerpiece of water plan
Valley News
Pipeline and pump stretching two miles costing $28 million is aimed at boosting the importance of Vail Lake in Temecula. Temecula-area water officials plan ... |
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September 11, 2009
OMB architect identifies 'semantic harmonization' as key to ...
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
OMB recently used the NIEM for the economic stimulus law and developing the ... well as the digital data, geospatial and research communities for feedback. ...
September 10, 2009
Government takes on new data services role
Nextgov - Washington,DC,USA
... new wave of government services are the stimulus-tracking site Recovery.gov, ... government as GIS brought to agencies such as the Defense Department. ...
Mejor Inc. Develops Green Automobile Stimulus (GAS) Package
PR Web (press release)
The perfect addition to the national automotive industry stimulus program, the Green Automobile Stimulus (GAS) package is encouraging transportation ...
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UT gets stimulus money to train carbon capture workforce
Dallas Morning News
Carbon capture and storage is a process that captures the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels at power plants and pipes it deep ...
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Reportlinker Adds Biomass Report Ed 3 2009
Reuters
It is the 4th largest contributor to the world`s primary energy supply (after oil, coal and natural gas) and provides four times more primary energy than ...
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Work And Energy
Forbes
Why wouldn't you count as "green," and provide federal stimulus to all the advanced, cleaner technology applied to hydrocarbons--oil, natural gas and coal? ...
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CleanFuel USA grabs pair of grants
Bizjournals.com
The US Department of Energy has awarded $12.9 million in two stimulus grants to CleanFuel USA. Georgetown-based CleanFuel, which develops propane engine ...
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MAPPS Commends Congressional Letter to Stimulus Accountability Board
DirectionsMag.com (press release) - Glencoe,IL,USA
Rahall asked Devaney to "review the use of funds in ARRA on geospatial investments to ... to make the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) a reality. ...
September 9, 2009
A Turning Point For Green-Energy Stimulus Projects?
NPR
In August, for example, the Energy Department announced $2.4 billion in grants going toward advanced battery and other technologies for electric vehicles. ...
September 6, 2009
County to form new communications systems agency
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
That's because smaller organizations like LDCs can take advantage of subsidies in federal stimulus funds, unlike major borrowers such as the county. ...
Is the stimulus working for Central Texas?
Austin American-Statesman
At the very end of the pipeline are people like Wayne Morgan, founder and co-owner of the Austin Real Estate Institute, a school for real estate agents. ...
Uneven economic jolt
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tennessee's $2 million in recovery money and Georgia's nearly $1 million will install a network of electric hookup overnight stations and other initiatives. ...
PG&E Asks Cisco to Help Make 75K Businesses Energy Wise
Seeking Alpha
By Jeff St. John Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG) is asking Cisco Systems (CSCO) for technology that could help about 75000 California businesses manage their ...
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September 4, 2009
September 3, 2009
Planning Commission may hire floodplain technician
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA
By Kevin Risner, krisner@advertiser-tribune.com No federal stimulus ... DDTI is to present information about geographic information system (GIS) mapping. ...
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UCF Gets $1.3 Million From NIH to Study Three Orlando Community ...
University of Central Florida - Orlando,FL,USA
... from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or federal stimulus money. ... Using focus groups, self-reporting, GIS mapping and physical activity ...
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Stimulus Funds to Preserve Pines and Create Jobs
WLTX.com - Columbia,SC,USA
The Longleaf Pine Restoration Initiative will create or retain jobs that will include equipment operators, tree planters, herbicide applicators, GIS ... |
State Researchers Receive $3.3M Stimulus Grant for Cyberinfrastructure
ArkansasSports360.com - Little Rock,AR,USA
... the user base and expand operational support and use of the infrastructure. ... Limp holds the Leica Geosystems Chair in Geospatial Imaging and is ...
September 1, 2009
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Need for speed
smithmountainlake.com - Moneta,VA,USA
She said the GIS data of unserved areas, as plotted by Ferrum students, ... The good news is that WildBlue is applying for stimulus money to launch a third ...
August 30, 2009
Virginia, Maryland Get Stimulus Funds for Propane
CSNews Online - Aug 30, 2009
August 30, 2009 - NEW YORK -- Virginia and Maryland are among the states to receive stimulus funds for propane fueling stations and converting fleets of ...
August 29, 2009
Utilities Seek Stimulus Money For Energy Projects
OPB News
There's $4 billion in the federal stimulus package for new energy infrastructure, called “Smart Grid.” Part of that fund will go to Smart Grid pilot ...
Need for speed
smithmountainlake.com - Moneta,VA,USA
She said the GIS data of unserved areas, as plotted by Ferrum students, ... The good news is that WildBlue is applying for stimulus money to launch a third ...
August 28, 2009
Nat-Gas Vehicles, LNG Projects Get a Little Stimulus Money Lovin ...
BNET
The latest boost comes in the form of the Department of Energy's Clean Cities Grants project, which will provide $300 million in stimulus funds to speed up ...
August 27, 2009
German conglomerate Siemens buys majority in Yangtze Delta and GIS ...
Gaea Times
... and aluminum foundry GIS Steel & Aluminum Products, both of which are headquartered in ... June 22nd, 2009 Siemens hopes for $20.9 billion in stimulus ...
State accepting proposals for wind, solar stimulus grants
Bizjournals.com
25 for individuals and companies looking to install qualified solar electric, solar thermal and wind electric technology. The grants, part of the Deploying ...
August 26, 2009
In other Terrebonne Parish Council action
Houma Courier
... work on the parish's Internet Geographic Information System, or GIS, Web site. .... Commission on Law Enforcement through the national stimulus package. ...
Oncor applies for more stimulus funds
Dallas Morning News
The better data could allow the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to use the lines more aggressively. Ultimately, if Oncor can make better use of its ...
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RCEC hopes to bring broadband to NEMO
ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA
... Nixon and area legislators announced that the Ralls County Electric Co-op is one of two agencies in the state applying for Federal stimulus money from ...
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Utilities call for wireless spectrum for the Smart Grid
VentureBeat
Spearheaded by American Electric Power, the massive utility covering the Midwest, Appalachia and parts of Texas, appealed to the Federal Communications ...
August 25, 2009
Stimulus Energy Fund Tracker: 1.2% Spent, $36.2B To Go
BNET
The USDA created an interactive geospatial map using Google Maps API Premier back in May. ... Western is creating a transmission infrastructure program. ...
August 24, 2009
Stimulus aims to plug utilities into smarter energy grid
NJBIZ
... by seeking federal stimulus money to help finance their planned investments in enabling infrastructure. PSE&G, Atlantic City Electric and Jersey Central ...
August 23, 2009
August 22, 2009
Stimulus: Some Facts
Wall Street Journal Blogs
But the Chicago Transit Authority now says the stimulus money wasn't enough to pay for an order of 140 diesel electric hybrid buses. ...
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Across the Area
Augusta Chronicle
Goshen resident Becky Shealy has finally obtained a complete copy of the city's $50 million stimulus application affecting her neighborhood. ...
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August 21, 2009
August 20, 2009
Otsego after broadband funds
Oneonta Daily Star - Oneonta,NY,USA
Lewis said that Marybeth Vargha, the county's GIS coordinator, ... The application being sent in today is for the first of three rounds of stimulus money. ...
August 18, 2009
August 17, 2009
Cape Fear region county-by-county roundup
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville,NC,USA
The county qualified for up to $30 million in interest-free stimulus bonds. ... Lumberton officials plan to launch a GIS mapping program that would provide ...
August 14, 2009
August 13, 2009
Iowa Taps Connected Nation to Map Broadband Availability
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... as it seeks to maximize Iowa's share of the federal broadband stimulus funding under the ... Through a rigorous system of data collection, GIS analysis, ...
August 7, 2009
COGO Urges Senate to Include Geospatial Investment in Stimulus ...
COGO Urges Senate to Include Geospatial Investment in Stimulus Bill. ... A national geospatial infrastructure would also provide a foundation for monitoring ...
Congress to Florida: Speed up stimulus spending
Citrus Daily - Local Citrus County News - Inverness,FL,USA
... the US economic stimulus plan, a congressional committee said on Thursday. ... The county's GIS system is being used to help the property appraiser's ...
August 6, 2009
State of Nevada Plans to Map Broadband Coverage with GIS Technology
DirectionsMag.com (press release) - Glencoe,IL,USA
Analysis using ESRI ArcGIS technology identifies optimum areas for ... for more than $7 billion in federal stimulus funds that will be dispersed as grants ...
August 5, 2009
August 4, 2009
BISC Delivers the Total Solution for States' Broadband Mapping
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... designed to make states' applications for federal stimulus funds more competitive. ... Broadband maps created with geographic information system (GIS) ...
August 2, 2009
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July 28, 2009
Congressional Hearing Highlights Need for "Bold, Decisive Action ...
Amerisurv (press release) - Frederick,MD,USA
... stimulus funding to buy equipment for in-house performance of geospatial activities ... to make the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) a reality.
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