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The loss of public-sector jobs slowed in December as the national unemployment rate declined to 8.5 percent, according to statistics released Friday by the federal government.
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President Obama has appointed Richard Cordray, a former Ohio attorney general, as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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Retail establishments in San Jose — excluding restaurants and non-profits — can no longer provide single-use plastic bags to customers.
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The Washington-based International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is now accepting applications for its Annual Awards Program.
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Learn how to contribute photos for publishing in future issues of American City & County's Government Update newsletter and our monthly magazine.
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The seventh annual Station Style Conference, April 28-May 1, 2012 in Phoenix, promises to take fire and public-safety facilities from initial concept and site selection through construction and sustainability, giving attendees a blueprint for success. Our experienced speakers will guide you through the challenges of designing and building a fire station to meet the all-hazards responses in your community.Click Here.
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More than 1 million workers received a raise at the beginning of the year thanks to minimum wage increases in eight states.
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Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM has acquired Dublin, Ireland-based Cúram Software
Ltd. Cúram Software is used by health and human services, workforce services, and social security organizations to deliver welfare, social insurance and individual and employer-based social programs. The acquisition builds on IBM's Smarter Cities initiatives and broadens IBM Ireland's role.
Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Aqua America, Inc. has completed the sale of its Maine operations, which includes 11 water systems serving 16,000 customers in 17 communities throughout Maine, to Connecticut Water Service, Inc. The sale to Connecticut Water is the first of two such sales Aqua America is expected to close this year. The company announced in July 2011 an agreement to sell its New York operations (seven water systems that serve approximately 50,520 customers) to American Water Works Company, Inc. Following the upcoming sale of New York, Aqua America will have concentrated its regulated operations in nine states (Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Florida, Indiana and Virginia). The company also maintains a non-regulated wastewater operation in Georgia.
CDM and Wilbur Smith Associates have combined to form CDM Smith. Based in
Cambridge, Mass., the full-service consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firm offers water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities services.
Irvine, Calif.-based access control systems provider HID Global has acquired EasyLobby, whose products provide visitor registration, tracking, reporting
and badge printing, as well as web-based pre-registration and
employee/contractor time and attendance.
For more information on these and other contracts related to city, county and state governments, as well as technology, public safety, transportation and water contracts, visit our Contracts and Awards Announcements page.
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