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Latest News
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US gas-power station explodes
Despite the safety precautions taken in gas-fired power stations, accidents still happen and in the case of the Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, Connecticut when they do occur,...Read more
02/08/2010 15:19
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FEMA: Rescuers or redundant?
"A Nation Prepared" is FEMA's motto, however, ironically FEMA is more than not called upon when the best laid plans have gone awry and the US is facing a major emergency.Read more
02/07/2010 15:53
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Boldly going nowhere?
For years, NASA has been talking up plans of returning to the Moon by 2020, building a lunar base as a jumping-off point for missions to Mars and testing their new fleet of Ares...Read more
02/02/2010 16:48
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US economy grows beyond expectations
It is news that President Obama has been waiting for; the US economy has grown 5.7 percent in the last three months, the quickest pace of economic expansion seen in the United...Read more
01/29/2010 15:16
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California's $2.25bn high-speed rail fund
In what would appear to be a major victory for the state of California and their plans to fund a high-speed train line from San Diego to Sacramento, the Sunshine State has...Read more
01/28/2010 14:44
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California's prison population problem
The state of California has some of the most overcrowded prisons in the US and to combat the problem, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has suggested the state could...Read more
01/26/2010 13:52
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Editor’s Choice
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What's in your drinking water?
Cynthia Dougherty, director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, talks to US Infrastructure about the state of the nation’s water...Read more -
Why the US needs a smart grid
The North American electrical grid is widely considered to be the world's largest machine as well as one the greatest technological achievements of the 20th century. But now...Read more -
Pipe Dreams
Wayne Klotz explains why the US water system is in such poor shape and what needs to be done to turn things aroundRead more -
Haiti: A logistical nightmare
With the dead said to number anywhere between 100,000 and 200,000 and with over 75,000 buried in mass graves, Haiti must seem to the survivors of the earthquake like hell on...Read more -
Over 1/3 of US sewers dump waste in rivers
America's sewer system seems to be constant need of upgrading. When they were upgraded in 1972 under the Clean Water Act to handle growing populations and increasing runoff of...Read more -
Pushing the Boundaries of Climate Change Techno...
American Electric Power’s Nick Akins tells Power & Energy how technological innovation is diversifying the company’s fuel mix.Read more
Readers’ Choice
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Reuse: Where Is It Headed?
Throughout the years, I have been asked where our nation is headed in regards to replenishing our water supply, especially given our seemingly shifting weather patterns leading...Read more -
Make Better Decisions with Intergraph’s ...
Gain the Most from ARRA with the Tools You Need for Asset Management and AccountabilityRead more -
The Future of Traffic Data
Michael Ostrom, CEO of Mygistics, Inc., reveals how advancements in traffic modeling will improve personal and commercial travel.Read more -
Fundamentals of a Robust Mass Communicat...
By Siemens. Layered communications and network redundancy are essential when implementing a mass notification system. Using both techniques increases the probability that all...Read more -
Emergence of IP in Mass Notification App...
By Advanced Fire Systems, Inc. The fire and security industries have had a long history of applying available technologies and putting them to good use in solving the many...Read more -
Ready to Report?
Jay Stinson of Intergraph Corporation explains how ARRA is putting the spotlight on asset management accountability.Read more
Executive Interviews
Charging ahead
Craig Cantrell of PIPS Technology reveals how consolidation of system components and greater interoperability within the intelligent transportation market could help generate the much needed funding required to maintain and expand America’s transp...
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Trading up
As Geographic Information Systems (GIS) become an integral business tool, the need to upgrade to more sophisticated geospatial databases becomes more pressing. Infotech’s Greg Tilley explains why.
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Conversation Stopper
Sprint’s Tanya Lin tells US Infra that failure to prepare crisis communication strategies can have dire consequences during an event.
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NGU Summit 2009
13th - 15th October
In today’s troubled climate, the utilities sector is in the midst of unprecedented transformation. Several factors are driving fundamental change: liberalization and increased competition, strategic mergers and acquisitions, regulatory pressure around climate change, systems reliability, convergence, electricity and renewable concerns.
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