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This Week

States Adjust Disaster Plans for Elders
What Makes a Successful Governor?
An Education in Earned Value: Procurement Officers' Expanding Role
News
National Weather Service Unveils Precipitation Web Page
State Patrol's Ticket-Writing Goes High Tech
News of the Weird

Features

States Adjust Disaster Plans for Elders

In the hurricane zone and beyond, state aging departments and emergency responders are drawing a lesson from storm death tolls and are updating their disaster plans to make special arrangements for the elderly.

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What Makes a Successful Governor?

Two new governors were elected in Virginia and New Jersey, and each is now meeting with his transition team to plot how to turn campaign promises into action. Traditionally, these plans involve new legislative initiatives and major budget changes that must be adopted by state legislatures, with the ultimate measure of success judged by the ability of the new governors to get his or her initiatives enacted.

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An Education in Earned Value: Procurement Officers' Expanding Role

Earned Value Management (EVM) answers the question, “How are we doing?” at any point in a capital project, and the process can be applied to any contracting approach.

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News

National Weather Service Unveils Precipitation Web Page

High-quality precipitation analyses used for flood forecasts, drought monitoring and climate trends are being made available on NOAA's National Weather Service Web site on a trial basis through June 2006. During this time, comments regarding the service will be collected to determine whether it effectively meets users' needs and whether the service should be continued after the trial period. For Precipitation Analysis, Click Here.

State Patrol's Ticket-Writing Goes High Tech

In Wisconsin, state troopers can now bypass having to write tickets by hand as a result of new Windows-based program called TraCS (traffic and criminal software). All troopers' squad cars will feature the TraCS system developed by Iowa's Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. When a trooper stops a vehicle and gets the driver's license, he or she enters a name into a computer that is connected to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT). The system is also able to read driver licenses' bar codes. If the trooper decides to issue a ticket, the name, address, and driver's license number are automatically inserted into an electronic ticket that is printed out from an inkless printer. Ticket information is saved to a computer disc that is submitted to the local circuit court and becomes accessible online via the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access system. The new technology also makes it easier for troopers to process several violations at once because drivers' data can be used to generate multiple tickets at the touch of a button. Wisconsin spent $330,000 to modify the technology for use in the state, according to Patricia McCallum, chief of WDOT's traffic accident division. Installing the system's equipment in a squad car can cost $2,000 to $7,000, and use of the software is free.
Source: The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC).

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