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Tuesday, December 20, 2005, Volume 4, Issue 51

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This Week
TSA Unveils Enhanced Security
Visions of $$$ Dance in States' Heads
Cities Apply for the All-America Award
News
Directory Recognizes Top Ten Green Building Products
EPA Research Ship Docks in Baltimore Harbor
NASA Sets Sights on First Pluto Mission
News of the Weird

Features

TSA Unveils Enhanced Security

Beginning December 22, airline travelers can expect to see more random screenings, fewer prohibited items, and a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workforce more dedicated to detecting and defeating more serious threats, such as explosives.

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For related articles and products, visit the Homeland Security Zone.

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Visions of $$$ Dance in States' Heads

This holiday season may be a little less cheery for some online shoppers. The sales tax break that had delighted many an Internet gift purchaser is going the way of free digital music downloads and the one-horse open sleigh.

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Cities Apply for the All-America Award

The All-America City Award is one of the nation's most prestigious community recognition awards. Since 1949, the award has honored communities of all sizes (cities, towns, counties, neighborhoods, and regions) where community members, government, businesses, and nonprofit organizations work together to address critical local issues.

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For related articles and products, visit the Best Practices Zone.

Visit the recently updated GovDeck to view an enhanced, electronic version of GPN's familiar "action card" deck. Click on a card of interest and link directly to vendor's Web site or click the "Learn More" button and link directly to vendor's e-mail address.

News

Directory Recognizes Top Ten Green Building Products

BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec Product Directory and Environmental Building News has announced the Top-10 Green Building Products of 2005.

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EPA Research Ship Docks in Baltimore Harbor

EPA Regional Administrator Donald S. Welsh hosted a tour of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's new Ocean Survey Vessel (OSV) Bold. The 224-foot ship, docked in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, is a floating scientific laboratory that helps EPA monitor public health and environmental threats to our oceans, bays, and estuaries.

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NASA Sets Sights on First Pluto Mission

NASA is preparing to launch the first spacecraft to distant Pluto and its moon Charon. The January 2006 launch of New Horizons will complete the initial reconnaissance of the planets in the solar system.

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News of the Weird
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