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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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“I look forward to working with local leaders and community members to realize the vision of a first-of-its-kind transportation service that increases access to jobs, links neighborhoods, and improves real-time information in a sustainable, safe way.”. NXP, Autodesk, and Mobileye to help execute its Smart City Plan.

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Race to a Smart Future

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DOT received such a huge response to its call for applications—78 cities entered the contest—that it expanded the number of finalists from five to seven. ” The winning city will be announced in June, but we’ve taken a peek at some of the finalists’ applications. DOT has encouraged the finalists to “think big.”

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

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SFPUC also inappropriately approved 5 task orders for federally funded projects, which occurred because federal regulations contradict the expectations of the SFPUC’s commission for JOCs. San Francisco – 2012 – OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER CITY SERVICES AUDITOR. SUBJECT: Housing Authority of Kansas City.

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Job Order Contracting – Audit Results

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SFPUC also inappropriately approved 5 task orders for federally funded projects, which occurred because federal regulations contradict the expectations of the SFPUC’s commission for JOCs. San Francisco – 2012 – OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER CITY SERVICES AUDITOR. SUBJECT: Housing Authority of Kansas City.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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Its facility includes the City Docks—located 34 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, which is 40 feet deep and 400 feet wide. Rail service is provided by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. Interstate 10 and Interstate 210 are within a few miles of the port.