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Innovations Award Winners Finalist - Michigan - 2005 - FieldManager A suite of software tools used to manage and track field-level progress of road and bridge construction projects, this program can be used by State Department of Transportation field offices, local government agencies, engineering firms and construction contractors. Finalist - Pennsylvania - 2005 - Maintenance Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness (MECE) Experienced maintenance professionals recommended 92 ways to improve asset management, staffing, winter operations efficiency, department work force versus contracting, and equipment optimization. Through the implementation of MECE, PennDOT has refocused the highway maintenance community on core business functions, redirected savings, increased productivity and facilitated the use of better highway maintenance business practices. Finalist - Wisconsin - 2004 - Critical Incident Response Team This team consists of seven employees who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through a single point-of-contact to coordinate the state’s response to critical highway incidents. Critical highway incidents are defined as unexpected events which cause the closure of a roadway and/or bridge on the state trunk highway system. |
THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS 
Learn from CSG Regional Meetings
The Southern Legislative Conference of The Council of State Governments, CSG-Midwest and CSG-WEST are all meeting this week. Find out about the sessions at Capitol Comments.
More Scrutiny of Public Pension Plans
A new Issue Alert from the Southern Legislative Conference seeks to apprise policymakers on the increased scrutiny of actuarial estimates in public pension plans and their role in influencing the overall financial health of these plans.
EMAC Provides Assistance in Midwest Floods
The Emergency Management Assistance Compact has been used extensively in the wake of massive flooding in Iowa and Indiana.
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