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4-7-06
Forum
essential in moving to
new transportation era
Idaho’s transportation
system has reached a crossroads, and the
direction we take in building for the future
will be determined by the decisions we make
today. For the past two years, an independent
group of local policymakers, transportation
officials and Idaho citizens has been engaged
in discussions about how to move the present
system into new era using the lessons of
the past.
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Memo
outlines changes to e-mail standards
ITD will implement
a number of significant changes to employee use
of e-mail, effective June 1, to address growing
demand on the system and its storage capacity, according
to Susan K. Simmons, Administrator of the Administration
Division. A memo distributed to all ITD employees
Monday (April 10) outlines the changes and reminds
employees to use discretion when sending and receiving
e-mail.
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E-mail
memo
ITD audience learns history of Buhl Woman
A 90-minute journey took ITD employees back more than
10 millennia Wednesday to learn about some of the
region’s earliest inhabitants. Discovery of
the skeletal remains of a young woman who has become
widely known as Buhl Woman. James Woods, director
of the Herrett Center for Arts and Science at the
College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, led the historical
tour from the Headquarters Auditorium.
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Caution,
discretion urged when using e-mail
A communication media that has become a staple of
international business, including the transportation
department, is a powerful tool. Used appropriately,
e-mail enables the near-instantaneous sharing of messages,
documents and images. It helps ITD employees be more
productive and work more efficiently.
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Program takes driving instructors inside teen minds
Idaho driver education teachers are receiving a
new tool to help change the attitudes of teen-agers
about driving, thanks to a partnership between the
Idaho State Department of Education and the Idaho
Transportation Department’s Office of Traffic
and Highway Safety.
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Massive
rock lands on Idaho 55 shoulder
Motorists had more than driving rain to contend
with on Idaho 55 Wednesday. They had to watch for
falling rock, dislodged from nearby embankments
after several days of relentless rain. A large rock
cascaded onto the highway shoulder north of Rainbow
Bridge, about 53 miles from Eagle. District 3 maintenance
crews had to break the rock into two pieces to safely
remove it.
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Delta Dental distributes
new insurance cards
Delta Dental, which provides dental insurance plans
for ITD and other state employees distributed new
membership cards this week that replace Social Security
numbers with personalized numbers.
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Missed
jury date? Watch for the scam
Here's a new twist scammers are using to commit
identity theft: the jury duty scam. The scammer
calls claiming to work for the local court and claims
you've failed to report for jury duty. He tells
you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest...
The scammer then asks the victim for confidential
information for "verification" purposes,
specifically, for the victim's Social Security number,
birth date, and sometimes even for credit card numbers
and other private information
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PIN
number thefts prompt warning
The continued refusal by major credit
card associations and financial institutions to
identify the source of a data compromise that has
resulted in a wave of debit card fraud worldwide
is fueling concerns about the scope of the problem.
It is also shining a spotlight on what may be growing
attempts by criminal gangs to compromise PIN-based
card transactions, which have until now been considered
extremely secure.
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Governor's
tourism conference scheduled in Lewiston
Members of Idaho's tourism and business industries,
along with the general public, are encouraged
to register online for the annual Governor's
Conference on Tourism, May 18, 19 at the Red
Lion Hotel in Lewiston. Visit www.visitidaho.org
and click on the Governor’s Conference
logo on the lower right.
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