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Boise, ID 83707
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10-5-07

Highways
State Communications Center reaches milestone
It began with a vision to unite geographically diverse Idaho through an interconnected communications system that would coordinate emergency responses and make travel safer for Idahoans. Three decades later, the State Communications Center has evolved into a model of multi-agency collaboration that is unmatched across the nation. The center, located on the Idaho State Police campus in Meridian, celebrates 30 years of service this month.
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Special guests help inaugurate new I-84 project
With a backhoe excavator parked near the westbound lanes of Interstate 84, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, legislators, city officials and others gathered in eastern Boise Sept. 27 to mark the start of major improvements to the highway.The groundbreaking ceremony on the Eisenman Overpass included Otter, Idaho Senate Transportation Committee Chairman John McGee, Sen. Elliot Werk, Idaho Transportation Board Member Monte McClure, Nampa Mayor Tom Dale and others.
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Aeronautics
May your flight and landing always be smooth
After 20 years of flying the state’s aircraft – with missions as varied as transporting the governor to meetings and events, to hauling building materials to Thomas Creek to repair the outhouse – Ray Glidden has decided to hang up his headset. It is safe to say that there is not an inch of Idaho that has not attracted his gaze from on high.
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Non-pilot Mark Young honored for aviation service
Mark Young is not a pilot. The Oregon native drove logging trucks, operated heavy equipment, worked as a commercial vehicle inspector and eventually became manager of Idaho’s Ports of Entry. But he has never operated an aircraft. Then again, neither did his immediate predecessor in ITD’s Division of Aeronautics.
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Highway safety
Impaired driving campaign leads to 200 DUI arrests
Idaho law enforcement agencies took advantage of overtime assistance from ITD's Office of Highway Operations and Safety (OHOS) and increased patrols to arrest impaired drivers in August and over the Labor Day weekend. Preliminary numbers show that the state police, along with county sheriffs and local police departments across the state, made 200 driving under the influence (DUI) arrests.
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Information Technology
Employees urged to guard important resource - computers
First of two parts:
What does Cyber Security mean to ITD employees? The policy of the state of Idaho is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information provided to the State by its citizens. The state is required to protect information from unauthorized access, modification, destruction or disclosure, and to ensure the physical security of information.

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Human Resources
Re-enrollment of dependents dropped from medical/dental coverage

The Department of Administration, Office of Group Insurance has worked closely with Blue Cross of Idaho and Delta Dental of Idaho to implement legislation that extends the age for dependent children to be eligible for health insurance coverage to 25, if unmarried and eligible to be claimed as dependents on your most recent federal income tax return.
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BPA offers tips on finances for couples
Business Psychology Associates, the state’s employee assistance program provider, offers the following suggestions to couples that are struggling with finances.

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Bearly hanging in there ...

Rescuers come to aid of stranded bear
A bear is walking across a bridge, high above a river. He looks one direction and sees a car approaching. He looks the other direction and sees another car. His life flashes before him. What should the bear do?
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Transportation board
Board votes to submit $134 million GARVEE request
Following a comprehensive report on the GARVEE program and staff recommendations on options for continuing to move it forward, the Idaho Transportation Board voted to seek an additional $134 million in grant authorization from the 2008 Legislature. The board voted to advance that funding request at its monthly business meeting Thursday (Sept. 20) in Pocatello.
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Motor Vehicles
DMV, Correctional Industries introduce digital plates
ITD, its Division of Motor Vehicles, and the Idaho Department of Correction jointly unveiled four new license plate designs – the first to be produced in a new digital format – during a Tuesday news conference at Correctional Industries. Sales began Tuesday (Sept. 24) for the Breast Cancer Awareness, Idaho Historic Preservation, Elks Rehabilitation Hospital and National Rifle Association plates.
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What customers should know
Idaho is changing the way license plates are produced by adopting the latest technology of digital “flat” plates, making the transition from traditional embossed plates. As a motorist, you will notice very little change in the way you apply for and renew your standard plates.
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Collaboration leads to savings, completion of project

Corporate IT, the Division of Motor Vehicles and county assessors took a unique, collaborative route to reach a milestone in the DMV Modernization Project recently, explains Shannon Barnes, Project Management Office Administrator. The project improves services and technical infrastructure at the county licensing offices.
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Administration

ATM machines provide customer, employee service

Commercial truck drivers who wanted to pay for permits at the East Boise Point of Entry needed to provide plastic – either a Visa or MasterCard credit cards – to conduct their transactions. Until this week. Installation of new automated teller machines (ATMs) at both the eastbound and westbound ports near Boise enable truck drivers to extract cash to pay for fines and permits.
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