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4-23-04
Transforming
the Transporter
Significant changes are around the corner for the ITD
Transporter and the way you obtain transportation news
from the department and beyond our borders. Easier,
faster and more timely...
Watch for the changes in May!
Board
approves salary increase package for ITD employees
The Idaho Transportation Board,
acknowledging the value it places on department employees
throughout the state, last week approved a plan to increase
its investment in salaries by more than $1.8 million in
June.
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Transportation
Board views District 2 between raindrops
Rain, sleet, and snow didnt
dampen the Transportation Boards tour of District
2 on April 15. Adjustments were made to the tour in an
effort to keep the group dry at various stops along the
way.
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HEALTH
INSURANCE TRANSITION
Information
meetings begin with large turnouts
Idaho
employees turned out en masse this week at the first
informational meetings about changes in employee health
insurance plans. Representatives of the states
new plan provider (Blue Cross) and the state Department
of Administration welcomed capacity crowds in Boise
Monday.
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Online
forms will make enrollment easier, more accurate
The
Group Insurance Office of the Department of Administration
announced this week that Blue Cross will have an online
form available to help state employees complete the
new enrollment process.
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Fitness
program will land participants in 'Olympics'
So youve never pictured
yourself as an Olympic athlete. Your high jump is a
short leap, a long distance run is more like a slow
walk to the mailbox and weightlifting describes your
effort to get out of bed in the morning. Quit watching
others exert energy on television and start exerting
your own.
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Reward
offered for efficiency-producing ideas
The
state of Idaho wants employees in the trenches to provide
input about making state government programs
and processes more efficient, and ultimately
save both financial and human resources. Legislators
last year created an incentive program that will reward
employees for innovative ways of achieving those efficiencies.
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Idaho
receives funds to battle drunk driving
Idaho
will receive about $208,000 in federal funds to help combat
drunk driving. A total of $22 million is being awarded
among the states, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman
Y. Mineta announced earlier this week.
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AAMVA
Star Search shines on Callie Wrigley
Callie
Wrigleys efforts to expedite and simplify a records
process wont land her a lucrative recording contract
or acting role. But it will provide regional peer recognition
through a "Star Search" program.
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Questions,
suggestions or story ideas may be directed to:
Mel
Coulter, ITD Public Affairs
1.208.334.8002
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Washington
project wants women, minorities
Oregon
web site to track congestion, speed
Otter:
Bill contained too many unrelated projects
Dig
unearths interesting items along U.S. 12
Bonding
would save time on highway projects
Milestones
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