Volume 26 • No 11 • 2003
ISSN 0742-468X • Since 1978
On-line Since 2000
Out of the Box
Editor's note: In “Out of the Box” we bring you news snippets that are not necessarily related specifically to GIS. These are items that come across my screen that help me understand our industry, by understanding the world around us. For the complete article just click “Details Here.” Think of it as thinking Out of the Box
In State and Local Government …
• Election battleground looms in South Carolina
Democrats scramble for what they see as key state.
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•Opponents of a Navy landing field proposed for Washington County have twice sought, and so far failed, to persuade state legislators to repeal a law that blocks the state from having a say in what happens to the land.
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In Technology …
• Bush Signs Spam Act. Despite grumbling from anti-spam hard-liners, President George W. Bush yesterday signed the Can-Spam Act into law, laying down what the administration called the first national "rules of the road" for the junk-mail-clogged information superhighway.
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• The beginning of the end of Java as we know it? Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated.
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• Boeing launches new GPS satellite
The $45 million Global Positioning System 2R satellite built by Lockheed Martin will join a constellation of 28 GPS satellites operated by the Air Force. It will replace one of the original GPS satellites launched in 1990, the Air Force said.
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In Utilities …
• PG&E rethinks executive bonuses. A little-noticed but rich bonus program that would shower an $80 million cash windfall on 17 current and former top executives of PG&E Corp. early next year is "under review," the company said late Friday.
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• American Electric Power chose the head of a New England based utility as its new president and chief executive.
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