emergency-services

Wisconsin finished upgrades on its 911 system, diverted $25 million of surplus funds from an emergency-services tax that was supposed to phase out when the necessary work was finished, and extended the tax.

State Budget Bunk Steven Malanga 2011

New York is a serial abuser: shortly after enacting a cell-phone tax to fund an emergency-services upgrade in 1991, a Buffalo News investigation found, the state began diverting the revenues, and it has been diverting them ever since.

State Budget Bunk Steven Malanga 2011

In the Motorola Solutions investigation, U.S. authorities are trying to determine whether Mr. Mensdorff-Pouilly, who lives in Austria, paid bribes to European officials on the company's behalf in order to win business, including a contract to upgrade Austria's emergency-services communications networks, the people familiar with the matter said.

U.S. Probes Motorola Solutions Joseph Palazzolo 2011

She points to her call on Rural/Metro Corp., an emergency-services provider that she identified as turnaround story, as an example of her strategy.

Health-Care Providers 2011

Everyone needs a basic miner's license, and those who treat prospecting as more than a hobby must also pay rates to the local council, an emergency-services levy, and often negotiate payments to landholders on Aboriginal-owned land.

Australians Catch Gold-Mining Fever David Fickling 2011

The Army Corps of Engineers, the National Weather Service, utilities and local emergency-services coordinators are meeting in places like Pittsburgh to assess the flood risk, which is pegged at the highest level in more than a decade in some cases.

Winter Blizzards Elevate Region's Flood Risk Kris Maher 2010

In Pittsburgh, known for its rivers, more than 200 emergency-services coordinators met last Friday to assess the region's preparedness for flooding.

Winter Blizzards Elevate Region's Flood Risk Kris Maher 2010

The Army Corps of Engineers, the National Weather Service, utilities and local emergency-services coordinators are meeting in places like Pittsburgh to assess the flood risk, which is pegged at the highest level in more than a decade in some cases.

Winter Blizzards Elevate Region's Flood Risk Kris Maher 2010

In Pittsburgh, known for its rivers, more than 200 emergency-services coordinators met last Friday to assess the region's preparedness for flooding.

Winter Blizzards Elevate Region's Flood Risk Kris Maher 2010

The Army Corps of Engineers, the National Weather Service, utilities and local emergency-services coordinators are meeting in places like Pittsburgh to assess the flood risk, which is pegged at the highest level in more than a decade in some cases.

Winter Blizzards Elevate Region's Flood Risk Kris Maher 2010