LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she would continue to seek the re-opening of the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility despite Tuesday's announcement by President Barack Obama that alleged terrorist detainees housed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be transferred to an Illinois prison, not Standish. The Obama administration's announcement that the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson,
DETROIT ? Henry Argasinski, is the real estate and facilities manager for TechTown, at Wayne State University. He said in this Newsmaker Interview that the mix of unique tenants makes his job of assembling the jig jaw puzzle of office design challenging. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DEARBORN ? Douglas Vos, a 25-year Information Technology specialist, is now dabbling in web design, IT and Social Media Strategies, and hyperlocal community web sites for his new company IX Publishing, based at Wayne State University's TechTown. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - Transportation groups are gearing up for an effort in January to convince the Michigan Legislature to pass an increase in the gasoline tax to shore up road funding, whose decline has forced the state to shelve construction projects and put at risk federal money. John Niemela, director of the County Road Association of
DETROIT - Michigan InfraGard is a Public-Private Partnership for professional networking and mutual aid. In the Michigan InfraGard Members Alliance Chapter, you will find an amazing breadth and depth of resources led by a diverse set of knowledgeable experts whom you can access to help solve your business problems and plan the future of your
TROY ? Security Expert Richard Stiennon will be the speaker for the Dec. 17 meeting of Motor City ISSA at Walsh College in the new auditorium. RSVPs are required Friday to attend this event. His topic will be the Escalation - The Events of 2009 and Their Cyber Defense Implications. A ground breaking investigation from
SOUTHFIELD - Ballots have been sent for the 2010 Office Election to all members in good standing. The election is open from Sunday, December 6th through Sunday, December 13th. The ballot gives you the opportunity to vote for the nominated candidate or to submit a write-in vote for the member of your choice. Please ensure
TROY - On January 7 and January 18, Walsh College will hold informational meetings at regarding a U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance. The meetings will be held at the Troy campus at 5 p.m. Room to be determined. February 12 is the deadline to apply for the scholarships, available
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Association for Computing Machinery and its partners are launching Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) to uncover and remedy the inadequacy of the nation's computer science education system at the K-12 level. While five of the top 10 fastest growing jobs are in computing-related fields, the percent of schools with rigorous high
LANSING - Finally, some good news as far as the state's fiscal situation is concerned: November's tax revenues netted state coffers $1.6 billion, 0.8 percent more than was raised in November 2008, and the first time monthly revenues have shown an increase since January. Even the good news was tempered with conditions, however. While an