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      <description>United States Government News| Federal Government news, press releases,  health alerts, consumer alerts, grant notices, us gov public awareness notices, government issues, U.S. grants, government jobs, Identity theft prevention, U.S. government product recalls</description>


      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:57:38 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Temporary RN, LVN, PT Staff Contract Opportunity</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Announcements_9/Temp_Relief_RN_LVN_PT_Staff_Contract.shtml</link>


        <category>Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;Contract services to provide&amp;nbsp;temporary/Relief RN(s), LVN(s), and PT(s) are to provide medical, surgical, and specialty services such as emergency medicine, psychiatric or nursing care, etc. to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for the care of patients at Coalinga State Hospital (CSH). Temporary/Relief RN, LVN, PT services shall be used only when patient acuity levels or appropriate staffing levels cannot be maintained with civil services staff.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:32:14 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>eLearning Contract Solicitation</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/eLearning_for_LearningPASS.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;The purpose of this RFQ is to solicit proposals from vendors to provide eLearning through LearningPASS for the Department of Technology Services (DTS) and its customers.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:45:22 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Asbestos, Mold and Lead Assessment, Testing, Training, Consultation Contract Opportunity</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Asbestos_Mold_and_Lead_Assessment_Testing_Training_Consultation_Contract_Opportunity.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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	&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Verdana&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;The State of California is seeking a contractor to 
		&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;furnish all labor, including travel and per diem, materials, nonconsumable supplies, transportation, equipment, and every other item of expense necessary to perform Asbestos, Mold and Lead Assessment, Testing, Training, and Consultation Services specified herein for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Folsom State Prison (FSP) located at Prison Road, Represa, California 95671&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt; 
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:39:21 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>California Files Complaint Against New Orleans Based Janitorial Services Contractor</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Announcements_9/California_Files_Complaint_Against_New_Orleans_Based_Janitorial_Services_Contractor.shtml</link>


        <category>Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;California Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet today filed a complaint in San Diego County Superior Court charging that Tidy Building Services, Inc., based in New Orleans, illegally entered into contracts which failed to provide adequate funds to its San Diego County subcontractors, who then disregarded state tax and labor laws. &lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:13:27 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>2008 Contractors License Law &amp; Reference Book Now Available</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Announcements_9/2008_Contractors_License_Law_Reference_Book_Now_Available.shtml</link>


        <category>Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;This year&#39;s issue of the annual Contractors State License Board (CSLB) California Contractors License Law &amp;amp; Reference Book is now available for purchase or for online viewing. The publication includes easy reference to new laws that became effective January 1, 2008, in the &quot;Summary of Major Changes to Contractor Law&quot; section at the beginning of the book.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:01:19 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Solar Power Contract Opportunity</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Solar_Power.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;The state of California is seek a contractor to finance, design, engineer, construct, install, operate and maintain 3rd Party owned solar photovoltaic power generating system at State host facilities under a site license agreement. The solar power generated will be delivered and sold to the State host facility under a power purchase agreement for a term of 20 years. Systems anticipated to be installed include roof mounted arrays, parking canopy systems, and one large ground mounted array.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:28:41 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Outpatient Sex Offender Treatment Contract Announcement</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Outpatient_Sex_Offender_Treatment.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;Contractor shall provide Outpatient Sex Offender Treatment services for parolees under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. &lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:06:14 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Solar Power Contract Opportunity</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Announcements_9/Solar_Power_Contract_Opportunity.shtml</link>


        <category>Announcements</category>


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	&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;State of California needs a contractor to finance, design, engineer, construct, install, operate and maintain 3rd Party owned solar photovoltaic power generating system at State host facilities under a site license agreement. The solar power generated will be delivered and sold to the State host facility under a power purchase agreement for a term of 20 years. Systems anticipated to be installed include roof mounted arrays, parking canopy systems, and one large ground mounted array. Total estimated solar power generating capacity for this RFP is 9.6 MW ac. This encompasses 15 State host facilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:30:40 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Brown Sues Contractor For Employee Rip-off</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Announcements_9/Brown_Sues_Contractor_For_Employee_Rip-off.shtml</link>


        <category>Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;LOS ANGELES--California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today sued Interwall Development Systems, one of Los Angeles’s largest drywall contractors, for employing a &quot;sophisticated and heartless scheme&quot; to cheat hundreds of its employees out of at least $5 million in wages and benefits. &lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:12:05 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Court Upholds Corrections Finding that Contractor Misused One Million in Taxpayer Dollars</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Announcements_9/Court_Upholds_Corrections_Finding_that_Contractor_Misused_One_Million_in_Taxpayer_Dollars.shtml</link>


        <category>Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;SACRAMENTO – A contractor for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) accused of misusing taxpayer dollars in violation of state protocols must return over $1 million in fees and equipment, according to a December 28, 2007 ruling by the Sacramento Superior Court.&amp;nbsp; The court upheld earlier findings by an Administrative Review Committee (ARC) appointed by CDCR which found that the Amity Foundation must relinquish ownership of a half-million dollars in seized production equipment and pay more than a half-million dollars for unallowable purchases and operating costs.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:47:15 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Public Relations Contract Opportunity for the California Office of Homeland Security</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Public_Relations_ContractOpportunity_for_the_California_Office_of_Homeland_Security.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;California Volunteers received federal grant funds through the California Office of Homeland Security to implement a disaster readiness initiative. CV has elected to target $250,000 of these funds to construct a tool kit that can be used by the various trained disaster volunteer organizations, i.e. Community Emergency Response Teams, Medical Reserve Corps, Fire Corps and others, to identify themselves as part of the state Disaster Volunteer Corps. &lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:35:36 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Foreign Language Interpreting Services Contract Opportunity -Deadline January 30th</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Foreign_Language_Interpreting_Services_Contract_Opportunity_-Deadline_January_30th.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;Contract to be performed for Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) with foreign language interpreting services to assist in effective communication between BPH staff and Inmates/parolees with language barriers.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:22:13 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Outpatient Sex Offender Treatment, Region I Parole Contract Announcement</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Outpatient_Sex_Offender.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;Contractor shall provide Outpatient Sex Offender Treatment services for parolees under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Services must be provided for parolees located within the Region I Parole area. Bid packages can be obtained by downloading the bid package, calling the bid line, or requesting via fax. When requesting bid packages by fax or bid line, CLEARLY indicate Bid No, phone and fax numbers contact person, and COMPLETE mailing address.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:35:47 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Vehicle Auction Reminder: Los Angeles World Airports Impounded Vehicles, December 22</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Announcements_9/Vehicle_Auction_Reminder.shtml</link>


        <category>Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;Los Angeles World Airports IMPOUNDED VEHICLES Auction will happen on December 22, 2007.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:19:24 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>DIR prohibits Marin contractor from bidding on public works contracts</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/DIR_prohibits_Marin_contractor_from_bidding_on_public_works_contracts.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;The California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DIR/DAS), which oversees apprentices in public works projects, has issued an order prohibiting Christopher J. Augusto Plumbing Company of Marin County from bidding on or receiving any public works contracts for three years.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:25:20 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Drug Screening Services RFP - Bid Submittal Deadline 11/27/2007</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Drug_Screening_Services_RFP.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;td class=&quot;content&quot; wrap&gt;Contractor agrees to provide to the Department of Mental Health, Coalinga State Hospital, services as described herein; services are to provide NIDA 5 urine drug screening for Coalinga State Hospital employees, potential employees, staff, and other person as ordered by the Coalinga State Hospital Physicians&lt;/td&gt;
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:52:57 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Pre-Employment Physical Exam Services RFP - Bid Submittal Deadline 12/5/2007 4:30 PM</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Pre-Employment_Physical_Exam_Services_RFP_-.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;These services are to provide comprehensive pre-employment physical exams for the Department of Mental Health, Coalinga State Hospital, employees, potential employees, staff, and other persons as ordered by the Coalinga State Hospital physician.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:44:59 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Server Based Computing Service RFP- Bid Submittal Deadline 12/6/2007</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Server_Based_Computing_Service.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;Server Based Computing Service consulting services for the State of California, &amp;nbsp;Department of Technology Services&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:38:28 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Mobile Ultrasound Services RFP - Bid Submittal Deadline 11/26/2007</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Mobile_Ultrasound_Services_RFP.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;This is a Master Agreement where the Contractor agrees to provide all labor, staff, transportation, license, permits and every other item of expense necessary to provide Mobile Ultrasound Testing on an as-needed basis to treat any inmate/patient referred for such medical services at any California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) referred for such services by the CDCR. &lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:31:20 PST</pubDate>


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        <title>Debt Collection Services RFP- Bid Submittal Deadline 12/5/2007</title>


        <link>http://communitydispatch.com/Contract_Solicitation___RFP_Announcements_84/Debt_Collection_Services_RFP.shtml</link>


        <category>Contract Solicitation | RFP Announcements</category>


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&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt&quot;&gt;The California Department of Insurance is soliciting proposals for the selection of a prime contractor to provide debt collection services. Proposer organizations must have been in the debt collection service for at least five (5) years, and must have at least one California office.&lt;/span&gt;</description>


        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:15:25 PST</pubDate>


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