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Look Inside Cook County
This video magazine cable program offers in-depth views
of various Cook County and Forest Preserve District
programs, services and activities. View the latest episodes
online below or check the cable viewing schedule for
times in your area.
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Cook
County Modernization Efforts
length - 29:50 minutes
(original air date - July 2007)
In this episode, A Look Inside Cook County
focuses on modernization improvements to make the County
more efficient, increase accountability in services
provided throughout County Government, and bring the
County into the 21st century. The show features improvements
in the County's Office of the Purchasing Agent, Human
Resources, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Environmental
Control and Highway Department.
(Requires Windows Media Player)
Show
Title: Modernization Efforts in Cook County
Segments (time track - segment)
0:00
- Introduction
1:00 - County's new Procurement Ordinance and new online
tools for bid notifications and awards
7:07 -
Public Service Announcements: Mail Order Pharmacy, CORE
Center, Forest Preserve District Golf Reservations,
"Take it Outside" anti-smoking campaign
10:20 - Modernizations in the County's Human Resources
department
13:13 - Cook County Geographical Information Systems
new Digital Photography project, recording land parcels
in the county
15:38 - Public Service Announcements: Forest Preserve
District Golf Reservations, Forest Preserve District
"Live Healthy, Discover Nature", Mail Order
Pharmacy, "Take it Outside" anti-smoking campaign,
"Fight the Bite" West Nile Virus awareness.
20:00 - Environmental Control database speeds asbestos
compliance turnaround times
24:30 - Highway Department's "green roads"
program uses recycled paving materials for new suface
construction
28:19 - Closing Credits |