<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Illinois IGNN: Technology News</title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link><description>The Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) section is your online source for news from the State of Illinois. Choose from the IGNN Links on the right to locate press releases in the categories that are of interest to you, or use the search the news feature to locate specific press releases or a different topic of releases. For other media, access the Illinois Information Service (IIS) Radio page for digital radio feeds and news soundbites.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright &#169; 2012 State of Illinois</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:32:04 CST</pubDate><ttl>2</ttl><webMaster>cms.rss@illinois.gov</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:32:04 CST</lastBuildDate><image>  <title>IGNN</title>  <link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link>  <url>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/images/IGNN133x45.jpg</url>  <width>133</width>  <height>45</height>   </image><!-- Note: You can get the HTML version by replacing .xml to .htm --><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Announces More Than $17 Million Capital Funding for College of Lake County - New Science Classroom Building for Grayslake Campus Will Create More Than 120 Construction Jobs, Prepare Students for 21st Century Careers]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=4&#x26;RecNum=9935</link><description><![CDATA[GRAYSLAKE – December 20, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced more than $17 million in Illinois Jobs Now!  capital funding for construction of a new science building and  renovation of existing science facilities at the College of Lake County’s Grayslake campus. The project will create more than 160 construction jobs and allow CLC campus facilities to keep pace with recent enrollment growth.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">5D293363C4BE77F134214BEC786E2FEB</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Announces Major Expansion of Illinois’ Open Data Initiative - Addition of Federal Datasets Pushes Total Sets Available on Data.Illinois.gov to Nearly 5,000]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=4&#x26;RecNum=9840</link><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – November 4, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced a major expansion of the information available on Illinois’ open data portal, Data.Illinois.gov. The state recently received approval from the federal government to provide more than 4,700 additional datasets containing Illinois-related information collected by a number of federal agencies. This brings total datasets available through Data.Illinois.gov to nearly 5,000. Illinois’ open data portal is an initiative of Governor Quinn’s Illinois Innovation Council.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">62306523B3C77C077B2938F0D6AB91F5</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Opens New Research Facility at Illinois Institute of Technology - $7.2 Million State Investment in Incubator-South Facility will Accelerate Growth of Startup Companies in Illinois]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=4&#x26;RecNum=9833</link><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – November 2, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by officials from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in opening a new research facility in IIT’s University Technology Park (UTP) that will provide space for more than 30 startup companies focusing on life sciences, biotech, engineering, materials and chemical research to take their innovations to the next level.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">247411FABF61B4245EAAEE76924795B7</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn, President Preckwinkle Announce Major Infrastructure Investment in South Suburbs - $16 Million State-County Partnership will Create Jobs and Strengthen Communities]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=4&#x26;RecNum=9829</link><description><![CDATA[SOUTH HOLLAND – October 28, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn was joined today by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to announce a $16 million state-county commitment to infrastructure improvement in South Suburban Cook County. Funded by the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program, the state’s $6.1 million investment complements a $10 million pledge from Cook County. More than 70 miles of new, underground fiber optic cable will bring world-class high-speed network connections to dozens of community anchor institutions, including hospitals, libraries and schools in Harvey, Calumet Park, Robbins, Dixmoor, Riverdale and Markham.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">BBFB937A66597D9646AD992009AEE405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Quinn Opens First Chicago Ideas Week - Proclaims “Ideas Week” in Illinois to Support Innovation]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=4&#x26;RecNum=9784</link><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – October 10, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today opened the first-ever Chicago Ideas Week conference and proclaimed this week “Ideas Week” in Illinois. Chicago Ideas Week is a seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, that will focus on bringing the world’s best speakers together with the Midwest’s best thinkers. Today’s event follows Governor Quinn’s launch of a program last week to give Illinois entrepreneurs access to $78 million in capital for new and innovative business ideas.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">FAC7FEAD96DAFCEAF80C1DAFFEAE82A4</guid></item></channel></rss>
