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Technology News

The Technology News section provides access to all State of Illinois press releases that have been published about how the state is utilizing, promoting, and leveraging technology through programs such as the Illinois Century Network, and PKI, under the direction of the Illinois Technology Office. Included in this topic are a wealth of issues, including nanotechnology, biotechnology, and other technological advances.

12/20/11 - 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
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.

11/04/11 - 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
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.

11/02/11 - 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
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.

RAW TAPE: Governor joins in opening new research facility at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Audio includes IIT Provost Alan Cramb, Governor Pat Quinn, U.S. EDA's Don Katha and All Cell Technologies CEO Said Al-Hallaj.