Mary Morgan, a Nassau County information technology specialist, shows off the telephones she is assessing as part of a countywide efficiency effort in Mineola, N.Y. Nassau County is shutting off hundreds of unused telephone lines and reviewing their current stock of telephones as part of a cost-cutting initiative.
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published Monday, September 24th, 2012
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MINEOLA, N.Y. — In some places, it’s as simple as pulling the plug on thousands of unused telephone lines or installing software that automatically shuts off idle school computers to save on electric bills. Other places are doing such things as merging town fire departments, combining 911 centers or outsourcing collection of parking fines.
