Government Technology

Corey McKenna

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

U.S. Government Providing All Hazards Alert Radios for Nation's Schools
September 04, 2008 - Alerts can include an approaching tornado, a telephone outage disrupting 911 emergency services, local roads overrun by flash floods, chemical releases or oil spills, or the urgent need to be on the lookout for an abducted child.

Virginia Receives $13.5 Million in Highway Safety Grants
August 13, 2008 - "These grants enable localities, state agencies and non-profit organizations to support programs that address a wide range of transportation safety needs."

Keep Your Shoes On, TSA Plans to Relax Screening Requirements for Laptops
August 12, 2008 - The agency is working on solving the "biggest complaint about the security screening process."

Anthrax Investigation Blazes Trail for Forensic Science, Provides Plausible Answers
August 08, 2008 - "We faced a weapon which we had never, ever faced before in our life, [and] an inability to trace that evidence such we do with either DNA or firearms or fingerprints."

Hope of Answers in Mystery of Anthrax Attacks
August 07, 2008 - Scientists track flipped DNA sequence to United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick.

Immersive GIS to Engage Citizens Like Never Before
August 01, 2008 - Transportation, public health, economic development and a school finder among rich geospatial applications now available.

Grants Gaining Traction on Reducing Risk, Chertoff Says
July 31, 2008 - Law Enforcement Terrorism Protection grants eliminated in favor of adjustments to the Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Program.

Governor Plans to Give Minnesotans Access to Electronic Health Records by 2011
July 31, 2008 - Department of Finance and Employee Relations (DFER) to seek proposals for a secure and portable online personal health portfolio for state's employees in 2009.

Napa Valley, Calif., School District Excited About Hybrid Bus
July 30, 2008 - Emissions of particulate matter have been reduced by up to 90 percent.

Governor Rell Directs DPUC to Ensure Connecticut Ready for Electric Vehicles
July 29, 2008 - "It is critical that Connecticut actively engage in the ongoing dialogue in order to maintain its national leadership in the adoption and integration of [electric vehicles]."

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Collaboration for the Public Sector



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