Public Safety / Justice

News Features

• New York City, London Announce "Innovation Exchange" Program
  

  New York and London exchange program designed to share best practices in government innovation such as making government more transparent, accountable, accessible and efficient, with an emphasis on public safety and emergency management.

• Ohio 9-1-1 System Facing Critical Funding Challenges, Says Report
  

  A gap between the types of communications devices people use and those able to fully benefit from access to 9-1-1 services.

• ACT Announces 2008 Intergovernmental Solutions Award Finalists
  

  ACCESS NYC, Montana TankHelper, Pennsylvania Satellite Warning System and Virtual Alabama are state and local finalists.

• Three Florida County Agencies to Receive Award
  

  Clerk of Courts uses technology including expanded e-systems to facilitate record sharing and collection.

• Alabama Emergency Management System Achieves National Accreditation
  

  "I commend our Alabama Emergency Management Agency and emergency preparedness teams all across the state for this major milestone."

• APCO Wins Award For Missing Child Response Standard
  

  National competition award created specifically for emergency calltakers to present the missing and/or sexually exploited child response process in a logical progression from the initial call through the first response.

• Surveillance System to Capture Illegal Dumpers
  

  A move funded by the city of Philadelphia and made possible by the cooperative efforts of the Police Neighborhood Services Unit, the DA's office and the Streets Department.

• California Attorney General Expands DNA Search Policy to Relatives of Suspects
  

  Can provide the identity of a person in the DNA database who is the close relative of a suspect.

• FCC's Emergency Alert Ruling May Spur Use of Cell Broadcast Technology
  

  With SMS, a message is delivered point-to-point or from phone-to-phone, but cell broadcast delivers a message simultaneously from one point to many phones.

• DNA Test Releases Man After 23 Years in Prison
  

  Overall, 31 people have been exonerated through DNA testing in Texas, 14 of them in Dallas County.

Member News

State of Minnesota Signs Agreement with Microsoft for Single Email System

The State of Minnesota has signed an agreement with Microsoft to provide a single email and calendaring system for the entire executive branch.

Microsoft and Illinois State Police Collaborate on Best Practices and Information Technology Architecture for Homeland Security Fusion Centers

Architecture to be a model for agencies and departments across all jurisdictions.

Smead Debuts Records Management System for Health and Human Services

The system is designed to help case file workers, supervisors and administrators maintain control of case loads.

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