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DC Features

• Wireless Sensors May Help Governments Monitor Health of Aging Infrastructure
  Minneapolis bridge collapse spurs monitoring innovations.
• How to Reduce E-mail Compliance Confusion
  "Many e-mail archiving solutions claim to be compliant. But compliant to what? The answer very much depends on where you are located and in which industry segment you operate."
• The Future of Our Highways - Vehicles That Communicate
  In the wake of the Minnesota tragedy, transportation departments are talking about using electronic monitoring to test the structural integrity of bridges. Funding for that could be tied in to funds for a smart-highway network.

DC US News

• U.S. Department of Justice Monitors Web Use with Cyfin Reporter
  Provides robust performance, accuracy and scalability, improved productivity and decreases in bandwidth consumption, legal liability and security threats.
  
• Justice Department Issues Report on Telecommunications
  Covers issues including the development of new facilities-based competition, wireless technologies as alternatives to wireline networks,
  
• Half of Tech Users Need Help With Cell Phones, Internet Connections, Other Devices
  Impatience and frustration as consumers try to get things fixed.
  
• New Jersey Secretary of State Supports Voter Verified Paper Record Legislation
  A pilot with a limited introduction of the modified AVC Advantage DRE Voting Machine with the APS Verivote Printer attachment would grant state and local election officials the time to thoroughly examine and resolve any problems with this new technology.
  
• Lakeland, Fla., Signs Contract for Red-Light Cameras
  Located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4, Lakeland is a community with close to 100,000 residents. More than three million people live within a 50-mile radius, and more than 8.5 million reside within a 100-mile radius of Lakeland.
  
• Close California Races Require 10 Percent Manual Count to Verify Computer Tally
  The registrar of voters of San Diego County sued the Secretary of State for imposing them, claiming that Bowen overstepped her authority and had issued "defacto" regulations.
  
• Consumer Watchdog Exposes Google Privacy Problems
  If Google won't solve its own privacy problems, the company must be prepared for regulators to put the brakes on its unprecedented growth.
  

DC International News

• RFID: From Fish to Flowerpots
  1.5 million RFID cards sold to the Warsaw Transport Department in Poland.
  
• Real-Time Text Aims to Improve Internet Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  "Internet Telephony ... breaks the traditional text telephone, which deaf and hard of hearing people used in the past to call each other."
  
• EU Commissioner for Competition Speaks on Technology and Open Standards
  "It is simplistic to assume that we can fix on a standard today, without paying
  attention to the risk of being locked-in tomorrow."
  
• Colombia to Purchase 65,000 XO Laptops
  "We are very pleased that Colombia has committed to working with us to in order to bring a modern education to their primary school children."
  
• Microsoft Partners with One Laptop Per Child
  Windows, in addition to Linux, on the XO laptop.
  
• Satellite Technology Tracks Mexican, U.S. Trucks
  GPS-based technology will allow real-time tracking of truck location and document border and state-line crossings.
• Asia's first 'Pay-Buy Mobile' Trial
  
  This trial marks a milestone in mobile contactless history and is also a key advancement in services for Taiwan.