Justice & Public Safety
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Local law enforcement praises the devices, hundreds of which are in place, for helping solve crimes. Privacy and surveillance concerns, however, persist among critics and industry watchers. -
Through electronic queueing and a pilot of drive-through court services, the governments hope to handle a rise in court transactions driven largely by an increase in traffic violations around school buses.
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A donation of more than $400,000 enabled the county police department to add two new drones to its fleet of seven. Among residents, however, concerns over being surveilled persist.
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The integrated criminal justice database provides new information on inmates in jails in 65 counties.
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The controversial program will not be implemented until Congress adjourns in the fall.
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Sixty-four local health departments are already connected to the alert network.
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The president said he will not release $5 billion in anti-terrorism funding, part of which includes money for state and local governments.
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Included in the bill was $100 million that was earmarked to improve first responders' communications systems.
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The site's content will focus on eight civics issues, such as the death penalty, juvenile justice and Web censorship.
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The Massachusetts Port Authority's airport monitor is scheduled to go live on Monday.
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Though e-mail and electronic files present new types of evidence, law enforcement and prosecutors have to learn how to collect the evidence.
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The information includes e-mails from Stewart's laptop and phone records from her company.
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The system debuted lat week and will match fingerprints with photos and other relevant information.
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PayPal can no longer process payments from residents of the state for online gambling.
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The state will track possible environmental causes of cancer.
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The Capital Wireless Integrated Network will be built over the next two years.
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Officials are looking to strike the right balance between the public's right to view documents and the risks associated with access to certain information.
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The consulting firm's bragging to The Washington Post about how easy it was to crack into military computer got the wrong kind of attention.
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Working from shared principles and priorities is a must, according to the NGA.
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GPS bracelets can pinpoint a child's location to within a few feet.
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The company said its new product will help commanders keep track of personnel responding to an emergency situation.
