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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States and local governments will inherit radiation-monitoring equipment, filtering systems and more from the Department of Energy.
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A new partnership brings high-speed wireless Internet connectivity the city's businesses and consumers and the chance to develop mobile public safety applications to government.
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Chinese authorities use control of Internet access and routine snuffing of proxy Web sites to keep dissidents from spreading anti-Chinese sentiments.
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The state will install a communications system to link all New Jersey acute care hospitals.
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Many firms are hoping to cash in on homeland security.
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A dozen states have limited access to public records since Sept. 11, and journalists and civil rights groups aren't happy.
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The search engine has been blocked from Chinese ISPs for several days, sources said.
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Privacy groups worry about "total identification" practices of governments worldwide.
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A coordinator in the Justice Department would decide when to send multi-state alerts out on child abductions.
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More and more governments are turning to the Net to snoop electronically, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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Are those on the front lines equipped to deal with the political reality of homeland security?
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An integrated printing and mailing system helps Virginia Treasury Department produce checks more quickly and earn postal discounts.
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Federal prohibitions on open-access laws are causing confusion about what records states are required to release.
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Project delivers real-time access to multiple records-management systems.
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Lean state budgets mean an increased reliance on federal funds for a range of homeland security initiatives.
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The expansion of the Justice Department's wiretapping powers under the Patriot Act is causing some concern in Congress.
