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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Will geospatial Web applications change the way local governments present information to the public?
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention propose a plan for tracking airline passengers electronically to contain the spread of infectious diseases.
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Alabama launches new Web site to help law enforcement agencies find Alzheimer's patients who stray from care facilities.
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Virginia public schools will be required to teach students about Internet safety under a new state law.
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Creates interoperability between communications equipment that typically has not been designed to allow various military and civilian responders to talk to each other
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Benefits will be divided among the state of California and local government entities to obtain cash refunds upon the purchase of any brand of qualifying computer hardware and software
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Not many consumers know about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), a wireless technology that allows objects and people to be tagged and tracked
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Possible $500 million contract
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Support for First Responders to be major theme at upcoming Government/Industry conference in Reston, VA
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The Federal Trade Commission is offering an explanation of social networking sites, and guidance for both parents and their kids about how to safely use them
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Collaborative effort that will likely pay-off for everyone in increased responsiveness and flexibility in a security-enhanced environment for public safety
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Gives people the ability to lift a freeze on their credit report within 15 minutes by September 1, 2008
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Named best in government category
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Designed to improve communication and collaboration among medical professionals and researchers by helping them collect and share health data
