People

Urban alert: Tracking harmful gases

Officials in Georgia, N.C. want sensor system to notify first responders

People

California nixes e-voting

California's secretary of state decertified all touch screen voting systems and asked the attorney general to consider criminal prosecution of Diebold Election Systems.

Digital Government

Safecom requirements laid out

First responders now have a document that spells out their needs for wireless interoperability.

People

Reality collides with e-voting

Elections officials find that the main problem is fitting technology into a people-based process.

People

Yoran: Locals must lead IT security

But DHS is ready to help, says the director of the department's National Cyber Security Division.

People

DHS, NSA team on cybersecurity

They plan to form National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

Acquisition

Wisconsin extends enterprise deals

Officials have started signing IT contracts that cover not only all state agencies, but also county, local, tribal and other government organizations.

Acquisition

Four vie for Texas Medicaid card

State officials want biometric cards to reduce Medicaid fraud and streamline the claims process.

Digital Government

Alabama to raise IT profile

Gov. Bob Riley plans to sign an executive order designed to reinvigorate the state's Office of Information Technology.

Modernization

Wireless goals coming

The statement of objectives for the Integrated Wireless Network will be released this summer, officials said.

People

Collaboration makes good neighbors

Economics, homeland security compel states, cities and counties to work together

People

Homeland security with a regional flavor

The Kansas City Regional Homeland Security Coordinating committee lives up to its name.

People

Portland group simulates crisis

A nonprofit organization uses game tech to train officials in reacting to disasters and terrorist attacks.

People

Safecom requirements released

It's the first comprehensive look at what public safety organizations at all levels of government consider their top technical and policy priorities for information sharing.

People

CopLink vendor focuses on interoperability

A Tucson, Ariz.-based company announced the creation of an interoperability certification program to accelerate future deployments.

People

Big Easy watches wirelessly

New Orleans' wireless video surveillance system is one of the first such citywide systems in the country.

People

DHS needs asset info

A national inventory of critical homeland security assets remains incomplete, but more money or personnel wouldn't speed up the process, an official said.

Digital Government

Texas center encrypts with NeoScale

The University of Texas Health Science Center spent $400,000 for a NeoScale system to encrypt and store data.

People

LA spends $13M for financial management

Los Angeles County will use a system from AMS.

People

DHS debuts info portal

The Lessons Learned Information Sharing system was unveiled in Oklahoma City on the ninth anniversary of the 1995 terrorist bombing.