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Urban alert: Tracking harmful gases
Officials in Georgia, N.C. want sensor system to notify first responders
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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.
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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.
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Collaboration makes good neighbors
Economics, homeland security compel states, cities and counties to work together
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Homeland security with a regional flavor
The Kansas City Regional Homeland Security Coordinating committee lives up to its name.
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Portland group simulates crisis
A nonprofit organization uses game tech to train officials in reacting to disasters and terrorist attacks.
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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.
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CopLink vendor focuses on interoperability
A Tucson, Ariz.-based company announced the creation of an interoperability certification program to accelerate future deployments.
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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.
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