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HHS gives $5.4 million to Mexico
The money is meant to enhance biological incident warning systems shared with four states.
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Local governments use GIS
A majority of local governments are using and benefiting from geographic information system applications and mapping technology, a new national survey shows.
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Grant listings hit Internet
Grants.gov provides online information on federal grant opportunities.
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Vote machine makers form council
The Election Technology Council will create an ethics code, recommend standards and certification and review security practices.
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Cerritos aims for citywide Wi-Fi
It will be one of the first communities to have citywide broadband Internet access using wireless LAN technology.
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New York MTA expands info online
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority uses knowledge management software from RightNow Technologies.
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Ohio official blocks touch screen voting
Makers of electronic voting machines must fix security weaknesses before Ohio voters will be allowed to use them, a state official said.
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Security groups look at community needs, security governance
Five task forces formed at the National Cyber Security Summit have until March 1 to develop measures.
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Hardware coming for defense credentialing pilot
The military will distribute DCIS equipment to four companies.
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Corpus Christi port buys security technology
Adesta will get $1.8 million to install cameras, software, sensors and an access control system linked on a fiber network.
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Lieberman blasts Bush on terrorist lists
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee says the administration is taking too long to merge watch lists.
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SF adopts crime mapping tool
Police in San Francisco use CrimeMAPS to plot crime data and filter it through geospatial layers.
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Intelligence officials call for info-sharing organization
A federation or network of networks, is the cornerstone of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing plan.
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USC to study terrorism and economics
The university will get $12 million in federal funding to establish the first Center for Excellence under a Homeland Security program.
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Utah eREP merges welfare systems
The Utah Cares is the first component of the state's Electronic Resource and Eligibility Product.
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Davis requests US-VISIT info
The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee wonders how DHS and State officials will work together.
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Boots and suits
Although interoperable communication has been a major national goal, governments have been slow to act on it...
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Feds think regionally
Rethinking how best to finance the mobilization of homeland security-related resources, federal officials are exploring funding regions in addition to states and cities.
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