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The County of Los Angeles Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Program has developed a single, comprehensive geographic database of locations countywide. The scope of this information is broad, including locations of services, points of interest, physical features, to name a few. Join PTI and the LA County Office of the CIO for a free webinar on this GIS initiative, Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 2:00-3:00 PM ET. Register at this link.
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Telecommunications & IT
Verizon sent a mass text message from "U.S. Govern" warning NJ citizens to take shelter in a civil emergency, prompting a large increase in calls to local police. The message -- from the new Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) -- was a test, according to Verizon, but not marked as such. Local authorities were not notified of a test. CMAS alerts, from local, state or federal agencies, must be approved by FEMA before public release. CMAS is expected to be fully implemented by the end of 2012.
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When you review the terms of service for the world's largest cloud providers, responsibility for a breach of customer data lies exclusively with the customer.
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The FCC and the Knight Foundation have chosen winning apps that directly connect citizens to public information, like social services, job listings, fresh food locations, resources for the homeless and education training.
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If government databases tagged the name of public officials with a unique identifier, decentralized search and relationship mapping could be used to track the official actions of those officials.
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We are witnessing an accelerated redefinition of the frontiers between experts and non-experts, scientists and non-scientists, doctors and patients, public officers and citizens, professional journalists and street reporters.
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How good are you at telling the difference between a legitimate website and one that's a phishing attempt? Take this quiz to find out.
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DARPA's Shredder Challenge awarded a $50,000 prize for unscrambling documents chopped into thousands of pieces.
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Public Safety Technology
Unmanned aircraft from an ND Air Force base help local police with surveillance and arrests of Nelson County farmers.
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An application to easily create counterfeit driver's licenses disappeared from the Apple App Store after a Congressional inquiry.
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School buses are poised to become the latest front in the widening use of traffic enforcement cameras in Montgomery County, MD as officials look to crack down on motorists who fail to yield to students being picked up or dropped off.
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Officials say the Arctic Blast machines can make snow cones to attract people to homeland security displays, and could make ice for treating injuries. The machine grinds ice, but can't make ice. One county requested the Arctic Blast, but 13 counties received them, at $900 each -- nearly double the machines' cost at Amazon with free shipping.
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Sustainability
When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can reach a level of performance never before seen.
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Living Light, commissioned by City Gallery and the Municipal Government of the City of Seoul, is a permanent pavilion in a public park with a dynamic skin that glows and blinks according to data about air quality and public interest in the environment.
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San Francisco's experimental parking meters use price changes to help manage demand. But even at more than $4 an hour, drivers don't seem to be overly concerned about price.
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Geospatial Information Systems
With forecasts suggesting water tariffs will shoot through the roof, government officials and water management experts are searching for low cost solutions to better manage and maintain their systems.
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On the Lighter Side
A pudding dispenser examines the face of the customer. If the machine detects a child, it shuts down and asks the child to step away.
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