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• States Save Millions Helping Veterans Get Federal Aid
• Jan 24, 2013
• Using an existing reporting tool, states are moving vets off Medicaid rolls by connecting them to better federal benefits they may not have known about.
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• Yelp, San Francisco Partner to Publicize Health Inspection Data
• Jan 18, 2013
• San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced on a partnership with Yelp, a popular restaurant review website, to link the city's restaurant health score data and to standardize health score data nationwide.

• Pinterest Helps Police Catch Criminals
• Jan 3, 2013
• The widely used, visually-oriented platform is helping social media-savvy law enforcement agencies drive up arrest rates.
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• Texting 911 Option Available Nationwide in 2014
• Dec 10, 2012
• This program is part of the FCC’s Next Generation 911 services, which attempts to upgrade the rules and regulations of the landline era to the current mobile and IP world.
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• New York City Seeks to Reinvent the Pay Phone
• Dec 7, 2012
• The city is asking citizens for ideas on how to reinvent pay phone sites and their surrounding enclosures.

• Some Health Exchanges to be Paid for with Surcharges Instead of Taxes
• Dec 4, 2012
• Federally-run health insurance exchanges as well as some some state-run exchanges will be paid for using insurance premium surcharges, not separate taxes.

• Predictive Data Fuels Child Support Success in Pennsylvania
• Nov 30, 2012
• Pennsylvania is the only state currently meeting or exceeding all federal guidelines for securing child support payments.

• Increased Data Analytics Could Reduce Deficit by $220 Billion
• Nov 16, 2012
• The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council made recommendations that could help not only the federal government but state and local governments, too.

• Program Benefits Veterans, Saves States Millions
• Nov 13, 2012
• A program in Washington state uses data sharing to help veterans access proper benefits, and saves millions in state Medicaid funding.

• Boston Invests in Hackers
• Nov 12, 2012
• Boston launched a new hacker space to bring academics, industry professionals and the public sector together to solve problems.

• Cybersecurity Report: Hackers Look for Easy Targets
• Oct 24, 2012
• Being a victim, the study found, can be avoided by not being an easy target, as most data breaches of public sector information were found to be opportunistic, not calculated attacks.

• Rhode Island Names Its 1st Chief Digital Officer
• Oct 15, 2012
• Thom Guertin will launch the Office of Digital Excellence and work with CIO John Landers to increase the number of services available to citizens online.

• NASCIO Website Highlights Government IT Success Stories
• Oct 11, 2012
• The National Association of State Chief Information Officers launched a new website to promote collaboration across jurisdictions and agencies within state and local government.

• Cybersecurity Resource Center Created to Help Governors
• Oct 4, 2012
• The new organization will help state leaders create policy to protect infrastructure such as data and communication systems, financial records, banking systems, water systems, electrical grids and energy companies.
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• New Jersey Mulls Ad-Powered Websites
• Oct 2, 2012
• Two New Jersey state senators sponsored a bill that could generate income for the state, but a few problems have caused the bill to be put on hold.