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  • Engineers Test Balloon to Keep Tunnels from Flooding
  • The three-minute procedure was the latest test of a device that may someday help guard real tunnels during disasters like Hurricane Sandy, whose wind-driven surge of water overwhelmed New York City’s subway system, shutting it down for days.

  • Cameras Will Soon be Allowed in Utah Courtrooms
  • In a decision Utah Supreme Court Justice Jill Parrish said was aimed at "moving us into the next era," the Utah Judicial Council voted to allow audio and video recordings of trial court proceedings.







  • Health Privacy Bill Introduced After Medicaid Breach
  • The measure was pitched as a remedy to last year’s massive health data breach when hackers broke into a Utah Medicaid server and stole the personal information of about 780,000 Utahns.

  • Survey: Consolidatation, Cloud, Cybersecurity Top Priorities in 2013
  • Consolidating data centers and other infrastructure, moving more operations to nimble computer clouds and avoiding a cyberattack or other security breach are the top three priorities for state chief information officers in 2013, according to a survey.

  • Georgia Blasts Its 1st Online School
  • State Board of Education members blasted Georgia Cyber Academy officials, saying the online school is failing to meet the needs of its special education students.



  • Maryland DNA Law to Face U.S. Supreme Court Test
  • Maryland's DNA law, which allows police to take samples of suspects' genetic material for possible matches to other crimes, will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court next year, the justices announced.


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