• In Rare Move, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Live Broadcast of Redistricting Hearing
• Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   |   Pennsylvania   |   August 8, 2012
• The hearings will be aired live on the Pennsylvania Cable Network for the second time in the history of the court.

• NRC Freezes Licensing for Nuclear Plants
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   August 8, 2012
• The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission won’t approve licenses for new or existing nuclear power plants until it figures out what to do with hazardous waste that's been piling up at storage sites across the country.

• Is Your Neighbor a Democrat? A New App Can Tell You
• BY: ProPublica   |   Nation   |   August 7, 2012
• The Obama campaign's new mobile app includes a Google map for canvassers that recognizes your current location and marks nearby Democratic households with small blue flags.
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• DNA's Role in Police Cases Disputed in Courts
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   August 7, 2012
• Taking DNA samples from suspects immediately upon arrest is an increasingly common law enforcement practice. But some courts have ruled it unconstitutional.

• Apple Deal Shows Cut-throat Race for New Business among Cash-strapped States
• Source: Las Vegas Sun   |   Nevada   |   August 7, 2012
• Coming out of the recession, states are aggressively competing for new businesses. To do that, they’re offering generous tax incentive packages to companies promising jobs. But such tax incentives are facing criticism for promoting a race to the bottom among states.

• Cybersecurity Bill's Defeat Leads Obama to Weigh Executive-order Option
• Source: The Hill   |   Nation   |   August 6, 2012
• Senate Republicans recently blocked cybersecurity legislation, but the White House hasn't ruled out issuing an executive order to strengthen the nation's defenses against cyber attacks if Congress refuses to act.

• Cybersecurity Bill Blocked by Senate Republicans
• Source: The Wall Street Journal   |   Nation   |   August 3, 2012
• Senate Republicans dealt a potentially fatal blow to a White House-backed cybersecurity measure on Thursday, leaving the bill's supporters pessimistic that a compromise could be reached this year to bolster the country's computer security.

• Maryland Governor’s Office Trades Printers for iPads
• Source: Government Technology   |   Maryland   |   August 3, 2012
• At the State House in Annapolis, Md., governor’s staff meetings look a lot different than they used to. Instead of referring to stacks of paper and multiple binders, staff members use Apple iPads to retrieve relevant documents and take notes.

• Washington Offers Voter Registration on Facebook
• BY: Brian Peteritas   |   Washington state   |   August 2, 2012
• Partnering with the social media site and Microsoft, the state has created an application that it hopes will boost voter registration.

• 'Twindex' Evaluates Obama's, Romney's Twitter Performance
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   August 2, 2012
• For those looking for a new way of gauging the race between President Obama and Mitt Romney, Twitter has created its own political index, aimed at breaking down user sentiments toward both candidates.

• License Plate Scanners Raise Privacy Concerns
• Source: Government Computer News   |   Nation   |   August 2, 2012
• Police around the country have been making increasing use of automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) systems, which combine optical character recognition with database storage and matching to help catch criminals, solve crimes and finding missing people. Their ability to scan massive amounts of data has groups like the American Civil Liberties Union asking questions about privacy.

• L.A. City Employees Urged to Stop Watching Olympics at Work
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles, Calif.   |   August 2, 2012
• Olympics coverage is certainly winning gold medals at L.A. City Hall, where so many employees are watching online that the city's chief technology officer begged them to stop for fear of a municipal computer meltdown.
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• Congress Will Discuss Geolocation Privacy, Surveillance
• Source: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   August 1, 2012
• GPS privacy law will soon be updated if Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, get their way. The bill, called the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act, was introduced last year and would require law enforcement officials to get a warrant before taking location data from a suspect’s device.

• Romney to Announce Veep Pick Via App
• Source: NextGov   |   Nation   |   August 1, 2012
• Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign released an app that promises to give users a first look at the candidate’s vice presidential pick. Assuming that the press doesn't get wind of the news first, users of “Mitt’s VP App,” available for iPhone and Android, will get the name of Romney's choice nanoseconds before it is broadcast to the wider public.

• Drones and iPads May Aid Power Failures
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   July 30, 2012
• Facing more frequent storms that cripple electric distribution systems over big areas, utility companies are drafting iPads and military-style aerial surveillance robots to get the lights back on faster.

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