• How the New iPhone Will Reveal Cities Lagging on Open Data
• Source: The Atlantic Cities   |   Nation   |   July 18, 2012
• The new Apple operating system won’t include the public transit navigation capability. Apple appears to be banking on third-party developers to fill that gap but they need open data to do it.

• Facebook Voter Registration to Debut in Washington State
• Source: AP/Seattle Times   |   Washington state   |   July 18, 2012
• Facebook users in Washington state will have something else to brag about to their online friends: that they registered to vote on Facebook.
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• 12 Universities Take Online Education to New Level
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   July 17, 2012
• Coursera, which a dozen major research universities are joining, will offer 100 or more free massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that are expected to draw millions of students and adult learners globally.

• New York Gov. Cuomo Defies Vow of Transparency with Elusive Emails
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   July 17, 2012
• While campaigning, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo vowed to maintain a transparent administration, but his executive chamber prides itself on leaving few footprints.

• Florida Can Use Federal Database to Help Scrub Voting Rolls
• BY: Government Technology   |   Florida   |   July 17, 2012
• The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program is a Web-based database that allows agencies to ensure that only those entitled to benefits receive them.

• Arizona to Join 24 States with Cyberstalking Laws
• BY: Government Technology   |   Arizona   |   July 16, 2012
• Arizona is updating its stalking laws to include modern technologies like email and text messaging.

• Thousands of Colorado Wildfire Evacuation Calls Failed
• Source: AP/NOCO5   |   Colorado   |   July 12, 2012
• More than 20,000 evacuation calls were never delivered to residents in the path of a wildfire that destroyed about 350 homes around Colorado Springs last month, records show.
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• Smart911 Online Citizen Profiles to Help D.C. Emergency Responders
• Source: Washington Post   |   District of Columbia   |   July 12, 2012
• When someone calls 911, information stored in a previously created online profile — such as photographs, the presence of seniors or people with disabilities, or the locations of gas valves — is displayed on the dispatcher’s computer screen.
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• 'Nuclear Free' Cities Abandon Cause to Keep Afloat
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   July 11, 2012
• More than 130 communities across the United States have declared themselves “nuclear-free” in the last 30 years, most enacting measures rich in symbolism but low on clout that result in little more than a sign at the outskirts of town announcing that nuclear weapons are not welcome.
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• Cybersecurity Bill Compromise Could Be on the Way
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   July 10, 2012
• Latest legislation may represent middle ground in online security debate.

• Sex Offenders Must Disclose Status on Social Media Under New Jersey Bill
• Source: New Jersey Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   July 10, 2012
• While some social networking websites, including Facebook, ban sex offenders, state Sen. Christopher Bateman wants to clamp down even more by making them disclose their convictions as part of their profiles or face a possible prison sentence and a steep fine.

• Cyber-Bullying Law Signed in New York
• Source: Reuters   |   New York   |   July 10, 2012
• New York teachers who learn that a student has been bullied online will be required to report the incident to school administrators within one day, under a law signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

• San Diego Pilot Curbs Graffiti
• BY: Brian Peteritas   |   San Diego   |   July 9, 2012
• Taking pictures of graffiti with GPS-enabled cameras and uploading them into a database has proven successful.
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• New Jersey ACLU App for Recording Police
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   July 9, 2012
• Video footage will be sent to the American Civil Liberties Union and stored on a secure server.

• Public Salaries Revealed on New Arkansas Website
• BY: Government Technology   |   Arkansas   |   July 9, 2012
• Transparency portal features contracts, expenditures and other key financial data.
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