• States Save Millions Helping Veterans Get Federal Aid
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   January 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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• Court: Indiana's Ban on Sex Offenders Using Facebook Unconstitutional
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   January 24, 2013
• The law that bans sex offenders from using sites they know allow access to youths under the age of 18 is too broad, a three-judge federal appeals court determined, and “prohibits substantial protected speech.”

• Public Universities to Offer Free Online Courses for Credit
• Source: Inside Higher Ed   |   Nation   |   January 24, 2013
• Two announcements this week suggest that MOOCs -- massive open online courses -- will increasingly include a route for students to receive academic credit.
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• States Consider Special Fees for Electric Cars
• BY: The Texas Tribune   |   Nation   |   January 23, 2013
• While many states offer tax incentives for people to purchase energy-efficient vehicles like hybrids and electric cars, lawmakers in several states have proposed levying special fees on owners of some such vehicles.
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• Amazon Fails to Collect New Taxes in Georgia
• Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution   |   Georgia   |   January 23, 2013
• Georgia shoppers at Amazon.com still aren’t paying sales tax, three weeks after the start of a state law designed to snag the money from the world’s biggest online retailer.

• Yelp, San Francisco Partner to Publicize Health Inspection Data
• BY: Government Technology   |   San Francisco   |   January 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.

• Social Media Bills to Protect Online Privacy Filed in Texas
• BY: The Texas Tribune   |   Texas   |   January 18, 2013
• With the emergence of new technology, legislators have filed a bevy of bills that could change the way some Texans use social media.
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• Utah Medicaid Patient Records at Risk, Again
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   January 17, 2013
• The Utah Department of Health has begun notifying 6,000 Utahns on Medicaid that some of their personal information was misplaced by a third-party contractor.

• Washington, D.C., Tops List of Top 10 Cities for Tech Growth
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   January 11, 2013
• Silicon Valley? That is so 1995. As it turns out, other metropolitan areas across the country are kicking some Bay Area rear when it comes to tech job growth since the millennium.

• Cloud Computing Taxes at Issue in Idaho and Elsewhere
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Idaho   |   January 11, 2013
• Fast-changing technology has created gray areas in tax laws across the country. Businesses and lawmakers are sparring over whether commercial use of remote computer software and servers should be taxed.

• On 2nd Look, Digital Health Records Produce Few Savings
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   January 11, 2013
• Optimistic predictions by RAND in 2005 helped drive explosive growth in the electronic records industry and encouraged the federal government to give billions of dollars in financial incentives to hospitals and doctors that put the systems in place.

• Silent Panic Alarms Proposed for All New Jersey Schools
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   January 11, 2013
• An Essex County lawmaker introduced a bill to install silent panic alarms in New Jersey public schools that would immediately alert authorities to emergencies.

• Feds Give States More Time to Comply with REAL ID Law
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   January 9, 2013
• Only 13 states issue driver’s licenses that comply with the federal Real ID law, but states that do not will have at least six months to bring their licenses up to those standards.

• FCC Puts $400 Million Toward Telemedicine Capability
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   January 8, 2013
• The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is putting $400 million toward improving the nation's telemedicine infrastructure, the commission announced Monday.

• Austin Schools GPS Track Students to Reduce Absenteeism
• Source: AP/Houston Chronicle   |   Austin, Texas   |   January 7, 2013
• An Austin school district's new truancy program uses GPS trackers to help prompt students to go to class more often.
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