Technology News
- Can External Oversight Keep NYC Tech Projects on Budget?
- Economic development corporations weigh in on New York City’s plans to outsource management of its costliest technology projects.
- How Massachusetts is Verifying Health Exchange Users
- The state’s new residency check system may be an answer to other states thinking about the same verification issues.
- Alabama 1st State to Scan Fingerprints of Prison Visitors
- Some call the requirement "extreme."
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- Charlotte Beefs Up Security for Democratic Convention
- The Charlotte police force, about 1,700 officers strong, is beefing up its presence by bringing in 2,300 reinforcements from across the country.
- Feds Rethink Public Safety Network While Locals Stew
- With passage of new public safety broadband legislation earlier this year, the federal government is trying put the brakes on these projects to ensure they fit in with the emerging national network – and in some cases that’s spurring frustration.
- 3 Ways Tech is Transforming Political Conventions
- RNC and DNC 2012 aim to be safer, interactive and continuously connected.
- Wisconsin Voters Can Use Smartphone to Prove Address
- Voters registering to vote at the polls in November will be able to display a utility bill or bank statement on their smartphone or computer screen to prove their address, state election officials decided.
- Wi-Fi Turns School Buses into Study Halls
- The Huntsville, Ala., school district is testing out the idea on 20 school buses where students spend nearly two hours a day.
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- ‘Give Us a Gig’ Helps Narrow Digital Divide in Gigabit City
- Community efforts help Google fiber reach schools, libraries and public facilities in more Kansas City neighborhoods.
- Missouri Will Be 8th State to Adopt Kelsey's Law
- The law requires cellphone carriers to provide law enforcement with a customer's location information in an emergency.
- Best Government Websites Named
- First place winners are the state of Alabama, Orange County, Fla., and Louisville, Ky.
- Cyberbullying Laws in Review as School Starts
- 11 states are reviewing proposals to update or implement cyberbullying laws.
- Poll: Most Voters Still Look to Traditional News Media
- The bulk of voters who follow current events daily turn to traditional sources, especially local TV news, the USC Annenberg/Los Angeles Times Poll on Politics and the Press finds.
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- Election iPhone App Fact-checks Attack Ads
- The Super PAC App for the iPhone has already climbed to No. 4 on iTunes’ list of most-downloaded free news applications.
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- National Public Safety Wireless Network Starting to Take Shape
- Harris County, Texas, rolls out the first pieces of what could become a nationwide broadband wireless network for public safety.
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