State & Local
San Francisco tests intelligent transportation IT
Partnership between federal, state transportation departments will test various technology apps designed to reduce gridlock and improve safety and service.
MassHousing adds new MapInfo tool
Massachusetts’ Housing Finance Agency is using the software to incorporate location analysis into its existing apps to monitor and analyze enterprise data.
Microsoft advisory targets SQL injection attacks
Security advisory issued after discovery of an escalation in a class of attacks that target Web sites.
High-speed Internet access for all
InternetforEveryone.org formed to unite Internet users, content creators and innovators to foster universal high-speed Internet access.
Cybereye | 911 system in need of help
Commentary: New digital IP communications are replacing traditional public-switched telephone networks, which are not equipped to use the communications tools many of us take for granted.
Voting machine makers blast EAC certification program
An election industry trade group has called for a revamping of the voting system certification process now administered by the federal Election Assistance Commission.
Senate passes legislation to bring 911 systems into the Internet Age
The Senate has passed a bill that would require IP telephony service providers to offer 911 services and create plans for a national IP-based emergency response network.
Iowa City gets broadband boost
Verizon Wireless pushed up the introduction of its broadband wireless service to provide high-speed Internet access for public safety agencies battling floods.
Virginia’s data centers pass a test
Newly consolidated centers return quickly in simulated disaster.
Counting to infinity
University and industry researchers are embarking on the seemingly Sisyphean task of determining how much information there is in the world.
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GCN InSight eSeminar
How Alabama created a state-wide emergency management tool using geospatial mapping
Norven Goddard, assistant director for Science and Technology Alabama Department of Homeland Security, and Chris Johnson, vice president of the Geospatial Training and Application Center in Alabama, presented a GCN InSight eSeminar describing how the Virtual Alabama project, a Web portal for state-based geographic resources, was assembled using geo-mapping tools. Joab Jackson, chief technology editor for GCN, moderated.
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