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- State of California CIO: E-governing with Web 2.0
- Teri Takai, CIO of the State of California, discusses how she plans to use collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to help communicate with the federal government on various programs such as homeland security, health care and education.
- Tags: Web, CIO, California, Web 2.0, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Internet, Government, State of California CIO, CIO Sessions
- Videos 2008-11-25
- E-governing with Web 2.0
- Teri Takai, CIO of the State of California, discusses how she plans to use collaboration and knowledge sharing tools to help communicate with the federal government on various programs such as homeland security, health care and education. by Administrator
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Swiping a card to check your health
- U.S. researchers have developed a prototype device of a card-swipe for medical tests which could be used to check for hundreds of diseases simultaneously. It should act as 'a credit card-swipe machine to scan a card loaded with microscopic blood, saliva or urine samples.' The current prototype is about the...
- Tags: Card, Researcher, Credit Card, Health Care, Sales Channel, Vertical Industries, Homeland Security, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Services, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Government, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille, Device, Porter Five Forces, Credit Card Reader, GMR, Michael Granger, Strategy, Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Schneier slams US border biometrics
- The Department of Homeland Security has disputed Bruce Schneier's claim that the US-Visit program has had no impact on reducing criminal and terrorist threats. Security expert and BT chief security-technology officer Bruce Schneier has attacked the US-Visit border-biometrics program, saying it has had "zero benefit" in terms of security....
- Tags: Program, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, US-Visit, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, security, biometrics, Homeland Security, fingerprints, retinal scans, Bruce Schneier
- News items 2008-11-04
- Social Web news: Twitter terrorism, YouTube ads, Social Networking on TV
- A few interesting links from today on news relating to the Social Web… by Steve O'Hear
- Tags: Social Networking, Advertisement, Network, YouTube Inc., Social Web, TV, Terrorism, Twitter, Homeland Security, Government, Steve O\'Hear, MySpace, Advertiser, TVs, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Rebellion within UK government over plans for massive spy database
- Britain Home Office's plans for a massive spy database breathtaking in its scope is facing serious resistance from within the government, the Times reports. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has led plans for a database that would collect information on every telephone call, e-mail and internet visit made...
- Tags: Plan, Britain Home Office, Government, Homeland Security, Storage, Vertical Industries, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Report: Data-mining for terrorists doesn't work
- After years of the federal government grabbing all the data it could find, building huge collections through which to data-mine for connections that would yield leads to terrorism suspects, a 352-page study released on Tuesday by a committee of the National Research Council warned that such goals "will be...
- Tags: Terrorist, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Data Mining, Federal Government, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Global security: is study restricted?
- With the current state of terrorism threats and attacks, and cyber-crime on the increase, I seriously wonder if academics and students have full passage to "do as we like" in terms of studying, learning and educating ourselves and others. Earlier on this year, two personnel from the...
- Tags: Security, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Government, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats
- Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threatsBig growth market for forensic consultingBut is it all legitimate? Probably not, if recent events are any indication. We have a number of foreign organizations using US-based forensics consultants to engage in espionage, both commercial and government. After all, why hire and train...
- Tags: Government, Real estate, Vertical industries, data threat, homeland security
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Thanks to Lieberman, YouTube goes terrorist-free
- TechCrunch headlined this news, "Liberman Saves YouTube From Terrorists," and they get the tone exactly right. Just take a look at his ridiculous press release, which describes Joe's single-handed efforts to make the Internet safe again for God-fearing video jockies, which have now resulted in YouTube prohibiting...
- Tags: Lieberman Software Corp, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Internet, Homeland Security, Corporate Insurance, Business Security, Marketing, Government, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-14
- LHC and Faith-Based Science
- Public reaction to the Large Hadron Collider is so ignorant and brain-dead we need a theory to explain what's going on. I asked Charles King at Pund-IT for a theory. He offered this: I believe that much of the public reaction to the LHC is grounded in...
- Tags: Science, LHC, Research & Development, Homeland Security, Business Operations, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks
- Firefighters don hazmat suits in exercise to prepare for major attacks involving chemical weapons, other biohazards. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Firefighter, Training, Photograph, Terrorist Attack, Corporate Insurance, Business Security, Homeland Security, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Government, Human Resources, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-08-18
- NYPD recruit victims of crime, to fight crime
- I think it's fair to say, many will agree with me, that some law enforcement agencies, departments and organisations are a mere haemorrhoid, dangling from the arse of our societies. Strong statement indeed, but what can be done about it? Policy shift, cabinet change, elect a new leader, revolution? ...
- Tags: Crime, Corporate Communications, Identity Theft, Homeland Security, Marketing, Security, Government, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Verizon wins Homeland Security contract
- Verizon wins Homeland Security contractBe afraid... VERY afraid...One of my friends has Verizon for his home phone and DSL. If Verizon's service delivered to Homeland Security is half as bad as the service at his home at times, we are SO screwed on SO many levels, it's NOT funny.
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., homeland security
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- Verizon wins Homeland Security contract
- Verizon picked up a huge contract from the Department of Homeland Security: a $670 million deal to provide IP and security services over 10 years, Reuters reports. Verizon was the primary winner of the 10-year, $20 billion contract to provide a full range of telecommunications and related...
- Tags: Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Networking, Homeland Security, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- News to know: HP's to buy EDS; AMD; XP SP3; iPhone; Spam attacks
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services. Dennis Howlett: HP to take out EDS: does it make sense? AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Nokia Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, Data Centers, Homeland Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down
- We have been told that our very safety, our "homeland security," is dependent on the federal government having extraordinary powers to snoop, listen and search without the traditional (pronounced "constitutional") checks provided by judicial review. One part of this equation works as advertised – the incursion...
- Tags: Terrorism, Terrorism Prosecution, Homeland Security, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Nationwide alert system: Text messages
- In 2006, Congress passed the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, required upgrades to the nation's emergency alert system. At least part of the plan the FCC has come up with involves the groundbreaking technology of ... text messaging. "The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts...
- Tags: Message, FCC, Federal Government, Corporate Insurance, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Government, Homeland Security, Business Security, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Are feds involved in bid to undo state open govt law?
- Did you know that there are more than 40 so-called Fusion Centers across the U.S.? A Fusion Center is a top-secret site where federal and state officials meet to share, analyze and redistribute information on "all hazards, all threats," as Ars Technica explains. Here's a map of...
- Tags: Ars Technica, EPIC, Law, Fusion Center, Government, Homeland Security, Federal Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Facebook: Revolution, Weed and Philanthropy
- At the risk of endlessly re boiling the cabbage on the now infamous Sarah Lacy interview of Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW, it is worth highlighting some pretty important things he had to say on Facebook & corporate philanthropy before the reporter became the bigger part of the story. The flippant style of interview...
- Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Web 2.0, Government, Homeland Security, Strategy, Internet, Management, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
White Papers and Webcasts
In this video we hear from Sudip Chahal, Principal Engineer with the Intel IT Enterprise Architecture Group, talking about a new white paper from IT@Intel, "Evaluating Two- and Four-Socket Server Virtualization Platforms."
