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Friday, May 9, 2008

Rules of engagement
Federal and state leaders of an environmental initiative share what they’ve learned about intergovernmental collaboration.
(Posted May 5, 2008)

Counterterrorism goes local
Feds look to local police department standards for suspicious activity reporting.
(Posted April 28, 2008)

State and local: Housing slump hurts IT makeovers
Local governments must defer IT upgrades or seek innovative sources of revenue.
(Posted April 21, 2008)

Maine licenses and IDs still not good enough for DHS
Maine, the only state that has not been granted an extension for implementing the controversial Real ID regulations, has until 5 pm on April 2 to commit to making changes.
(Posted April 1, 2008)

Chertoff grants S.C. Real ID extension
South Carolina's governor said he did not plan to seek an extension because the state legislature opposed the ID card program.
(Posted March 31, 2008)

South Carolina defiant on Real ID
On the deadline for requesting an extension for implementing the program, the governor says the state has no plans to ask for one and hopes the standard driver's licenses will continue to be accepted as ID.
(Posted March 31, 2008)

DHS, State publish final travel documents rule
Final travel document requirements for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will take effect June 1, 2009.
(Posted March 31, 2008)

Responders test coordination skills
Disaster exercise demonstrates improvements in incident response performance.
(Posted March 31, 2008)

Arizona lawmakers take issue with hybrid driver's licenses
The new license would contain an RFID tag that can be scanned at a distance, raising concerns about privacy and cost.
(Posted March 25, 2008)

Info-sharing czar touts U.S. progress
But Thomas McNamara says cultural and administrative challenges still impede getting government to better share homeland security, law enforcement and intelligence data.
(Posted March 12, 2008)

Lawmakers blast DHS' efforts to share intell with state, local partners
Some House Democrats say the department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has made insufficient progress with the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group.
(Posted February 28, 2008)

Demand for hybrid driver's licenses high in Washington
The state has issued more than 2,000 new hybrid drivers license-passport cards in the past month, and 13,000 more people have signed up for them.
(Posted February 25, 2008)

HIE's top state e-health agendas
Commonwealth Fund finds adoption, policy development key priorities
(Posted February 20, 2008)

A new threat, a new institution: The fusion center
Rich Kelly, head of New Jersey’s Regional Operations Intelligence Center, is building a new type of facility to improve threat information-sharing and coordination.
(Posted February 18, 2008)

DOT to release RFI to develop networked roads, cars
The Transportation Department plans program to develop networked highways.
(Posted February 15, 2008)

FBI awards NGI contract to Lockheed Martin
Under the contract, potentially worth $1 billion, the company will develop the bureau's Next Generation Identification system.
(Posted February 12, 2008)

Budget takes aim at Justice earmarks
Bush's request would consolidate state and local law enforcement assistance grants and boost funding for counterterrorism activities.
(Posted February 5, 2008)

Web extra: How 311 works
Who do people call if they have a city tax question? In a growing number of cities, they call a 311 call center.
(Posted February 4, 2008)

Dial 311
311 service is e-government with a different name.
(Posted February 4, 2008)

ODNI releases standards for suspicious-activity reporting
They place fusion centers at the center of how information moves among local, state and federal law enforcement officials.
(Posted January 30, 2008)

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