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Cyber security chief quits over power struggle with NSA: Rod Beckworth quits after a year on the job, saying he won't be subjugated to National Security Agency. But does Obama support NSA dominance here? by Richard Koman; Tags: Cybersecurity, NSA, Janet Napolitano, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2009-03-09
AZ speed cameras may put cops out of business: Are traffic cops becoming an endangered species? Scottsdale, AZ conducted a nine-month experiment of using photo-radar cameras on Loop 101 freeway to catch speeders. The experiment apparently was a success, as the city council just voted 5-1 to turn the cameras back on, The Arizona Republic reports. The cameras...; Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, camera; Blog posts 2007-02-01

Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards: Really at this point, can anybody be surprised to read this, in today's Washington Post: The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search -- without suspicion of wrongdoing -- the contents of a traveler's laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic...; Tags: Policy, Laptop Computer, Obama, Government, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2009-08-28
NSA will monitor private-sector networks: The Bushization of Obama continues with a plan to involve the NSA in screening private-sector networks, The Washington Post reports. The plan not only uses the NSA to monitor private networks but it does so in a way that makes it unclear who exactly is in charge...; Tags: Monitor, Network, AT&T Corp., U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, NSA, Post Story, Privacy Advocate, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2009-07-06
Speed cameras give no license to kill: Some applications of technology just seem to get under people's skin, in a big way. One of them is cameras on streets and highways aimed at license plates. Go even one mile over the speed limit goes the fear and you might find a ticket in your...; Tags: Radar, Camera, Speed Camera, Assailant, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2009-04-27

General: NSA doesn't want to control cybersecurity: As the 60-day cybersecurity review draws to a close, NSA director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander told the RSA conference that the agency has no desire to strip responsibility from the Department of Homeland Security, Cnet's Declan McCullagh reports. Although NSA "has tremendous technical abilities" and...; Tags: Cybersecurity, NSA, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2009-04-22
AZ may move standardized tests online: Test taking is going digital in Arizona, reports the Arizona Star. With a nod from both Gov. Janet Napolitano and Tom Horne, the state schools chief, the standardized AIM test that all school children must take is going to be held online. Thus far, five Arizona middle...; Tags: Education Technology, Computer Testing, K-12, AOL Instant Messenger, Horne; Blog posts 2007-01-26
Governors introduce plan to improve math and science: In what is hoped will be an improvement in school reform, the National Governors Association announced a plan called Innovation America--designed to increase American students' competitiveness in school, particularly in the areas of math and science, reports eSchool News. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, the new head of the NGA,...; Tags: innovation; Blog posts 2006-08-15

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