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- DNA testing in NH solves murder in Alaska
- While civil libertarians have objected to states widening of DNA sampling (in many states, all convicted of felonies and misdemeanors are sampled and some states sample all arrestees), its just such laws that led to the solving of the 1994 murder of a college student in Alaska, The Boston Globe...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- New laws to require techs to report kiddie porn to cops - under penalty of law
- In most states a range of professions are legally obligated to report suspicions of child abuse - doctors, therapists, those kinds of folks. Now computer technicians should expect to be added to the list. The (Waterbury, CT) Republican American reports that at least five states -- Arkansas, Missouri,...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- States adopt e-citations to improve officer safety, eliminate error
- E-citations arent some legal footnoting system; theyre traffic tickets processed digitally and theyre coming to a state near you. Stateline.org. reports that many states are adopting e-citations in an effort to streamline the ticketing process. Several Washington state police cars are equipped with technology to allow officers to scan...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- FL tough on online sex crimes
- Florida beefed up its reputation for getting tough on Internet predators, as the state Legislature unanimously approved a bill that sets a maximum 15-year prison term for contacting a child online and attempting to meet the child for sexual purposes, says the Tallahassee Democrat. Attorney General Bill McCollum and...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-22
- FTC moving slowly on spyware and spam
- As part of the FTCs budgetary request, the agency trumpeted its pursuit of spyware and spam. But, writes Ars Technica, the FTCs prosecution of online abuses has been anemic. Testimony from FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras revealed that in the last two years, the Commission has taken action...
- Tags: Law enforcement, Government technology, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- VA withdraws gun ownership data from the Web
- If Joe citizen has a hankering to see who can carry a registered concealed hand gun in Virginia, hell be sorry to learn that the state police are withdrawing the database of permit holders for public viewing, reports the Times-Dispatch. According to an opinion by Attorney General Bob...
- Tags: Open government, Government technology, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- FBI peering into virtual casinos
- Do their avatars wear shiny black shoes? The FBI has been poking around Second Life, at the invitation of 2L creators Linden Lab, to look into possibly illegal virtual gambling, but the government says its not sure if gambling in the fake world is illegal, Reuters reports. "We have...
- Tags: Law enforcement, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- ID wants new crimes to punish indecent webcam exposure to kids
- An age-old crime goes high tech. It didnt take long for people who have a predilection to expose themselves to figure out that Web cameras could be used for exchanging sexual images or to do live sexual touching or masturbation in view of a digital camera. Iowan lawmakers worry...
- Tags: Law enforcement, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- British court denies extradition for UK hacker who broke into US military computers
- The British High Court rejected hacker Gary McKinnons bid to fight extradition for pulling off the "biggest military computer hack of all time," the BBC reports. Hes accused of breaking into 97 US military and NASA computers. McKinnon argued that in the US he would...
- Tags: Law enforcement, International, Government technology, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- MO puts an end to prisoners use of penpal websites
- The ability to communicate to millions of people over the Internet was not what Missouris Department of Corrections had in mind when the allowed inmates to write letters to people on the outside. But thats just what some inmates are doing, forcing the department to ban offenders from soliciting penpals...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, inmate, Web site, Internet, Web
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- DHS locates advanced forensics lab in AL
- The Department of Homeland Security is opening a forensic crime lab in Alabama, Information Week reports. The new National Computer Forensic Institute will emphasize digital evidence analysis, according to a Department of Homeland Security release. The Secret Service - an investigator into financial and cyber crime - will...
- Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, training
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Blood alcohol device can't handle new date for time change
- When the new, early daylight savings time rolls around on Sunday, many computers and handheld devices are expected to have problems, requiring users to reset them by hand. But for New Jersey police, and especially for the drunk drivers they stop, the early time change will be a little...
- Tags: Handhelds, alcohol, blood alcohol
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- AZ wants police data wiped after 24 hours
- When the Arizona state police installed new technology to identify stolen cars, it received widespread support. But that changed when Republican lawmakers realized the police would be tracking exactly where drivers cars were located and keeping the data on file for three months. Now the state Senate is working on...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- MD State Police make improvements in DNA collection
- Back in 2004, an audit revealed 28 serious problems with DNA analysis at the Maryland State Police. A follow-up audit released in February found that substantial improvements have been made but there is still serious work to do. The police still have a backlog of more than 25,100 inmate...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- DAs blogging - just a bad idea, or actionable?
- Blogging offers a powerful tool for getting ones message out there, for providing transparency on the inner workings of government and for speaking directly to the public. But its obviously not always appropriate for government to blog - especially on sites the public pays for. Several California prosecutors are blogging,...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, Blogs
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- FL plan to extend prison terms for online predators on fast track
- A plan by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum to toughen prison penalties for sexual predators who use the Internet is speeding through the Florida Legislature, says the Tallahassee Democrat. McCollums plan calls for adding 50 investigators, prosecutors and support staff to the Office of Statewide Prosecution. It was approved...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- CA crime lab backed up six months on DNA testing
- It takes some six months to get DNA results in California because the crime labs are so backlogged, the San Jose Mercury News reports. ``This is an issue where people are remaining in custody who shouldnt be, and people who should be in custody are out on the...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- IL updating stalker laws for high-tech devices
- Stalkers are increasingly using high-tech devices to track their quarry - and states that havent kept up with the technology find their hands tied to take criminal action. In Illinois, the Daily Herald offers this anecdote as proof of the problem: During a nasty divorce, one woman found...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- VA bill would allow police use of improper DNA samples
- A Virginia state senate committee unanimously approved a bill that would allow DNA evidence improperly gathered to be given to police, as long as it was obtained in good faith, The Richmond Times Dispatch reports. The measure has already passed the state House. The measure came up as...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- HI passes on GPS measure for sex offenders
- Just about every state is advancing bills aimed at throwing the book at sex offenders. In Hawaii, three such bills were offered but only one passed the Houses Judiciary Committee yesterday, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. The one bill that passed would put sex offenders on lifetime parole. One...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
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