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Risk assessment planned for voting systems

08/19/08 -- 01:54 PM Election Assistance Commission assessment to create benchmark for new voluntary guidelines.

Colorado thinks outside the silo

08/18/08; Vol. 27, No. 20 The state's Department of Human Services uses CA’s Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager suite to fulfill a laundry list of compliance needs.

Frankfort, Ky., signs GIS deal

08/15/08 -- 10:29 AM Frankfort, Ky., signed an agreement with ESRI so that all city employees could access ArcGIS software for mapping and geospatial applications.

2008 Rising Star Yao Ling

08/18/08; Vol. 27, No. 20 Yao Ling developed a Web tool that lets commanding officers submit performance evaluations via the NYPD's Intranet and successfully convinced the senior managers to embrace the new technology.

2008 Rising Star Isai Marichamy

08/18/08; Vol. 27, No. 20 Isai Marichamy knows how to multitask. He recently developed and deployed an electronic-payment module for the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.

2008 Rising Star Christopher Traver

08/18/08; Vol. 27, No. 20 Christopher Traver is a leader in the development of the National Information Exchange Model, an XML-based information exchange framework that represents a collaborative partnership among agencies and organizations across all levels of government.

Also in the news: GPS hits the road for trash collection

08/11/08 -- 02:02 PM Cities in South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia are applying GPS technology to garbage collection to improve efficiency and save fuel.

Maine puts Web 2.0 spin on state site

08/11/08 -- 12:22 PM Maine.gov boosts usability, accessibility by adding Web 2.0 features.

Keeping first responders in touch

08/07/08 -- 11:46 AM Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology test a communication system that employs smart multihop relays that advise first responders about placement of the next relay to extend the communications range.

iRobot Negotiator

08/07/08 -- 11:32 AM The iRobot Negotiator performs reconnaissance for first responders.

GCN InSight eSeminar

GCN Chief Technology Editor Joab Jackson

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.