News tagged with government data
Smile! Aerial images being used to enforce laws
(AP) -- On New York's Long Island, it's used to prevent drownings. In Greece, it's a tool to help solve a financial crisis. Municipalities update property assessment rolls and other government data with it. ...
Aug 14, 2010 |
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Lockheed Martin says it repelled cyber attack
Lockheed Martin, the world's top defense contractor, was on Sunday investigating the source of a major cyber-attack one week ago against its information network, the company said. ...
May 29, 2011 |
4.9 / 5 (8) |
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Chinese hacked into US Chamber: report
A Chinese group has hacked into America's largest business lobbying organization, compromising all data on its servers and information about its three million members, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2011 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
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New report argues that charter schools' political success is a civil rights failure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Charter schools continue to stratify students by race, class, and possibly language, and are more racially isolated than traditional public schools in virtually every state and large metropolitan area in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 08, 2010 |
3.6 / 5 (5) |
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US adviser says cybersecurity must be joint effort
(AP) -- The challenge of protecting the government's computer networks is too big for any one agency to handle alone, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Wednesday. That suggests the administration doesn't intend ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Rensselaer team shows how to analyze raw government data
Who is the White House’s most frequent visitor? Which White House staffer has the most visitors? How do smoking quit rates, state by state, relate to unemployment, taxes, and violent crimes? How do politics influence ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Hacked Dutch Internet company declared bankrupt
A Dutch judge granted a bankruptcy filing Tuesday for Internet security company DigiNotar, whose servers were apparently breached by an Iranian hacker in July, its parent company said.
Sep 20, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Indonesia threatens to cut BlackBerry data service
Indonesia has threatened to cut data services used by millions of BlackBerry customers, the industry body said Saturday, in an ongoing spat over infrastructure and government access to information.
Dec 11, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Managing biodiversity data from local government
Local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work.
May 25, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Broadband services approach advertised speeds
(AP) -- New government data find that the nation's major broadband providers deliver Internet connections that are generally 80 percent to 90 percent of maximum advertised speeds.
Aug 02, 2011 |
2 / 5 (1) |
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German minister advises colleagues to shun Facebook
Germany's consumer protection minister has warned her fellow cabinet members against using Facebook to promote their work citing data security concerns, in an internal letter obtained by Der Spiegel.
Sep 11, 2011 |
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Obama names new chief technology officer
US President Barack Obama named a new chief technology officer on Friday to lead efforts to inject innovation into government.
Mar 09, 2012 |
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