Colo. city gases up WiFi hot spots
When fire trucks and police cars pull up to a gas pump in Aurora, Colo., they are pumping software updates wirelessly into their mobile PCs.<br>
Hybrid software deflects attackers
Fremont, Calif., uses ActiveScout intrusion-prevention software that shows the geographic origin of attempted attacks.<br>
Fla. county centralizes health, family services data
Orange County, Fla., is juicing up its case management for health and family services.
GIS tools keep Arizona residents aware of sex offenders
Arizona's Public Safety Department is giving the state's residents ready access to the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders.
L.A. suburb dials up VOIP
After 20 years of service, Rancho Palos Verdes' analog phone system worked fine. So why change? The system's provider was dropping tech support for the older telecom technology.
Pa. reporting system tracks hepatitis A
A public health reporting system was good medicine for Pennsylvania health officials battling an outbreak of hepatitis A that, at press time, had killed three people and sickened more than 500.
Frugality pays off for Georgia county
DeKalb County, Ga., could teach a thing or two to some state and local governments swimming in red ink.
Capital area will expand smart-card use to buses
Washington, D.C., area bus riders have long been fumbling for exact change as they race to the bus stop. That fumbling may soon be a thing of the past. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority plans to extend use of its subway smart cards to 17 transit systems.
Pa. reporting system speeds fight against hepatitis A
A public health reporting system is helping Pennsylvania health officials battle an outbreak of hepatitis A that has killed three people and sickened hundreds more. <br>
Florida county improves health services by integrating data
Orange County is juicing up its health case management system and giving workers a clear view of patient information.
Alabama links data to nab bad guys
Alabama police are finding that a single integrated data portal can help catch criminals more effectively than dozens of standalone databases can.
Night and day, Richmond citizens tap services via Web
The Richmond, Va., Web portal lets citizens make requests for city services around the clock.<br>
Colo. does PC transplants to speed migration
Officials at Colorado's Transportation Department estimate they save $250,000 a year by upgrading client PCs with migration tools.<br>
Parking tickets now print out wirelessly on the streets of New York
New York City parking tickets are getting a high-tech makeover to bring in $2.5 million more per year than current handwritten tickets do.
Oceanside, Calif., blocks the tsunami of spam
For three years, the city of Oceanside, Calif., has been using software from SurfControl PLC of Manchester, England, to keep viruses at bay.
System moves fast to swat new bugs
Pennsylvania's National Electronic Disease Surveillance System had to have a flexible design because there's no telling when the next new communicable disease will pop up.
Medical alert: Pa. health eliminates paper
One of the first things Joel Hersh noticed in 1993 when he became director of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Epidemiology was its dependence on paper.
Washington area set to expand smart-card transit program
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority plans to improve the smart cards it uses for fare payment.<br>
System crash slows Rx
Maryland's Medicaid pharmacy claims processing system was shut down for several days this month because of a computer disk failure that corrupted the system's database.
Louisville center creates disaster response net
Maybe a train derails and terrorism is suspected, or a chemical spill contaminates the air around a town. A prototype network hosted at the University of Louisville can send images of the incidents via streaming video to FBI headquarters in Washington.
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