Raw data is not meaningful; it’s the context in which data are collected and viewed that generates meaning. Context can also help us deal with the information overload that everyone faces in these times of intensive information distribution. [...]
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July 11, 2012. Large organizations, including government agencies, universities, and companies, often develop new products and services for which the demand seems quite low. These mystery launches recall the mantra popularized by the 1989 film “Fields of Dreams”: “if we build it, they will come.” Even in the fantasy world of the movie, it was [...] As of November 21, 2011, Apple reported the following statistics regarding apps written for its IOS operating system, which runs on the iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices: Total Active Apps: 514,569 Total Inactive Apps: 142,415 Total Apps Seen: 656,984 Unique App Publishers: 119,790 It’s hard to say exactly when all of these were launched, but [...] President Obama recently signed an Executive Order that bestowed upon the Office of the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE) a new responsibility—going beyond sharing information to safeguarding information. The order provides clear directions on how to set machinery in place to reduce the possibility of data being inappropriately released from governmental systems, [...] One of the first major city commitments to cloud computing was made by Los Angeles when the city hired Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to implement city-wide e-mail, and document storage in the Google cloud. The contract, for $7.25 million, has been touted as the proof of scalability for cloud computing and the rationale that cities [...] If you are seeking data to test a hypothesis regarding a particular program that has the potential of improving the justice system in America, either you can build into your research the independent collection of such data, as is necessary to test the hypothesis, or you can find data already collected and available through central [...] Last year, Dr. Ray Kurzweil, one of the most notable inventors of our time, speculated last year at the World Futurist conference, that by 2020 we would be able to build a technology object that had the processing power equivalent to the human brain. His thesis was that this technology wouldn’t replace the [...] Based on the articles and uses of social networking by law enforcement, and looking at the rich set of information on the IACP Center for Social Media, most agencies have by now either jumped into social networking or are seriously considering doing so in the near term. There are a variety of reasons that law [...] As the cost of implementing and maintaining information technology systems in justice and public safety agencies rise, and budgets continue to be squeezed by the ongoing recession, public safety agencies are moving toward consolidating systems and sharing the use of technology. There have been many dispatch center consolidation projects over the years, resulting in one [...] All over the world, millions of words have been written in recent weeks to help us remember the tragic events of 9/11/01 and to honor the victims of these horrific attacks on our homeland as well as the losses from the ensuing wars. We saw world-wide solemn ceremonies mark this infamous day. We come [...] |
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