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The Government Accounting Office (GAO) released the following report summary: The December 25, 2009, attempted bombing of flight 253 raised questions about the federal government's ability to protect the homeland
New research finds collisions are not declining in jurisdictions where bans are in effect. "The laws aren't reducing crashes, even though we know that such laws have reduced hand-held phone
Drivers of commercial trucks and buses are prohibited from texting under federal guidelines that the U.S. Transportation Secretary announced earlier this week. The prohibition is effective immediately. Truck and bus
Data breaches at U.S. companies attributed to malicious attacks and botnets doubled from 2008 to 2009 and cost substantially more than breaches caused by human negligence or system glitches, according
Cincinnati police officers are now field testing wearable clip-on video cameras. The device is called AXON and ironically is being marketed by Taser International. A similar experiment in London, but
Computer scientists in Britain have uncovered weaknesses in electronic passports issued by the U.S., UK, and some 50 other countries that allow attackers to trace the movements of individuals as
Duke University has received a $3.7 million contract to develop a test for radiation exposure from a dirty bomb or nuclear attack. The contract comes from the Biomedical Advanced Research
As the federal government prepares to spend up to $27 billion in stimulus funds to promote electronic medical records, a health technology industry survey suggests that a number of hospitals,
How vulnerable is the U.S. food basket? Food producers now can use software developed for the U.S. military to assess their vulnerability to tampering, terrorism, or other criminal attacks. The
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