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Oceans Deeply
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the largest port on the east coast of the United States, touted by officials as the "gateway to one of the most concentrated and affluent consumer markets in the world." But for a few weeks last summer, the goods moving through one of its terminals slowed to a crawl because of a global cyberattack that originated 4,500 miles away.
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KGO-TV
A recent change at Facebook is having an impact on police and government agencies that's making them worried. The social media giant has changed its algorithm and residents may not be able to easily see posts from cities and counties.
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In Homeland Security
The role of the Coast Guard continues to evolve today as a result of its responses to national emergencies and disasters. These events include the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks in 2001, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 and today’s national security threats. Since 9/11, the Coast Guard has consistently grown to meet the ever-changing threats to our nation's ports and coasts. This is no easy task; the Coast Guard has over 95,000 miles of coastline to protect.
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PoliceOne.com
Cloud computing offers massive storage and processing capabilities to everyday users, and that includes everyday criminals.
You may not appreciate the threat these resources pose to public safety and law enforcement, or how challenging it can be to overcome that threat. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, has released a draft report on the challenges cloud computing offers to forensic science.
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Sun Sentinel
The airboating death of a University of Miami graduate, just a day after her graduation, has prompted the Florida Legislature to consider new regulations on the many airboat operators who take tourists into the Everglades. Ellie Goldenberg, 22, graduated May 12 with a theater degree and died in an airboating accident the next day in Miami-Dade County. Airboat operators on navigable waterways are required to abide by federal law. But out in the Everglades, and in landlocked bodies of water around the state, oversight falls to state laws, which have so far offered few requirements.
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The Daily Astorian
As crabbers crowd the mouth of the Columbia River and jockey for their catch, the Coast Guard soars above, ensuring some order to the fray. On some days during crab season, a four-member Coast Guard crew flies a C-27 plane north from Air Station Sacramento to help patrol crab boats off the Oregon and Washington state coasts. The plane flew along the coast Thursday for more than two hours, as far south as Oceanside and up north to Grays Harbor, a span of over 100 miles.
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By Catherine Iste
 Talent management and mentoring programs often focus on spotting potential leaders and developing their talent. While having a pipeline of leadership candidates is beneficial, these programs often overlook the importance of influencers. While good leaders are influencers, not all influencers are or want to be leaders. Yet their talents can have a significant impact on all levels of the organization. It is time to start nurturing and rewarding the talents of influencers.
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The Union Democrat
At the Calaveras County Superior Court recently, a Calaveras County Sheriff's Office Marine Safety Division deputy held a segment of a frayed green, blue and black inner tube above his head, the remnants of a July 24, 2016 boating accident that resulted in the arrest of a Copperopolis man who is accused of causing severe injury to two women on California's Lake Tulloch. The women, Rachael Pringle and Robin Tsai, were riding on the inner tube when the driver of a "cigar-style" vessel collided with it. They suffered cuts and broken bones and were airlifted to hospitals.
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Sun Sentinel
A boater was impaired and drove too fast on a dimly lit stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway when his vessel slammed into another one and killed a man, state investigators said. Drew Macke, 34, of Plantation faces charges of vessel manslaughter and boating under the influence in connection with the crash, which killed Billy Ineson, of Coral Spring, on Sept. 19, 2015.
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