A new open public records website launched by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget called USASpending.gov provides a searchable database of federal spending on contracts and grants. The Contracts section of USAspending.gov lets users to search for public record information regarding all federal contracts. You can search contracts and grants by contractor name, geographic […]
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Governments and businesses are using thousands of video surveillance cameras in an effort to monitor and deter terrorists and criminals, but innocent everyday citizens get caught on tape too. However, a new type of privacy software for surveillance cameras may correct that problem, by blurring the faces of innocent people in the footage unless there’s […]
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Passenger airlines could be the next place where surveillance cameras are used to monitor people. A new European surveillance system uses multiple cameras and software that tried to detect terrorists or other dangers caused by people on an aircraft. The European Union’s Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment project uses a camera mounted […]
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A new generation of “smart” billboards will watch people and record information about them as they view the advertisements displayed on them. The new hi-tech billboards will have small video cameras that record personal and demographic information about passersby like gender, estimated age and time spent looking at the billboard. This recorded information will then […]
A bill introduced in the North Carolina Senate would award legal fees to people or groups who win public records lawsuits against government departments and agencies. Current North Carolina state law allows a judge to award legal fees to plaintiffs in public records lawsuit, but doesn’t require it. The proposed law would entitle successful plaintiffs […]
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