Any staff who have access to Criminal Justice Information, (FBI and State Police Criminal Reports on staff) are required to have training within 6 months of assignment and biennially thereafter. For information – https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/cjis-security-policy-resource-center For users of Clear Track, modifications are in the process of being made to limit the review capability to compliant or non-compliant for staff that have not …
DHS Announces “Government That Works” Success in Enhanced Background Checks Process
DHS’ Enhanced Background Checks Began in January 2015 Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Human Services (DHS) today announced that the enhanced background checks process conducted for individuals who have jobs that involve caring for children have found 1,605 applicants that had a prior report of substantiated child abuse in the Pennsylvania child abuse registry since the checks began …
Introducing Clear Track – Act 153 Software for Managing Background Checks and Clearances
If you’re like most school districts and organizations in Pennsylvania, you’re probably struggling to manage all of the Act 153 background checks and clearances required for both staff and volunteers. Clear Track is a web app we recently built at Craven Tech that automates the Act 153 clearance management process for PA school districts like yours. HOW CAN CLEAR TRACK …
Programming Trends To Look For This Year
Latest version of JavaScript Backend as a Service Docker Scaling Material design [x_button shape=”square” size=”large” float=”none” href=”http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/13/1261560/#.s86897r:RS6x” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read Article[/x_button]
Amazon AWS is eating the $3.5 trillion IT industry
I love AWS. This is a great article that shows how Amazon AWS is totally dominating IT now. Lots of high profile companies are going all in with AWS now. Summary: We talked to the folks responsible for the “all-in” AWS projects at three huge tech companies: Netflix, accounting-software company Intuit, and networking giant Juniper, about why they chose to …
Gigaband at the CES 2016 Conference
Mike met with Gigaband at the CES 2016 Conference. Should be out in 5 months. Will probably cost $ 300 per unit. From Gigaband: Gigaband will bring game-changing broadband connectivity to exurban and rural communities at speeds of 200-300 Mbps for both downloads and uploads. That’s 10 times faster for downloads and 50 times faster for uploads than typical cable …
Truly Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools You Can Use Today
Great list of AI solutions organized by categories. Example category: Artificial Intelligence For Robotics: Mttr.net: Building flying vehicles powered by intelligent software. Skycatch: Software for fully autonomous aerial systems. IdentifiedTech: Industrial mapping drone automation. [x_button shape=”square” size=”large” float=”none” href=”https://ctovision.com/2015/12/the-complete-list-of-truly-useful-artificial-intelligence-tools-you-can-use-today/” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read Article[/x_button]
CES 2016
Mike attended CES 2016 in Las Vegas. About 170,000 attendees 2.4 million square feet of expo space 3D Printing Virtual Reality Robotics in Education and much more… Where innovation meets education, the Education & Technology Marketplace showcased how K-20 education is reinventing itself through groundbreaking entrepreneurial innovation and corporate investment.
Government Video Expo & National Drone Show – Washington DC
Mike attended the National Drone Show Expo in Washington DC to learn more about drones and video. The National Drone Show is an exciting new conference and expo for the burgeoning drone marketplace—a marketplace in which unmanned aerial systems are expected to exceed $8 billion by 2018, with the commercial sector exceeding $5 billion. The National Drone Show—co-located with Government …