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View the latest Internet news reports on the topics of interest to MAPPS members and the geospatial community.
Land Information Transforming Community Development
Yahoo! News Land Information Transforming Community Development
FCW.com- Fighting fires with geospatial data
AL.com - $1B Won't Update Flood Maps Completely article link
FCW.com - Interior Reviewing Geospatial LOB Proposals article link
Newsminer.com - Photogrammetry Used in Car Accident Analysis article link
EmpireStateNews.com - NY State Officials Seek Security Assurances from Internet Mappers article link
ArgusLeader.com - Federal Ag Official Hammers House Vote article link
RapidCityJournal.com - South Dakotan Politicians Dig In for Farm Bill Debate article link
Newsday.com - Farm Bill Renews Fight Over Subsidies article link
NYTimes - Satellite Program to End; Air Force Developing High Altitude Imaging Aircraft article link
The Hill.com - Reauthorization May Reignite Fight Between FAA / Controllers article link
FortWayne.com - Interior Department Cancels Plan to Close Rolla Mapping Agency article link
Greenwich Time - Town Relents: GIS Data Goes Online for All article link
Newsday.com - Govt Ponders Cuts in Satellite Monitors article link
The Hill.com - Appropriators, OMB Differ on How to Cut Earmarks article link
GCN.com - Geospatial and the Elite article link
GCN.com - NASA Opens GIS Components to Third Party Use article link
Politico - Farm Bill Cultivates Concern article link
E-Commerce Times - NGA Chief Hints at Commercial Imagery Restrictions article link
Newsday.com - Curbs on Satellite Photos May be needed article link
Sacramento Bee - Court Upholds Contracting Out article link
Sacramento dBusiness News - CELSOC Celebrates Supreme Court Victory for California Voters article link
Legal Newsline.com - Supreme Court Ruling Lets Private Sector Assist Public Projects article link
The Hill - FAA’s air-traffic fee proposal sparks resistance article link
The Hill - Frank, Biggert revive efforts to reform flood insurance program, $20B in debt two years after Katrina article link
Breitbart.com - Solar Bursts May Threaten GPS article link
Manufacturing.net - Remote Sensing Market Expected to Surpass $9 Billion by 2012 article link
USA Today - Drones Could Defend Airports article link
News 10 Now - City Employees Learn about GIS Technology article link
GCN.com - NGA Updates Its Strategy article link
Cresent-News.com - State finds unused land in Fulton County article link
SpaceRef.com - Members Propose Legislation to Strengthen, Streamline Federal Climate Change Research article link
Local 6.com -- Fla Man Develops GPS Shoes article link
YouTube.com - President Bush on Mapping video link
SpaceNews.com - Draft Bill Would Broaden Role of Space Commercialization Office article link
ASCE Magazine - Jack Brooks: The Man Behind the Law article link
GovExec.com - Prison Industries Does Not Qualify as Small Business article link
Stateline.org - State Finances Heathiest in Decades article link
GreenBay Press-Gazette - Field of Her Dreams: Proposal Etched in Corn article link
Space News - Space News Reports on MAPPS Effort to Push IMAGE Act article link
USA Today.com - Safety a Concern as Drones Catch On article link
Rolla Daily News - USGS Employees Fight to Retain Jobs in Rolla article link
GovExec.com - Senate Panel Clears SBA Reauthorization article link
GovExec.com - Bill to Eliminate Inefficienct Programs Pulled from House Floor article link
GovExec.com - Committee OKs Bill Creating Database to Track Federal Spending article link
GCN.com - Murrett Takes Helm of NGA article link
GCN.com - USDA Seeks Farm Bill Business Systems article link
Washington Post.com - Senators Seek Better Defense imagery article link
GCN - FEMA Maps Out a Better Response article link
Register-Mail.com - Geo Mapping and Satellite Imagery Technology Used to Expedite Searches in New Missing Children Alert Program article link
My Way News - Spy Agency Watching Americans from Space article link
DOI News Release - Secretary Scarlett Praises President Intention to Nominate Mark Myers as USGS Director article link
UPI.com - New Net Mapping Tool Helps Truckers article link
Iraq Reconstruction Newletter - Updates from Iraq article link
GovExec.com - Bush Nominates Veteran Procurement Official for OMB Spot article link
GAO Report on States Use and Collection of Funds for Wireless Enhanced 911 Services article link
SBA Press Release - Bush Nominates new SBA Administrator article link
GCN.com - OMB Issues Geospatial RFI article link
Times-Picayne - Satellite Imagery Continues to Identify Fraud article link
GCN.com - GSA to Release RFIs for New Lines of Business article link
GCN.com - OMB Directs Agencies to Name Senior Geospatial Official article link
Tribtown.com - Woman Charged With GIS Copyright Infringement article link
Vindy.com - Katrina Aid Delays Flood Plain Map Update article link
FEMA Uses Aerial Mapping to Identify 60,000 Homes Destroyed by Katrina click here
Therolladailynews.com IG Reports Finds USGS miscommunication, no criminal action article link
GCN.com CIO Council Issues Geospatial Profile within FEA article link
SeattlePI.com Search Engines Going Far Beyond Maps article link
Reuters.com Democrats Ask Rumsfeld to Explain Agency Departure article link
Freenewmexican.com U.S. Using Satellite Images to Prosecute Farmers article link
Philly.com US Engineers Hold Their Own article link
Washtimes.com AP Story Highlights Digital Mapping article link
BusinessWeek.com Features Digital, On-Line Mapping article link
Missourian.com - Congress Funds Geospatial Intelligence Research Center at University of Missouri article link
Federal Times - New Laws Filled with Anti-Outsourcing Measures article link
Knight Ridder - How Many U.S. Jobs May Be Offshored article link
Newsday.com - Study Finds Problem With Unmanned Craft article link
MSNBC - US Leads in Satellites article link
SpaceRef.com - As Montreal Conference considers deforestation issues, ESA presents space solution article link
Charlotte Observer.com - Service Jobs Become Vulnerable article link
WTNH.com - Aerial Maps of Greenwich Become Available, Many Upset article link
Geospatial Solutions - MAPPS Role Highlighted in the Creation of DHS's Geosptial Management Office article link
GCN.com - Justice Dept. Grant to Foster Information Sharing Among State CIOs article link
WashingtonPost.com - Spy Imagery Agency Prepares to Record Rita article link
Information Week - Homeland Security CTO Doesn't Mince Words article link
Space.com - Satellite Tools Help in Hurricane Response article link
Breitbart.com - U.S. spy satellites aid Hurricane Katrina recovery article link
ABCNews - Can Police Track Your 911 Call? Maybe Not article link
BostonGlobe.com - BUSINESS TREND: Overseas Service Calls Come Home article link
WashingtonPost.com - House, Senate Trying to Place Curbs on Competitive Sourcing
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GoveExec.com - Prison Industries Overhaul Bill Stalls in House Committee article link
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