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Miami-Dade County and IBM Establish Public-Private Partnership on Smarter Cities Initiative

By Guest PostMarch 4, 2013Technologybig data analytics, carlos a gimenez, future economy, government transparency, ibm, ibm smarter cities, ibm system, intelligent operations center, intelligent policing, ioc, mayor, mayor gimenez, mdpd, miami dade county, michael j dixon, public private partnership, pureflex system, smarter cities initiative, time sensitive information, transportation efficiency, water management, z mainframe, zlinux

Collaboration helps government harness Big Data to serve residents more efficiently and save taxpayer dollars

ARMONK, New York – 04 Mar 2013: Miami-Dade County and IBM today announced a transformational Smarter Cities initiative to improve services for residents and help agencies share information among the35 municipalities within the county.

A model for the rest of the nation, the County is using Big Data analytics — managing large datasets from multiple sources — and cloud computing to help leaders make better decisions. (more…)

Five U.S. Urban Counties Lead ‘Terror Hot Spots’ List, but Rural Areas Not Exempt: Research

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2012General, Politicsarizona, bianca bersani, domestic actors, extreme right wing, gary lafree, homeland security, hot spots, left wing terrorism, los angeles, lubbock county, manhattan, maricopa, massachusetts, metropolitan, miami dade county, nebraska, new york, perpetrator, profile, radical environmental groups, religious, rural areas, san francisco, start, terrorism, terrorist attack, texas, university of maryland, us counties, Washington

*N.Y., L.A., Miami, San Francisco, D.C. Top List; Maricopa, Ariz. Rising*

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Nearly a third of all terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2008 occurred in just five metropolitan U.S. counties, but events continue to occur in rural areas, spurred on by domestic actors, according to a report published today by researchers in the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Center of Excellence based at the University of Maryland.

The research was conducted at Maryland and the University of Massachusetts-Boston. (more…)

UF: Florida Population Soars in Century’s First Decade, But Rate is Slowing

By Guest PostJune 15, 2011Economyannual population increases, economic growth, flagler and sumter counties, florida, growth rates, hillsborough county, metropolitan city, miami dade county, monroe, orange county, palm coast, pinellas, population growth, projections, stan smith, university of florida, warrington college of business administration

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida was again one of the country’s leaders in population growth in the last decade, but the growth rates over the past few years have been among the lowest in the state’s history, according to a new study by the University of Florida.

Florida’s permanent resident population increased by more than 2.8 million between 2000 and 2010 — an increase of 17.6 percent to 18,801,310. That mark was the third-largest numeric increase and the eighth-largest percentage increase in the country. However, the growth rate lagged behind previous periods for the state, and projections are the growth rate will steadily decline through 2040. (more…)

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Miami-Dade County and IBM Establish Public-Private Partnership on Smarter Cities Initiative

Five U.S. Urban Counties Lead ‘Terror Hot Spots’ List, but Rural Areas Not Exempt: Research

UF: Florida Population Soars in Century’s First Decade, But Rate is Slowing