Press Release:
On February 12th, 2008, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) awarded Lockheed Martin a ten-year, $1 billion contract today to develop and maintain the Bureau’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, a multi-modal, state-of–the-art biometrics system for use by state, local and federal authorities. The Lockheed Martin-led team includes Accenture, BAE Systems Information Technology Inc., Global Science & Technology (GST), Innovative Management & Technology Services (IMTS), Platinum Solutions and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC).
"The NGI system will expand fingerprint capacity, doubling the size of the current database, and will now also include palm prints, iris and facial recognition capabilities. Additionally, the system requires a significant degree of technical flexibility in order to accommodate other biometric modalities that may mature and become important to law enforcement efforts in the future."
Friday, February 15, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
InnovAction Award Competition Announced
From our friend Andy Atkins at the University of Florida Levin College of Law:
The College of Law Practice Management is excited to announce the "official" launch of our 2008 InnovAction Awards. We are looking for lawyers, law firms, and other deliverers of legal services who are engaged in some extraordinary innovative efforts. The goal of the Awards is to demonstrate to the legal community what can be created when passionate professionals with big ideas are determined to solve the business challenges faced in today’s competitive markets.
Award entries will be judged on the basis of four primary criteria:
1. Absence of precedent (never been done or done quite this way before) 2. Evidence of action (the innovative idea was transformed into action and not merely reflective of best intentions) 3. Effectiveness of innovation (there is some measurable outcome that indicates the innovation is accomplishing what it was intended to do) 4. Action must have taken place within no more than three years prior to this entry.
Any lawyer, law firm, or entity providing legal services to clients anywhere in the world is eligible. Further information about the awards, past winners, eligibility rules, and entry forms are
available at www.innovactionaward.com.
The 2008 InnovAction Awards are sponsored by the following organizations and companies which have a passion for innovation.
Platinum Sponsors: Australian Lawyers Weekly and Greenfield/Belser Ltd.
Gold Sponsors: ABA Law Practice Management Section; The Canadian Bar Association; International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and Levick Strategic Communications.
Silver Sponsors: Altman Weil, Inc.; Association of Legal Administrators and Project Leadership Associates.
The College of Law Practice Management is excited to announce the "official" launch of our 2008 InnovAction Awards. We are looking for lawyers, law firms, and other deliverers of legal services who are engaged in some extraordinary innovative efforts. The goal of the Awards is to demonstrate to the legal community what can be created when passionate professionals with big ideas are determined to solve the business challenges faced in today’s competitive markets.
Award entries will be judged on the basis of four primary criteria:
1. Absence of precedent (never been done or done quite this way before) 2. Evidence of action (the innovative idea was transformed into action and not merely reflective of best intentions) 3. Effectiveness of innovation (there is some measurable outcome that indicates the innovation is accomplishing what it was intended to do) 4. Action must have taken place within no more than three years prior to this entry.
Any lawyer, law firm, or entity providing legal services to clients anywhere in the world is eligible. Further information about the awards, past winners, eligibility rules, and entry forms are
available at www.innovactionaward.com.
The 2008 InnovAction Awards are sponsored by the following organizations and companies which have a passion for innovation.
Platinum Sponsors: Australian Lawyers Weekly and Greenfield/Belser Ltd.
Gold Sponsors: ABA Law Practice Management Section; The Canadian Bar Association; International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and Levick Strategic Communications.
Silver Sponsors: Altman Weil, Inc.; Association of Legal Administrators and Project Leadership Associates.
Uniform Electronic Discovery Rules website
The University of Pennsylvania Law School, Biddle Law Library is hosting a website containing information on the Uniform Rules Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information and much more. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws has partnered with the library to post this and much more information. Click here to go to their website.
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