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I just watched a program on C-Span, where Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican from California and the Chair of the Oversight & Government Reform Committee was with Craig Beilinson, of Microsoft Corp, senior director of Consumer Products. Issa was at the Consumer Electronics Show ( as I was), and was asking Beilinson some questions about their mobile initiatives, including Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8. 

Back in March 2010, the CIO of the City of Orlando announced that he was planning to save 60% of the annual cost of software licenses by switching the city to Google Apps. This week, after more than two years of trying, the City of Los Angeles has abandoned plans to migrate its police department to Google's hosted email and office application platform saying the service cannot meet certain FBI security requirements.

Does anyone know if Orlando made the switch?

How is it dealing with the same security issues?

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I just received an invitation to join the AT&T Crosswire Experience. They offered me a $15 incentive card and will add $10 every quarter that I remain an active panel member ($45 for the year). According to the letter, I would have to periodically complete a survey. That sounded like something I would like to do.

The National Security Agency released a document in April 2011 about "Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure." The document is 10 pages long and goes into greater detail, but I have outlined the many topics. There are some important ideas suggested and worth considering for your home network. 

You are at your User Group meeting, or any volunteer organization, and someone comes up to you asks for you to run as an officer or a member of the Board. You are honored, hesitant about being able to do a good job, but you agree. You are elected and excitedly attend your first officers' meeting.