TSA aware of ‘opt out and film week’

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  airport_aviation_security Image Caption:  TSA Opt-out policy poster As the busiest travel season of the year approaches, the Transportation Security Agency is girding for another mass protest of its body scanning policies and technologies. Homepage position:  10 read more View full post on Government Security News…

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Visualization of the Week: How cities flow

In January, Uber’s resident neuroscientist Bradley Voytek put together a visualization of the flow of people in San Francisco — the volume and direction of people traveling from one city neighborhood to another — using Uber’s ride data. Now, he’s … View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary For…

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Strata Week: Data-driven politics

Here are a few stories from the data space that caught my attention this week. Big data, big politics In the aftermath of the US presidential election, much attention has been focused on Nate Silver’s art of predicting the election … View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary For…

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TSA wants a firm to supply it twice a week with complete airline flight data

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  airport_aviation_security TSA has issued a solicitation to prospective vendors who can supply complete airline industry flight data — including airline names, flight numbers, itinerary variations, identifiers, times of flight sectors and many other data elements — on a twice-a-week basis. Homepage position:  10 read more…

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