Oris also expressed deepest sympathy on behalf of the Board for the sudden and unexpected death in January of Ken Evans, an enthusiastic and avid supporter of ATIC. Ken was heavily involved in helping to organize the recent Telecom Roundtable, and he arranged for our use of the Carnegie Library to host the ATIC re-visioning meeting last December.

His optimistic and positive personality will be sorely missed.

Galen Updike introduced Blair Quaggan of Motorola, who spoke about Motorola's work with PIPS Technology in the State of Pennsylvania and opportunities for layering on law enforcement applications for WiFi and emerging seamless mobility for improving Arizona's Border Security. Motorola is currently working with law enforcement statewide with radio communications and task task forcesforces providing advanced tools for officers to perform their daily operations. Motorola's new communications system and dispatch center for Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office (SCCSO) would be ideal for layering on applications for identifying stolen vehicles traveling through the WiFi area by use of mobile and fixed high tech cameras. Of the 55,306 stolen vehicles in Arizona in 2004, a significant percentage end up involved in border related crimes.

Motorola's Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology can be installed in police cars to "read" vehicle plates as they enter the view of a vehicle-mounted or roadside infrared camera, and check them against a database for nearly instantaneous identification. The system runs continuously, automatically capturing images of license plates with a camera that works in nearly every lighting condition. The WiFi Project provides an excellent opportunity for cooperation with Motorola along the I-19 corridor. ADOT and its proposed Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) project is related to this effort. Motorola is continuing it's work with the Governor's Initiatives for Border Security with the recent support for "OPERATION FAKE ID" led by the newly formed Arizona Fraudulent Identification Task Force under the direction of Director Leesa Berens Morrison. Motorola in other states is also implementing cameras and sensors to enable vehicles to communicate with one another and with the roadside to improve highway safety. A related product, MOTOMESH, was deployed at the SuperBowl for public safety operations and advanced homeland security.

Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) from Motorola delivers the ability to read vehicle license plates and check them against an installed database for rapid identity verification. This solution is being quickly deployed for law enforcement, surveillance, and security. The system has been used to help locate stolen or wanted vehicles and identify parking-ticket scofflaws. With ALPR, you can conduct surveillance under varied lighting and weather conditions. ALPR is a rapidly deployable, highly scalable solution that uses ruggedized, infrared cameras that connect to leading-edge optical character recognition (OCR) technology software. Once the information is captured, it is then immediately processed, and you are alerted only when a "hit" occurs. Trust Motorola to deliver high quality, Mission Critical, leading-edge solutions.

More on Motorola Inc. can be found at http://www.motorola.com/governmentandenterprise/northamerica/en-us/public/functions/home/home.aspx

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February 8, 2006

From: Oris Friesen
To: ATIC Board
Subject: DHS WIFI Status Report

This is the tweltfth monthly report to the ATIC Board on the DHS WIFI Security Project for the Homeland Security Information Technology Evaluation Program (ITEP). It covers the activities performed since the previous status report in November.

Objectives

• Objective 1- Provide Tier-1 connected wireless hot spot (IEEE 802.11x based telecommunications) wireless services with high availability between designated points in the vicinity of Green Valley and Rio Rico in southern Arizona with mobile access for first responders.
• Objective 2 - Deploy layered and scaled security and advanced applications to existing wireless environments.
• Objective 3 - Deploy advanced applications, to existing wireless environments, which are capable of attracting commercial users and which can act to provide commercial viability for the continuation of these Tier-1 connected wireless hot spot wireless services for a time period beyond the grant funding period.

Field Activities

1. The corridor is ready for "prime time" testing.
2. Mobile Access Points (MAPs) have been delivered to the Green Valley Fire District, and laptop computers have been distributed to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
3. 85% percent of the nodes are up and ABLE will be deploying the rest of the nodes next week.
4. The University of Arizona telemedicine site is operational.
5. A draft questionnaire for gathering test data from end users is being reviewed.

Project Activities

1. Participated in a teleconference and status report session with Federal ITEP management team.
2. Work is proceeding on the preparation of a Final Report.
3. A meeting with the Directors' Steering Committee was held last week.
4. There will be a Wrap-up Meeting/Conference for all 13 ITEP Projects in Washington, D.C. on Aril 26-27.

Status

• Great progress is being made.

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Senate Bill 1512 - eLearning centered school system

Rationale: A statewide K-12 eLearning system with 1:1 student per computer will bring a surge in academic performance, a plunge in the dropout rate and a highly competitive 21st Century workforce. Arizona will be highly attractive for high-quality well-paying jobs and economic development, and our Arizona cluster of eLearning enterprises will continue to flourish. Arizona will lead the nation in the newest high tech industry, eLearning. Also, eLearning is demonstrably effective in teaching languages: That means an effective resolution to the English Language Learner challenge.

Background: This eSATS bill is sponsored by Senate President Ken Bennett. More than two dozen Senators and Representatives signed the introduced bill. This shows strong bi-partisan support. The bill is based on the eSATS statewide systems design for transforming Arizona K-12 education focused on the Teacher-Student interaction.

Long Range Strategic Goal: Create an intellectual infrastructure of digital curriculum, knowledge and access; telecommunications and information system; eLearning savvy teachers; piloted eLearning Centered Schools; and cyber-schools during the early years. Over the remaining ten years build out K-12 eLearning with one computer on every student desk (1.3 million) with broadband connectivity, continuous teacher professional development and individualized digital curriculum.

SB1512 Strategy for 2006: Create and develop three critical elements for the launch of the Arizona K-12 eLearning system:

Funding:
Digital Curriculum Institute: $1,000,000 to Arizona Board of Regents. Additional $3,000,000 available for 1:2 matching support from other sources. Total potential $10,000,000.

Integrated Instructional and Data System: $1,900,000 Arizona Department of Education.

Ted Kraver, 602-844-8557, tkraver@qwest.net, azeLearning.org
President, eLearning System for Arizona Teachers and Students

Bob Rosenberg 602-206-2856 bob@bobrosenberg.com

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Support eLearning Legislation Now

Subtitle: Your written vote from your desktop on SB1512 can really make the difference.

Each of us wants to influence legislation vital to our interests. Unfortunately few of us can travel to the capital for a hearing, wait around for a two or more hours and then state our case to the legislative committee. Lead advocates usually provide effective verbal testimony. But your written message and vote can be critically important.

Here is how the "Request to Speak" system works from your desktop in the age of the Internet.

First you have to make a real (not virtual) trip to the Arizona State Capital - 17th Avenue and West Washington. The parking lots east of the capital (also west) are fairly open at the beginning or end of weekdays and on Friday when the legislature is not in session. Register yourself at a Kiosk in the lobby of either the Senate or the House. Take about 3 minutes and you are on your way again.

1. Then with your sign in name and password you can "Request to Speak" in an efficient manner (3 minutes at your desktop). You just key in a short, crisp message with yes, no or neutral recommendation on passing the bill:
   
   Request to Speak Login:
   http://alistrack.azleg.gov/rts/login.asp
2. If you don't know when bill is to be heard, key in your bill number in the top bar, right side of screen and find this information under Show Senate/House Agendas.
   
   Arizona Legislative Information System Homepage:
   http://www.azleg.state.az.us/default.asp
3. Put in name and password and select House or Senate, Click, input the bill number;
4. Then fill in your organization (self is just fine), select "For" as your stance on the bill, put in your comments; and select No when it asks if you want to speak.

Why do all this? The reason is that the committee chairman usually reads each comment just PRIOR TO VOTING on the bill and tallies the For, Neutral and Against stances. You can have direct influence on an undecided legislator just before they cast their vote. Usually there are only a few comments to read. A large volume with For stances makes a real impression.

One trip to the capital and you are set to influence legislation for life. Our SB1512 for the eLearning Centered School System will be heard in the K-12 Education committee this coming Wednesday afternoon, February 15th. We need your written support.

Ted Kraver --- eLearning System for Arizona Teachers and Student
602-944-8557 tkraver@qwest.net