LANSING - Rail passengers in Michigan will be the first in the Midwest to have access to a new cellular-connect WiFi service on Amtrak trains beginning in early 2014. The service is part of a contract approved by the Transportation Commission, and which will invest $1 million in the trains. An expected increase in ridership
SOUTHFIELD - The 13th Circuit Court, comprising Grand Traverse, Antrim and Leelanau counties, has become the state's first fully electronic court with the expansion of its electronic case file management system. Most courts have electronic case management systems in place, but continue to manage the case file from a paper folder. The shift to an
GRAND RAPIDS - Lambert, Edwards & Associates has been recognized as one of the nation's leading investor relations firms, earning 2013 Financial Agency of the Year in the Bulldog Stars of PR Awards. The nationally renowned awards, judged by journalists and hosted by industry trade journal, Bulldog Reporter, recognize outstanding achievement by communications agencies and
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association is offering a no cost service to its members to help them comply with the Affordable Care Act. The Act requires employer to provide all employees with a notice regarding the Health Insurance Marketplace by October 1. MBPA is making the required notice available through its electronic
EAST LANSING ? Who says STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) lack interest for today's college students. Michigan State University Wednesday reported its College of Engineering entering class more than doubled from 2006. Leo Kempel, acting dean of the MSU College of Engineering, greeted freshmen and transfer students during opening ceremonies of the 2013 Colloquium
ANN ARBOR - Automakers are not pleasing customers as much as they did a year ago, although pent-up demand is pushing strong sales, according to a report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Customer satisfaction with automobiles and light vehicles declines 1.2 percent to an ACSI benchmark of 83 on a 0 to 100 scale,
LANSING - After two tries, the Michigan Senate was able to pass legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to some 470,000 people, but it could not garner the votes necessary for immediate effect, and there is no certainty on how or when it will do so going forward, a Senate spokesperson said on Wednesday. "We
WASHINGTON DC - The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a preliminary cybersecurity draft framework outlining standards, best practices and guidance expected to be codified in October as directed by President Barack Obama's February executive order. A NIST spokesperson said the documents released Aug. 28 are a discussion draft ahead of NIST's upcoming meeting
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are increasingly aware of the threats that law enforcement officers and officials face at a federal, state, and local level by using older versions of the Android mobile operating system, according to a document obtained by Public Intelligence, a group focused on releasing government
SAN FRANCISCO - The Syrian Electronic Army apparently took control over the Twitter.com Web site address record Tuesday, the hacker group's latest attack on high-profile Internet sites. The Twitter.com whois record, which lists the owner of the Web address names called domains, listed the owner's e-mail address as [email protected]. The site continued to function, however.