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KC Police Department Goes Live With e-Tickets
KANSAS CITY, MO, (kansascityfrontpage.com), August 29, 2011 - The City of Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Court will officially "switch on" its new highly advanced case management system on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 and become the first limited jurisdiction court in the United States to go entirely "paperless." To mark this event, a ceremony will be held on the first floor of Municipal Court, 1101 Locust St., at 10 a.m.
Following brief remarks by City Manager Troy Schulte and Sixth District Councilman John Sharp, yellow "DO NOT CROSS" police tape will be draped over a poster depicting the court's millions of paper tickets to signify the paper ticket's demise. Presiding Judge Katherine Bromfield Emke and Acting Court Administrator John Franklin will also attend.
The court has been preparing for this event - known as "Go Live" day - for approximately one year in partnership with the Kansas City Police Department and the Regional Justice Information Service (REJIS), a quasi-governmental agency based in St. Louis that developed the new system.
More than two million paper tickets have been migrated to the new system and the Kansas City Police Department began using handheld devices to issue "e-tickets" this week. As of the "Go Live" date, all data from the new e-tickets will flow directly into the court's computers, thus creating unprecedented efficiencies.
"We are excited about the efficiencies and accuracy that will be afforded us when our new system 'goes live' on Aug. 29," Presiding Judge Emke said.
Proposed Legislation will Affect Missouri Small Businesses and Threaten Local Jobs
KANSAS CITY, MO, (kansascityfrontpage.com), August 29, 2011 - The Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) is in danger of being eliminated, and along with it the tens of thousands of high paying jobs the program helps create each year.
The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to take up House Bill 1425 in early September, a bill that proposes detrimental changes to SBIR. SBIR is recognized by independent agencies as one of the most successful federal programs funding research and development through partnerships with small technological businesses. Negotiations on the legislation between the U.S. House and Senate have stalled, leaving SBIR to expire at the end of September.
One of the major issues during the negotiations has been "The Velazquez Amendment," introduced by Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY-5), which would eliminate the current merit-based system, subjecting this successful program to political whim, and funneling money to unproven projects that may not turn into viable, useful technologies for agencies like the National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy and Department of Defense, which rely on cutting edge SBIR technologies to protect our armed forces.
The SBIR program has proven to be a big success in Missouri. Based in Lee's Summit, QM Power, Inc. is commercializing proprietary and patented advances in low cost, high performance electric motor, generator and actuator technologies for the $70 billion global electromechanical and renewable power markets.
"The SBIR program has been critical in helping QM Power research, develop and demonstrate its enabling technologies for commercial applications," said PJ Piper, President and CEO of QM Power. "Working with the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, Army, Navy and NASA, we look forward to commercializing these higher performance solutions to help the economy, environment and national security."
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