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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Defense contractors fear fiscal cliff spending cuts will strike bone

December 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
An estimated 1 in 4 jobs in San Diego County are tied to the military sector, and $32 billion in defense-related activities is linked to that area alone, more than the entire economic output of Panama.   So what happens if tens of billions of dollars in defense spending is suddenly yanked... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics, Public Safety

Feds want inventory of free military equipment given to police

June 20, 2012, 12:05 AM
Local police will temporarily be barred from receiving free surplus Defense Department weapons until state governments can prove they've adequately kept track of an array of military equipment – including armored vehicles, computers, tactical gear and more – handed over through a... + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Free military surplus gear a boon to local Calif. law enforcement

March 29, 2012, 11:05 PM
A Pentagon equipment giveaway worth an estimated $2.8 billion has bolstered police, sheriff’s and fire departments across the country over the past two decades.  + read more
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Data: Public Safety

Search your community for transferred military equipment

March 29, 2012, 11:05 PM
More than 17,000 local agencies across the country have taken advantage of the Defense Department’s equipment giveaways. California police accumulated more equipment in 2011 than any other year in the program’s two-decade history. + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Pentagon taps students to build robots, drones

January 26, 2012, 12:05 AM
With an eye toward revolutionizing how defense systems and vehicles are made, the Pentagon has tapped a team of Bay Area-based scientists, engineers and hackers to create a program that will enlist California high school students to build robots, drones and other low- and medium-tech gadgets. ... + read more
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