Silicon Valley — the sprawling suburbs of San Francisco and San Jose — first emerged during the 1960s as a prime location for the Pentagon to conduct research and development work during the Cold War. Will the Silicon Prairie — the stretch of land between Chicago and downstate Champaign-Urbana — serve the same function for the War on Terror? Increasingly, Chicago-area local and state government officals are eyeing wireless technologies as integral to the emergency response planning for homeland security, as they seek ways to communicate more effectively with the federal government.
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Silicon Prairie May Be Fertile Ground for Emerging Homeland Security Biz
Posted by: Gene Koprowski March 7, 2006 05:00 AMSilicon Valley — the sprawling suburbs of San Francisco and San Jose — first emerged during the 1960s as a prime location for the Pentagon to conduct research and development work during the Cold War. Will the Silicon Prairie — the stretch of land between Chicago and downstate Champaign-Urbana — serve the same function for the War on Terror? Increasingly, Chicago-area local and state government officals are eyeing wireless technologies as integral to the emergency response planning for homeland security, as they seek ways to communicate more effectively with the federal government.