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NSA Funds New “Top Secret” $60 Million Dollar Data Lab at NC State University
The National Security Agency is funding a “top secret” $60 million dollar data analysis lab at North Carolina State University which will scrutinize information collected from private emails, phone calls and Google searches.
“The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences will be launched in a Centennial Campus building that will be renovated with money from the federal agency, but details about the facility are top secret. Those who work in the lab will be required to have security clearance from the U.S. government,” reports the News & Observer.
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Secret Park Plans Exposed
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Secret documents obtained by the Rhino Times show that an economic development team of area officials and several international companies have been working behind the scenes to help establish a giant data center park in eastern Guilford County and western Alamance County. The proposed development is referred to in the documents as the Guilford Alamance Technology Park.
The proposed data center park – which would have to clear huge financial and infrastructure hurdles in order to become a reality – is nearly three times the size of the 800-acre Guilford County Prison Farm and is much larger in size and scope than any previously publicly proposed projects for that rural area.
The documents include maps, surveys, diagrams, correspondence and other materials – and an outline of a master plan for the giant technology park project – and they reveal an attempt to create a 2,745-acre data center park in northeastern Guilford County and northwestern Alamance County. The documents that have come to light show that area officials have been getting input from some of the world’s largest and best known architectural, design and data center park development firms, as well as from commerce and economic development officials with the State of North Carolina.................more
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November 8, 2013
Contact:
Stephanie Hawco
Public Information Officer
Office of Information Technology Services
919.754.6291
919.618.4925
stephanie.hawco@nc.gov
NC State Partners with NC Office of Information Technology Services
Agreement Provides for Collaboration between Students and State IT Professionals
An agreement between the North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services and NC State University will provide students with real-world learning opportunities and allow state government to develop a pipeline of talent for its IT operations. As the state works toward recruiting its next generation of information technology leaders, this partnership will team experienced state IT professionals with students from the university’s leading-edge research and technology programs.
Under the agreement OITS will give students the opportunity to enhance their education and skills through internships with the state of North Carolina and provide them with access to multi-tiered, statewide networks and systems. Both students and established information technology workers will benefit from a multi-generational approach to solving today’s IT challenges.
Chris Estes, North Carolina’s Chief Information Officer, said “I’ve spent the last decade recruiting on college campuses and I’m excited about the value students can bring to state government. This agreement allows the state to tap into the talents of students who are the technology innovators of the future”.
Collaboration between students, faculty and IT professionals will take place in space provided by the university on NC State’s Centennial Campus and at the state’s new Innovation Center, a testing ground for information technology systems. Members of the NC State faculty will contribute their thought leadership to an exchange of ideas and resources that will advance the state’s information technology capabilities.
“This partnership will help us discover and share each other’s strengths and allow us to offer services and collaborations that benefit us both and ultimately improve information technology throughout North Carolina”, said Dr. Marc Hoit, Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at NC State.
The first project is already underway at the Innovation Center, where students from NC State’s Department of Computer Science are working to improve the state’s digital presence. The partnership will also help leverage the resources of NC State and its connections to the Research Triangle Park’s technology community in training students for careers in state government and private industry.
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The National Security Agency is funding a “top secret” $60 million dollar data analysis lab at North Carolina State University which will scrutinize information collected from private emails, phone calls and Google searches.
“The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences will be launched in a Centennial Campus building that will be renovated with money from the federal agency, but details about the facility are top secret. Those who work in the lab will be required to have security clearance from the U.S. government,” reports the News & Observer.
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Secret Park Plans Exposed
www.rhinotimes.com/secret-park-plans-exposed-archive.html
Secret documents obtained by the Rhino Times show that an economic development team of area officials and several international companies have been working behind the scenes to help establish a giant data center park in eastern Guilford County and western Alamance County. The proposed development is referred to in the documents as the Guilford Alamance Technology Park.
The proposed data center park – which would have to clear huge financial and infrastructure hurdles in order to become a reality – is nearly three times the size of the 800-acre Guilford County Prison Farm and is much larger in size and scope than any previously publicly proposed projects for that rural area.
The documents include maps, surveys, diagrams, correspondence and other materials – and an outline of a master plan for the giant technology park project – and they reveal an attempt to create a 2,745-acre data center park in northeastern Guilford County and northwestern Alamance County. The documents that have come to light show that area officials have been getting input from some of the world’s largest and best known architectural, design and data center park development firms, as well as from commerce and economic development officials with the State of North Carolina.................more
******RELATED******
EMAIL SENT
November 8, 2013
Contact:
Stephanie Hawco
Public Information Officer
Office of Information Technology Services
919.754.6291
919.618.4925
stephanie.hawco@nc.gov
NC State Partners with NC Office of Information Technology Services
Agreement Provides for Collaboration between Students and State IT Professionals
An agreement between the North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services and NC State University will provide students with real-world learning opportunities and allow state government to develop a pipeline of talent for its IT operations. As the state works toward recruiting its next generation of information technology leaders, this partnership will team experienced state IT professionals with students from the university’s leading-edge research and technology programs.
Under the agreement OITS will give students the opportunity to enhance their education and skills through internships with the state of North Carolina and provide them with access to multi-tiered, statewide networks and systems. Both students and established information technology workers will benefit from a multi-generational approach to solving today’s IT challenges.
Chris Estes, North Carolina’s Chief Information Officer, said “I’ve spent the last decade recruiting on college campuses and I’m excited about the value students can bring to state government. This agreement allows the state to tap into the talents of students who are the technology innovators of the future”.
Collaboration between students, faculty and IT professionals will take place in space provided by the university on NC State’s Centennial Campus and at the state’s new Innovation Center, a testing ground for information technology systems. Members of the NC State faculty will contribute their thought leadership to an exchange of ideas and resources that will advance the state’s information technology capabilities.
“This partnership will help us discover and share each other’s strengths and allow us to offer services and collaborations that benefit us both and ultimately improve information technology throughout North Carolina”, said Dr. Marc Hoit, Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at NC State.
The first project is already underway at the Innovation Center, where students from NC State’s Department of Computer Science are working to improve the state’s digital presence. The partnership will also help leverage the resources of NC State and its connections to the Research Triangle Park’s technology community in training students for careers in state government and private industry.
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