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Missouri’s Fifth District – Congressman Cleaver is pleased to announce the opportunity for rural areas to get financial assistance for broadband deployment. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications in this effort to continue strengthening rural economies.
Kansas City, MO (May 4, 2012) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D –MO) and other Kansas City, MO officials today announced that the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) will be implementing the ShotSpotter Flex℠ gunshot location, alert and analysis solution. This is an effort to support Kansas City's proactive policing strategies and deployments, in its ongoing commitment to improve the safety, security and quality of life for its residents by ridding the city of gun crime and gun violence.
Google comes to KC
The City of Kansas City, Missouri announced today that it has been selected to collaborate with Google on the deployment of Google’s ultra high-speed broadband network. This network will deliver Internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit (or 1,000 megabits) per second—100 times faster than what most people have access to today. As the second city to be selected for this initiative, Kansas City, Missouri joins Kansas City, Kansas, in a regional partnership that will help ensure our communities’ shared success.