Governor Scott Appointments: Board of Governors of the State University System Appointed was Fred Salerno, Hobe Sound, retired vice chairman and chief financial officer of Verizon. Salerno previously served for six years as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York. Board of Optometry Appointed were Dr. David Rouse, Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
South Florida Water Management District Governing Board Selected chair was Federico Fernandez and Melanie Peterson as vice chair. University of Central Florida Selected as its next president was Dale Whittaker. Whittaker currently serves as UCF’s provost and executive vice president. He is replacing president John C. Hitt, who will retire on June 30th after 26 Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
BP SETTLEMENT FUNDS Four regional economic development projects in Northwest Florida will receive $19 million from Triumph Gulf Coast, the organization created to administer the settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. The Port of Panama City and Wakulla, Escambia and Okaloosa counties are the initial project recipients, with more than $1.5 billion Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
FACIAL RECOGNITION The Orlando Police Department is one of the first police stations in America to test Amazon Rekognition facial recognition technology. The program allows police to upload a photo to “detect, analyze, and compare faces for a wide variety of user verification, cataloging, people counting, and public safety use cases.” The program is in Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
American Civil Liberties Union Retiring is Howard Simon as the executive director of ACLU Florida. Simpson has served as the executive director for 21 years and will retire following this November’s elections. Broward College The College’s board of trustees unanimously picked general counsel Gregory Haile to replace outgoing President David Armstrong, who will retire on Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]