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...Ricoh expects its first U.S. customers to be business users, such as real estate agents making Web pages for new listings or news organizations posting photos of fast-breaking stories from the field. In Japan, the government-contracted information service Hokuriku Kensetsu Kosaikai uses the cameras to collect pictures from scenes of natural disasters to help repair workers and rescue teams prepare for the task ahead of them. "We used to use a PC, but not all the workers at a disaster scene are familiar with computers," says the service's manager, Hirokazu Kimura. "[The i700] is very useful...
...Kells turns over 30 to 45 confiscated IDs to Allston/Brighton police every week, and, says owner Jerry M. Quinn, its bouncers receive $150 for every 10 fakes they collect...
...forget the attorneys! Lawyers who have been retained by local government officials are also billing right to the counties, while lawyers for the Bush and Gore camps are funded via campaign coffers. Both Bush and Gore hit the fund-raising circuits with renewed vengeance this past week, trying to collect enough money to cover the rising tide of legal and personnel expenses down in Florida...
...Department of Health and Human Services deemed its own auditing process so flawed that Secretary Donna Shalala did not protest when Congress suspended its ability to collect funds from states that did not meet federal eligibility requirements. State foster-care systems are in such poor shape that case files are still hard copy-bound. Without modern databases, tracking the fate of children remains a maddening paper chase. "These systems should be a national scandal," says Marcia Robinson Lowry, executive director of Children's Rights Inc. "In virtually every state, there is no accountability." Says Don Keenan, an Atlanta lawyer...
...adoption fails--an incidence that can run as high as 12%? Does the government get its money back from the states? A report for Wexler's coalition says, "States get to keep the money even if an adoption fails. In fact, if they place the same child again, they collect another bounty." Says Wexler: "The bounty is paid when the adoption is finalized, so there is an incentive to place a child with little concern about whether the placement will really last...