VII is excited to announce one of the most transformative evolutions in its history. The agency has added to its fold a diverse and polymathic group of photographers, filmmakers, and educators who will help steer the agency into the next period of its storied life.
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The agency is excited to work with these deeply talented and resourceful new members who, at different stages of their careers, bring a multiplicity of skills, diverse voices, and experiences to VII. They have commitment, passion, and momentum and are photographers, filmmakers, and storytellers who can help VII to develop the new channels and initiatives that it sees as essential to the life of a contemporary photo agency.
VII is a storied photo agency founded a few days before 9/11 to challenge the convergence in the photography business when the trend for giant companies swallowing smaller independent agencies started. VII went small and photographer-owned, believing in the power and energy of collective effort when everyone else seemed to be going big and corporate. VII remains a disruptive and innovative business unafraid to swim against the prevailing currents.
VII has turned its gaze far from the frontline of its foundation. It has earned a reputation for uncompromising photography immersed in the great issues of today. VII photographers and filmmakers are as likely to be found focusing on race, gender, and identity as they are on migration or conflict. Amplifying local voices and addressing the complex political, environmental, and social questions facing families everywhere, VII places great value in the power of images to tell important stories. The members of VII are motivated by issues and are proud to elevate those issues above the cult of the image or the cult of the photographer.
FADGI is a collaborative effort started in 2007 by federal agencies to articulate common sustainable practices and guidelines for digitized and born digital historical, archival and cultural content. Two working groups study issues specific to two major areas, Still Image and Audio-Visual.
The FADGI Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials have been revised by the Still Image working group. These Guidelines represent shared best practices for digitizing still image materials (e.g., textual content, maps, and photographic prints and negatives) followed by FADGI agencies, and is used by cultural heritage institutions worldwide.
Prior to the expiration of the one year extension, customers must return to a Motor Vehicle Commission agency to renew their license and update their photo. They will be required to present 6 points of ID, proof of address (visit: www.njmvc.gov) and pay the necessary fees.
The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, establishes a code of fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies. A system of records is a group of records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifier assigned to the individual.
The Privacy Act requires that agencies give the public notice of their systems of records by publication in the Federal Register. Click here to see a list of DOJ systems of records and their Federal Register citations. The Privacy Act prohibits the disclosure of a record about an individual from a system of records absent the written consent of the individual, unless the disclosure is pursuant to one of twelve statutory exceptions. The Act also provides individuals with a means by which to seek access to and amendment of their records, and sets forth various agency record-keeping requirements.
Throughout our history, whenever we developed new technologies that posed new hazards for society, our nation has made it a habit to establish new regulatory bodies and independent agencies endowed with world-class expertise to oversee and investigate the new technologies. For example, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were established at the onset of the age of aviation; or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was established at the onset of the nuclear age. By many measures, advanced artificial intelligence has the potential to be an even more powerful technology that may impose new types of hazards on society, as exemplified by the Facebook Files.
By contrast, when an advanced AI system gives rise to (i) effects in a new domain or (ii) emergent effects that cut across domains covered by individual agencies, then it would fall within the powers of the AI Control Council to intervene. For example, the mental health effects of the recommendation models of social networks would be a new domain that is not covered by existing regulations and that calls for impact assessments, transparency, and potentially for regulation. Conversely, if for example a social network targets stockbrokers with downbeat content to affect their mood and by extension stock markets to benefit financially in a way that is not covered by existing regulations on market manipulation, it would be a cross-domain case that the council should investigate alongside the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In addition to the links provided below, the state maintains a website with a searchable database of job openings for all state agencies and departments. It includes electronic applications that can be completed, stored and updated by individuals who create a free online account. Job seekers can also subscribe to receive email notifications when new openings are posted for positions of their choosing.To learn more, visit CalCareers.
In contrast, parents and eligible students generally may be charged for the costs of making copies of education records precisely because FERPA generally does not require the school to provide them with such copies. Thus, where the redaction or segregation of education records of multiple students can be reasonably accomplished without destroying the meaning of the education records, nothing in FERPA permits educational agencies or institutions to charge parents or eligible students for the costs of making the required redactions or segregation. Please note that the FERPA regulations (34 CFR 99.11(a)) similarly provide that if a fee for copies effectively prevents a parent or an eligible student from exercising the right to inspect and review his or her education records, an educational agency or institution would be required to provide copies without payment. Such cases would be limited to a parent or an eligible student providing evidence of the inability to pay for the copies due to financial hardship.
If the law enforcement unit of an educational agency or institution creates and maintains videos for a law enforcement purpose, then the videos would not be education records and FERPA would not prohibit the law enforcement unit of an educational agency or institution from disclosing the videos to the police. If the videos are education records, however, educational agencies and institutions may not turn over videos to the police upon request without having first either obtained the written consent of the parent or eligible student or determined that the conditions of an exception to the general requirement of consent have been met, such as if the disclosure is made in connection with a health or safety emergency (20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)(I) and 34 CFR 99.31(a)(10) and 99.36) or the law enforcement officer has presented the educational agency or institution with a judicial order or a lawfully issued subpoena (20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)(J) and (b)(2) and 34 CFR 99.31(a)(9)).
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) is comprised of two individual units: The UCR Compliance Unit and the UCR Analytical Unit. Both units work collectively to gather, analyze, and publish the UCR data for the state of New Jersey. The UCR Compliance Unit is responsible for the collection and compilation of crime statistics reported by all law enforcement agencies within the state. Annual training and instruction, periodic audits and statistical verifications are conducted by the UCR Compliance Unit in order to ensure quality crime statistics and data are being submitted by every law enforcement agency in NJ. After collection, the UCR Analytical Unit analyzes the UCR data, including the supplemental reports completed for all domestic violence, bias, carjacking, and assault firearms incidents reported statewide.
The Communication Infrastructure Unit is responsible for the statewide radio communications network utilized by the New Jersey State Police, including implementation, programming, maintenance, repair, expansion, and testing to ensure signal integrity. The Unit also works with other governmental agencies that need to utilize the State Police radio network. The main critical infrastructure falling under the control of the Unit includes numerous 800 MHZ radio tower sites, which blanket the state with radio coverage, in addition to supplemental low-band towers.
The State Bureau of Identification (SBI) functions as the central repository for the receiving, verifying, coding, processing, and dissemination of all criminal history record information utilized by criminal justice agencies for criminal justice purposes and noncriminal justice agencies for licensing/employment purposes.
The Biometric Identification Unit (BIU), formerly called the Automated Fingerprint Identification Unit, classifies, searches, stores and verifies all criminal and noncriminal fingerprint, palm print, and mug photo record submissions. The master fingerprint file contains more than 6,800,000 fingerprints and nearly 674,000 palm prints.
As of September 2020, there are 707 live scan devices deployed statewide. Nearly all full-time law enforcement agencies in New Jersey are equipped with a live scan device. Additionally, 580 agencies are equipped with mug photo devices and 356 agencies submit palm prints. Nearly all criminal fingerprint, palm print, and mug photo submissions are electronically submitted to SBI and NGI. 2ff7e9595c
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