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5 Reasons Why All Fleets Need Field Resource Management

Fleet management systems have been around a while and have become so complex that it has evolved into Field Resource Management. This article explores 5 reasons why all fleets need at least a basic Field Resource Management system.

Cell Phone Tracking System Approved By Fort Worth City Council

The City Council of Fort Worth, TX has authorized the Police Department to purchase a portable system to track cellphones.

The new tracking system will “exponentially increase the ability” of police to “combat criminal activity.” Council members agreed to spend $184,000 for the new cell phone tracking system, reported the Star-Telegram.

Law enforcement wants to install the new tracking system because of Supreme Court’s recent decision about warrantless GPS tracking.

FBI Disables 3,000 GPS Tracking Devices

Due to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in U.S. v. Jones, the FBI has disabled about 3,000 GPS tracking devices it was using to keep track of suspects’ locations,

GPS Tracking Devices Uncover Corruption at Sewerage Authority

GPS Tracking Devices Used to Uncover Corruption at Sewerage Authority & Locate More Than $100,000 in Stolen Public Resources…City Employees Busted Stealing $100,000 of Equipment & Running Side Jobs

This week more than $100,000 in stolen public resources has been uncovered in Cinnaminson, NJ, and five full-time city employees, including the Cinnaminson Sewerage Authority’s top two employees, have been arrested on theft and corruption charges.

NY Atty. General Wants Prescription Drug Tracking System

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman visited Long Island this week to encourage the State Legislature to pass a bill creating a computer tracking system that will help combat the deadly epidemic of prescription drug abuse and its resulting crime wave.

Schneiderman wants to install a real-time tracking system with an online database enabling doctors and pharmacists to report and track prescriptions for the most commonly abused painkillers. The proposed tracking system and online database is called Internet System for Tracking Overprescribing, or I-STOP.

COLTS Invests $834,078 For Vehicle Tracking System

Public buses in Lackawanna will be getting a major upgrade this year. This week board members of the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) unanimously voted to invest $834,078 for a new real-time vehicle tracking system to “help the agency better monitor and manage its operations.”

Lead & Call Tracking System For Dentists Launched by IDA

A new lead and call tracking system was launched this week by Internet Dental Alliance, Inc. (IDA). The system can help U.S. dentists monitor, analyze and improve their sales processes.

Monitoring and improving the sales process is an ongoing task for many businesses. IDA’s new tracking system can help dentists to get more bang for the buck out of their marketing campaigns.

The system was designed to help you to identify what marketing campaigns are working, and which ones aren’t. That way do you don’t waste money on ineffective campaigns.

Dentists can now see all of the new patient marketing leads generated by their dental websites and dental directory listings, view details about new patient requests, listen to recordings of actual new patient calls, and graphically analyze the data to fine-tune their dental marketing campaigns.

BBB: 4 Questions to Ask a GPS Fleet Tracking Provider

Considering the proliferation of GPS tracking technology, many business are being solicited by dozens of GPS fleet management providers.

There are a lot of choices and it can be overwhelming.

You really want to make sure that you’re getting all the fleet tracking features you need, but aren’t overpaying for things that you’re never going to use.

Gas Prices Up 25 Cents in 2012 – $4 Gas Coming Soon to U.S.

2012’s Record High Gas Prices

Gas prices have never been higher this time of the year in the U.S.

Monday’s retail price for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. is $3.56, up 5% in the past week alone, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.

Gas prices are already up over 25 cents since Jan. 1. And the Oil Price Information Service predicts that gasoline prices could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April. That would top the record of $4.11 in July 2008.

GPS Tracking Bill Turned Down By Senate

A Senate committee has rejected legislation that would have made it illegal to secretly use an electronic tracking device to track a person’s movements.

The Courts of Justice Committee voted 9-6 Monday to kill the GPS tracking bill.

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