FORT BEND COUNTY, TX – County Judge Bob Hebert has terminated consideration of the acquisition of Social Media Intelligence Gathering Software for emergency management purposes originally presented on the May 7, 2013 Commissioners Court Agenda.
The purchase of the SwiftRiver-2011 software is a regional project coordinated by the Houston Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) of which
Judge Hebert commented, “While I believe this software is safe, given the current federal government disclosures of their waiver of personal privacy rights in digital communications and the lack of sufficient time to investigate the uncertainties regarding possible future modifications of this software, I have decided to pull this request from the June 11 agenda which effectively terminates Fort Bend County’s consideration of the matter due to established grant deadlines applicable to the purchase.”
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