Los Angeles proposes to drop own network for Google
Security and privacy concerns have been raised over a multimillion-dollar proposal by Los Angeles, the second largest city in the US, to tap Google Inc.’s Internet-based services for government e-mail, police records and other confidential data.
At issue is the security of computerized records on everything from police investigations to potholes as America’s second-largest city considers dumping its in-house computer network for Google e-mail and office programs that are accessed over the Internet.
