Two Year Upgrade of Alaska’s Automated Fingerprint System Will Help Solve Crimes Faster December 29, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – After years of planning and months of testing, the upgrade to Alaska’s portion of the Western Identification Network (WIN) Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) has been successfully completed. Alaska, the first state to upgrade among the […]
A meeting to take public comments about phase 1B – which includes those aged 75 and older and front-line essential workers – of Alaska’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution will be held online this afternoon, Dec. 28. The Alaska Vaccine Allocation Advisory Committee will use these comments, along with recommendations from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, […]
ANCHORAGE – Monday the Alaska Redistricting Board announced the hiring of Peter Torkelson as Executive Director and TJ Presley as Deputy Director. “The Board and I are excited to welcome these two experienced Alaskans to the redistricting effort. The task before the board will require tireless hard work, a commitment to exacting standards of technical […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has directed the Alaska Department of Law to draft an executive order reorganizing the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services into two distinct executive branch departments: the Alaska Department of Health and the Alaska Department of Family and Community Services. This reorganization will streamline and improve the delivery […]