Politicians down under will now face the Truth-O-Meter, with PolitiFact’s first international fact-checking venture – PolitiFact Australia.

“This marks a new milestone for PolitiFact and a big step for the global fact-checking movement,” said PolitiFact Editor Bill Adair.

Greg Beato imagines that Google’s driverless cars will further erode personal privacy:

In the wake of the news that the Internal Revenue Service targeted a handful of GOP and tea party groups during the 2012 election, the National Republican Congressional Committee will call on Florida’s Patrick Murphy and 42 other House Democrats to condemn the IRS’s actions.

“Silence is simply not an option,” the release says. “This scandal has brought widespread criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.”

The country’s four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T’s ‘It Can Wait’ slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer [through at least Sept.], reports Peter Svensson, the  Associated Press’ technology writer.

Scott Sturgill, candidate for State House District 30, announced yesterday endorsements from two Longwood City Commissioners. Commissioners Jue Durso and HG “Butch” Budy released statements endorsing Sturgill over their fellow commissioner Bob Cortes, also in the running for the District 30 seat.

Last fall, Citizinvestors across the country rallied together to fund a class to train 10 blind students in Boston on how to use an iPad and other technology. The donations made this class possible and allowed these 10 students to take their iPads home with them forever!

The Florida Democratic Party have sent an email fundraising solicitation hoping to raise money off the prospect of Allen West being asked to replace Jennifer Carroll as Rick Scott’s lieutenant governor. 

Scott told AM Tampa Bay on WFLA radio Friday that he believes West would be a good pick.

With President Obama traveling to New York City last night to raise money for Democrats, including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the Republican Party of Florida is announcing the launch of the Prevent Pelosi Project today to get an early start on both the finance and communications sides of protecting Republican Congressional incumbents and supporting challengers in the Sunshine State. 

Pablo Pantoja, who quit his job as Hispanic outreach director for the Florida Republican Party, has switched his registration to Democrat. He explained why in a note that Kevin Cate put on his blog, here. H/t to the News Service of Florida.

By Beth Reese Carvey

Two new watershed laws changing Florida’s foster care system will vastly improve children’s lives and give foster parents greater flexibility, according to David Wilkins, secretary of the state Department of Children and Families.

“This is the biggest year for improvements in foster care in the history of the system,” Wilkins said Monday on a visit to Jacksonville.

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College Presidents' Pay Wide-Ranging, Report Finds

The contracts for Florida state college presidents range widely and in several cases seem to violate state law, according to a review released Monday by Gov. Rick Scott’s top oversight official, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida.