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(6/1/2006) MISA/ASIM Canada now has a permanently established Executive, which has held its first meeting and made its first appearance at a national public-sector event. | (6/1/2006) Canada needs new guidelines to deal with emerging technologies capable of violating the privacy its citizens, according to a government report released on Tuesday.
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart expressed concern with the unregulated use of microchip-sized tags called radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs) similar to those used in clothing and book stores to prevent theft.
| (3/28/2006) IF you want a good idea of what NSW Health's electronic health record system will look like, cast a glance over the Tasman.
Two New Zealand companies, Orion Systems and HealthLink, are supplying key software and communications technology, while former New Zealand Health Ministry IT chief Mike Rillstone has been brought in by NSW Health to manage the project.
| (3/8/2006) As the baby boomers hit retirement age, a new cohort of employees will arrive for work at every government in Canada. IT security managers can make some assumptions about the new crop. They are already knowledgeable about computers, the Internet, cellular telephones and PDAs. They have smoothly integrated technology into every aspect of their lives. | (3/8/2006) Significant progress has been made in implementing electronic health records (EHR) across Canada, although competing priorities in health care suggest that it may not get the attention it deserves, according to Richard Alvarez, president and CEO of Canada Health Infoway. | (3/8/2006) The advent of electronic government a decade ago brought with it unfettered rhetoric and anticipation. Born in an era of dot-com valuations and an infatuation with most anything beginning with the prefix "e," it generated much hope b and much has been delivered. | (3/8/2006) Bill Drost is the former CIO of the Government of Prince Edward Island. Although his background wasn't in IT, he took the job on to become the Province's first CIO an assignment he says he regarded as a two to three-year challenge to lay the groundwork for someone else, who would take it to the next level. He spoke recently with Lisa Williams, senior writer with InterGovWorld.com, about how he got his start in the industry and about the reorganization of the CIO office in Prince Edward Island. Excerpts from their conversation follow. | (3/8/2006) When you think of Canadian federalism, what comes to mind? If you said "the Constitution" or "fiscal imbalance" or "mind-numbingly long meetings" congratulations, you're a normal Canadian. | (3/8/2006) It would be an understatement to say that public safety and emergency preparedness, with respect to protecting critical IT infrastructures, is huge. It affects every single sector, from health care to finance, and it can often be unclear as to who's in charge of what. | (3/8/2006) It would be an understatement to say that public safety and emergency preparedness, with respect to protecting critical IT infrastructures, is huge. It affects every single sector, from health care to finance, and it can often be unclear as to who's in charge of what. |
  | |  | | Blog Spotlight: Sandford Borins |  | As Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, Sandford Borins brings InterGovWorld.com readers exclusive insights into how and why the public sector is changing. You'll find new perspectives and questions, observations and objectives, lessons and answers. Cover to Cover, the blog by Prof. Sandford Borins, appears every Thursday. Inside Cover to Cover | |
| | | Unified Communications |  | Unity is a word often heard in the public sector, with myriad agencies and departments looking to foster collective thinking around some of today's most pressing issues. The word, however, doesn't usually get mentioned in the same breath as technology. That's a situation, though, that might soon be changing, thanks to a new software platform known as unified communications.
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