(5/20/2008) The U.K. government has missed another opportunity to commit to an internet crime response unit, despite vowing to better police communications data in the interests of national security. | (5/13/2008) Information is fast becoming more ubiquitous and tightly interconnected within the vast networks of cables and hosts distributed worldwide. This translates into an urgent requirement for more secure transactions and exchanges between international government bodies, in order to foster stronger B2B and B2C commerce. | (5/2/2008) Over 600 staff at the U.K. HM Revenue and Customs agency have been disciplined or fired in a three year period after they accessed sensitive data without authorization. Jane Kennedy, financial secretary to the Treasury, said the staff were either given a warning or were sacked following "inappropriate access to personal or sensitive data". | (4/25/2008) A new CIO and Director of IT Programme and System delivery are being sought by the U.K. Department of Health (DoH) as a result of Richard Granger's departure in January. Both roles are advertised with salaries of UK$200,000. | (4/23/2008) The Kenyan government has developed a plan to use technology to tackle the problem of recruitment of young people into the illegal Mungiki sect. The sect members paralyzed the public transport system in Kenya from April 14 to 17, demanding the release of their jailed leader, Maina Njenga. | (4/18/2008) Canadian government organizations collect massive amounts of sensitive public data, and much of it exists in e-mail form. Studies show that more than 70 per cent of a public sector organization's intellectual property is contained, in some fashion, within its messaging system. | (4/11/2008) An Ontario city has opted to use open source software to integrate a number of its most important applications, choosing to turn away from larger, proprietary options. | (4/9/2008) Over the past decade, Canada has transitioned from an industrial economy to a networked economy said Keith Parsonage, Director General of the Information and Communications Technologies branch with Industry Canada | (4/4/2008) Recruiting and retaining employees was a big topic of discussion at the FOSE technology-in-government trade show this week as the U.S. government is facing a potential worker shortage in the coming years. | (3/28/2008) Washington Gov. Chris Gregoir this week signed a bill making it a Class C felony to use RFID technology to spy on someone. The bill was signed about a week after the Washington State Senate unanimously passed Bill 1031, which makes it a crime to intentionally scan people's identification remotely without their knowledge and consent, for the purpose of fraud, identity theft, or some other illegal purpose. | (3/26/2008) IBM announced last week that it would integrate a virtual worlds platform into Lotus Sametime, Big Blue's collaboration software, that will be used by the U.S. Intelligence agencies to communicate on key topics such as terrorism. |
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| | | 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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