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(7/6/2006) In order to manage and defend against an increasingly sophisticated threat environment, awareness and collaboration are crucial for government agencies to secure their online data. | (7/5/2006) Vendors will have a tough time meeting the fed's ICT needs in the 06-07 financial year, because not all agencies are forthcoming with procurement plans, according to market researcher Intermedium. | (6/29/2006) Yahoo has released user identities to Chinese authorities that have led to the jailing of dissidents; Google censors results in its China search engine; Microsoft has removed blogs written by Chinese journalists in MSN Spaces; and Cisco helps the Chinese government block access to Web sites by selling it network management gear. | (6/22/2006) The implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs) is not a choice for physicians, but an inevitable step towards fully utilizing IT in Canadian health care, according to industry experts. | (6/5/2006) The City of Ottawa and Transport Canada are hoping the environment and commuters in Ottawa-Gatineau will reap benefits from the newly launched website ottawaridematch.com. | (5/31/2006) When the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services wanted to increase efficiency and better service its remote communities, they tapped Agfa HealthCare. | (5/17/2006) The Australian Department of Communication, IT and the Arts (DCITA) has put up A$70,000 (CDN$59,192) with the aim of kickstarting a national coalition to boost the ICT capacity of nonprofit organizations. | (5/15/2006) SAINT-SAUVEUR, QUE. - Senior managers from all levels of government and all regions of Canada paused Sunday at the Lac Carling Congress to hear a tribute to Joseph Galimberti, one of Canadab s most respected public-sector leaders for three decades. | (5/3/2006) Terror on the Internet hardly sounds like a book title to reassure public sector IT security organizations. But, ironically, it does. | (4/28/2006) A wide-ranging telecommunications reform bill approved by a US House committee late Wednesday will drive down cable TV prices and increase demand for broadband services, said supporters of the legislation. | (4/24/2006) Microsoft Corp. failed in its bid to subpoena communications from IBM Corp. relating to an antitrust case against Microsoft in the European Union, when a U.S. District Court judge in New York quashed Microsoft's request on Thursday. |
  | |  | | 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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