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(7/12/2006) As the U.S. Congress argues the pros and cons of network neutrality, many companies doing business on the Internet say their very futures may be at stake. | (7/11/2006) The Ministry of Science and Technology in China will form a new independent watchdog to oversee funding for scientific research in the country, state media reported Monday. | (6/28/2006) A bill introduced Monday by Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) both of whom serve on the Senate Banking Committee, joins a growing list of data security measures now pending before Congress.
| (6/26/2006) The prospects for a single, European Union-wide patent regime appear to be dimming, as industry groups representing some of the most innovative companies active in Europe are urging the European Commission to abandon its promise earlier this year to make b one final pushb to adopt the so-called Community pate | (6/22/2006) Newfoundland and Labrador's recently launched Pharmacy Network hopes to decrease the sale of prescription drugs on the street and reduce adverse drug interactions, especially for those with complex drug therapies, like senior citizens. | (5/16/2006) SAINT-SAUVEUR, QUE. - The politics around cross-jurisdictional service transformation demands that state CIOs know the players in order to be able to know how to make change happen. | (5/6/2006) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week adopted an order that reaffirms the May 14, 2007, deadline for facilities-based broadband Internet access and interconnected VOIP providers to comply with the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) for electronic surveillance.
| (4/28/2006) The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should set aside 30MHz of radio spectrum scheduled to be auctioned off to commercial users in 2008 for a new multibillion-dollar wireless public safety network, Nextel co-founder Morgan Ob Brien said Thursday. | (4/18/2006) The Government of Queensland's Department of Child Safety has taken its integrated client management system (ICMS) back in-house after 20 contractors marched out the door. | (4/7/2006) Electronic sharing of health information is still in the "Wild West" stage of U.S. federal regulation, privacy advocates say. | (4/4/2006) Bowing to pressure, the European Commission Tuesday unveiled a compromise version of its plan to create a single European market for a wide range of services, including computer consulting.
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  | |  | | 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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