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(6/2/2008) Sue Corke doesn't have to be a Web 2.0 devotee to know that online technologies have the potential to drastically improve service delivery. "I don't use it myself," she admitted of tools such as blogs, wikis and social networking sites such as Facebook. "My kids use it a lot."
| (5/30/2008) A plan to auction spectrum will soon be voted on by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, with the winner required to offer free wireless Internet services. The winner of the 25Mhz piece of spectrum in the 2155MHz band would be required to use a specified amount of the spectrum to deliver free wireless Internet access. | (5/23/2008) The best CIO is an executive whom you don't immediately peg as a CIO. He has shifted from technology manager to business leader, according to top technology executives speaking at our annual CIO Leadership conference this week in Boston. | (5/21/2008) Because of a risk of eavesdropping the government of the Netherlands has banned electronic voting machines from future elections, and will return to paper voting. "Research indicates that a secure voting machine that is immune to the risks of eavesdropping can't be guaranteed," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said last week.
| (5/16/2008) As Google Street View prepares to launch in Europe, the EU's data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx has urged Google to respect local privacy rules. Although he hasn't been in direct contact with the Internet search giant about Street View, Hustinx is very aware of it. | (5/14/2008) Microsoft Corp.'s plan to fill its mammoth Chicago data centre with servers housed in 40-foot shipping containers has experts wondering whether the strategy will succeed. In Microsoft's plan, each container in the data centre, still being built, will be filled with several thousand servers. | (5/14/2008) Microsoft Corp.'s plan to fill its mammoth Chicago data centre with servers housed in 40-foot shipping containers has experts wondering whether the strategy will succeed. In Microsoft's plan, each container in the data centre, still being built, will be filled with several thousand servers. | (5/5/2008) Manitoba's Attorney General Dave Chomiak has announced proposed legislative amendments which would allow Manitoba to develop a voluntary enhanced driver's licence, as well as an ID card that would meet border travel requirements in the United States. | (4/30/2008) Mislaying personal data may soon become a criminal offence in the U.K. The House of Lords has backed an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, proposed by Liberal Democrat Lady Miller. | (4/22/2008) Small businesses are not consulting the government for IT guidance, even though they often lack expertise themselves, according to a new report. The limited money and IT expertise available to small businesses meant they were dependent on the government for advice, the University of London report said. | (4/17/2008) The government of Alberta is set to launch a variety of initiatives aimed at improving the public health system. The action plan that the government has outlined includes the introduction of new technologies to help Albertans access and understand the health system, which will be announced over the next nine months. |
  | |  | | 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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