Governance
more from the knowledge centre:
Policy |
(12/17/2007) The stories that get the most ink on information security issues are usually the ones about massive data breaches and other foul-ups - especially if they happen within government. | (12/6/2007) Passport Canada's Web application system, Passport Online, has been added to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's audit list, following recent reports that an Ontario man was able to access personal information of another passport applicant. Passport Canada maintains its database is intact and previous users of the online tool are not at risk. | (12/3/2007) The Local Government Performance Index, an analysis by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a western Canadian think-tank, has found that our cities are suffering from more than just a lack of attention. Poor public disclosure, archaic accounting and vast performance differences from city to city paint an unflattering picture. | (12/3/2007) The Local Government Performance Index, an analysis by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a western Canadian think-tank, has found that our cities are suffering from more than just a lack of attention. Poor public disclosure, archaic accounting and vast performance differences from city to city paint an unflattering picture. | (11/26/2007) U.K.'s chief information officer, John Suffolk, has cautioned government agencies against putting "more eggs in a single basket" when it comes to protecting sensitive data. Speaking at a meeting of MPs called, The Surveillance Society, Suffolk warned about the risks of creating more large government databases. | (11/19/2007) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating a potential data breach involving the theft of three computers containing personal data on potentially 12,000 individuals. This is not the first data breach to occur at the department, as last year a laptop and hard disk containing personal data on over 26.5 million veterans was stolen. | (11/14/2007) IT departments have historically struggled with unnecessary complexities in managing existing systems as a result of duplicated assets and processes that achieve the same objectives. Forrester Research Inc. analyst Alexander Peters says the only way out of this web of redundancy is strategic consolidation. Peters offers three best practice approaches to an effective consolidation strategy. | (11/12/2007) The mayor of the District of Columbia in the U.S. has decided to withdraw a controversial e-mail policy that would have given messages stored on the D.C. government e-mail servers a six-month life period. The decision was made following criticisms from the public and city council members on the proposed policy, which was scheduled to go on a six-month pilot program beginning January 5 next year. | (11/1/2007) The Canadian government needs to strengthen collaboration in order to influence necessary research and development in health care technology. This was the message that came out loud and clear from industry experts at yesterday's Critical Care Canada Forum at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. | (10/18/2007) As the present-day threat for identity theft gets stronger than ever, privacy advocates believe Canadian legislation enacted to protect the privacy of personal information is dated. In the recent tabling of her Annual Report, Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart urged Parliament to review and modernize the Privacy Act. | (10/12/2007) In an effort to strengthen their emergency measures, New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization, has selected crisis software to support emergency incident management efforts internally. The provincial agency has chosen ESS Crisis software in partnership with local responder agencies such as police and fire departments. |
  | |  | | 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.
| |
|  | |  | |
|
|  |
| | |
| | |  |  | Knowledge Centres at a Glance |  | | | | |  | |  |  | | | | | |
|
|
|
