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(4/15/2008) Sixty per cent of knowledge workers in the U.S., U.K., and Australia will have effectively stopped deleting documents, e-mails, audio, and video files from their hard drives by 2010, and we will soon see this taken to another level with widespread proactive recording in the workplace, according to Australian research company S2 Intelligence. | (3/18/2008) Many companies spend a small fortune and deploy a small army to secure themselves from the many security threats lurking these days. But all those efforts can come to naught when making any of these common mistakes. | (2/29/2008) In its federal budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year announced this week, the Canadian government is offering more tax credits to companies doing research and development, but two major IT industry groups say the changes don't go far enough. | (2/22/2008) An inquiry has been launched by the U.K. Ministry of Defence after admitting to the loss of two laptops containing unencrypted personal details. The additional losses came to light during the investigation of the theft earlier this year of a laptop containing 600,000 peoples' personal details. | (2/8/2008) The public sector faces some major challenges in replenishing its aging ranks, particularly in attracting young IT professionals to public service as university enrolments in computer science continue their steady decline. | (2/7/2008) Support for the Federal Government's A$15 million Information and Communications Technology (ICT) apprenticeship program on behalf of the Australian Public Service (APS) program was recently announced. The program is in conjunction with a four year APS program that will deliver up to 60 jobs within government agencies for young people. | (1/15/2008) CIOs seek professionals who can contribute immediately to their companies' success. The choice often comes down to skills that are hard to quantify but essential to any successful IT career. Here are five nontechnical abilities that will help separate you from the crowd. | (1/7/2008) The Ontario Public Service's Justice cluster will explore the possibility of instituting an electronic warrant (e-warrant) system across the province, according to its CIO John DiMarco. The Justice cluster has just completed a pilot project for the e-warrant system, in which a justice of the peace is able to issue police search warrants electronically through the use of electronic signatures, DiMarco told attendees at a recent breakfast forum held in Toronto hosted by the Information Technology Association of Canada. | (1/3/2008) No one is mistaking the current IT jobs market for the one that sizzled during the dot-com days and inflated salaries to astronomical rates. But as the U.S. economy wrestles with a weak housing market and record oil prices, demand for IT workers is on the rise. | (1/3/2008) No one is mistaking the current IT jobs market for the one that sizzled during the dot-com days and inflated salaries to astronomical rates. But as the U.S. economy wrestles with a weak housing market and record oil prices, demand for IT workers is on the rise. |
  | |  | | 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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