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(1/28/2008) As the result of using government computers to visit an "egregious" number of pornographic Web sites in 2007 nine city employees in the District of Columbia have been fired. | (1/8/2008) The Ontario Public Service is ramping up its recruitment strategy in preparation for the expected retirement of many of its workers over the next ten years, according to Ontario CIO Ron McKerlie. | (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. | (12/11/2007) Shelly Jamieson will take the reigns from Tony Dean as head of the Ontario Public Service on January 7, 2008. In addition to being named head of the OPS by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Jamieson will also be the next secretary of the Cabinet and clerk of the Executive Council, according to a released statement from the Premier's office. | (12/3/2007) Virtual reality sites, such as the popular Second Life, are getting a lot of attention from public leaders and have increasingly become a venue for propagating political platforms and creating a virtual existence. CIO Government Review columnist, Jeffrey Roy, explores the democratic landscape, or lack thereof, in the virtual reality world of the Linden-spending Avatars. | (11/28/2007) Alberta's Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Industry has launched a new Web site designed to provide a single resource for immigrants. Federally funded through Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the new portal offers all the information newcomers need to know to live and work in Alberta. | (11/20/2007) Following its active participation during last month's Waste Reduction Week, the province of Manitoba has announced it will be holding a Green Conference aimed at providing Manitoba-based organizations with best-practices around environmental responsibility. The effort is in line with the province's climate change action plan. | (11/14/2007) Auditor General Sheila Fraser recently issued her Annual Report which found, among other things, certain weaknesses in procedures for awarding industrial contracts, posing security risks to sensitive government information. Responding to the report, Public Works and Government Services Canada shares its "robust action plan" to enhance the department's security procedures. | (11/5/2007) Panelists at a U.S. Federal Trade Commission workshop on targeted online advertising said that online privacy policies need to be easier to understand and more conspicuous because few people now actually read them. | (10/30/2007) With baby boomers set to retire over the next five years, companies are becoming more innovative with how they attract and retain new workers, and the public sector is no exception. Last month, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) launched a multi-media campaign aimed at attracting younger workers and recent post-secondary graduates in order to fill a shortage of over 300 workers within PWGSC. |
  | |  | | 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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