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(10/23/2006) Without privacy many rights also disappear. This was one of the key messages at Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart's keynote address at the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) 2006 conference in Toronto. | (9/25/2006) California could soon become one of the first states to create comprehensive safeguards for personal information collected through the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging in government-issued documents and identification cards. | (9/14/2006) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to take several basic steps to protect the nation's cyber infrastructure, including a year-plus delay in naming an assistant secretary for cybersecurity, lawmakers and other critics said Wednesday. | (9/12/2006) While Jim Firestone doesn't think technology watchers will see the advent of the paperless office in the near future, the president of Xerox North America does envision a more holistic approach to document management. | (9/8/2006) Automated check-in and registration systems, currently being used in the airline and retail industries, have found their way to the healthcare sector and are proving their worth in enhancing patient care | (8/31/2006) Federal agencies have until Sept. 8 to provide an update on their readiness to comply with a presidential directive on issuing Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards to all employees and contractors by the end of October. | (8/25/2006) Companies that work with law enforcement agencies on cybercrime can get valuable information, including lists of hostile IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and information on new types of attacks, a U.S. Air Force cybercrime investigator said Thursday. | (8/4/2006) The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has been hit with a massive computer outage, with 80 NHS Trusts in the North West and West Midlands unable to access their systems since 10 a.m. local time on Sunday. | (8/3/2006) Boston's vision of municipal WiFi sees city, university and hospital fiber networks bypassing the major service providers and laying the foundation for free Internet access, proponents said this week. | (8/1/2006) As the Conservatives begin to place their stamp on Ottawa, the Liberal Party is engaged in what promises to be the most open and competitive leadership race in decades. A lengthy roster of candidates features men and women who are scouring the country for supporters in the lead-up to the final vote in December. | (6/23/2006) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is notifying 110 people that two laptop computers containing their personal data were stolen from a locked vehicle.
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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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