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(4/21/2008) Organized cyber crime rings are wreaking havoc because they're vastly more organized and better funded than Canadian law enforcement, say security experts. | (4/10/2008) Washington politicians are frequently denounced for moving too slowly to respond to emerging problems, and while the adage has proven true regarding the federal sector's response to cyber security thus far, the U.S. government is making slow progress in addressing the issue, experts maintain. | (3/12/2008) A health privacy initiative has been launched by the Center for Democracy and Technology, which said that privacy needs to be a higher priority as the U.S. government and other groups push for adoption of health IT as a way to improve the country's health-care system. | (3/10/2008) Governments are collecting increasing amounts of data about their citizens, and the need to handle all of it in a secure way is motivating ministries, departments and agencies to improve their IT security infrastructures. Although some are embracing the new defence imperative willingly and quickly, others are finding it a much tougher challenge. | (2/28/2008) Privacy advocates on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border are sounding loud alarms about RFID-enabled enhanced drivers' licences (EDLs). In January, British Columbia became the first province to introduce EDLs for cross-border travel in conjunction with Washington State. | (2/13/2008) Plans for the General Motors of Canada Automotive Centre of Excellence were recently unveiled by officials from GM and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. The centre will be housed at the UOIT's Oshawa campus and aims to enhance engineering competitiveness in Canada's automotive sector. | (12/17/2007) Public and private consultations are underway in the U.K. as the government pursues its data sharing plan that was part of a comprehensive review, which was initially announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in October. One of the issues being addressed is the possibility of amending the Data Protection Act. | (12/7/2007) From going green to Web 2.0, government has a lot on its agenda for 2008. CIO Government Review asked industry experts to gaze into the crystal ball and make their top technology predictions for the public sector. Here's a look at what the (near) future holds. | (12/7/2007) From going green to Web 2.0, government has a lot on its agenda for 2008. CIO Government Review asked industry experts to gaze into the crystal ball and make their top technology predictions for the public sector. Here's a look at what the (near) future holds. | (12/3/2007) Espionage is setting up shop on the Internet as governments around the world increasingly use the Web for intelligence gathering, according to McAfee Inc.'s Virtual Criminology Report. Security analysts believe cyber espionage will be one of the biggest threats to governments and national security in 2008 and will spur what analysts are calling a "cyber cold war." | (10/22/2007) In light of the increasing number of identity theft victims, the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 was introduced by two U.S. senators last week. The Act proposes adding protections for consumers who fall victim to identity theft to the existing bill focused on data privacy and security that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in May. |
  | |  | | 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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