(12/15/2006) Unity is hard to do. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) can help turn the masses of silo systems in government into modular components that can be snapped together to share common system services. But the devil is in making a business case today for SOA investments that will deliver indirect benefits tomorrow. | (11/15/2006) The U.S. will lose jobs to other countries if the U.S. Congress fails to quickly resurrect a research and development tax credit that expired in December 2005, a large coalition of technology trade groups said Tuesday. | (11/3/2006) Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently declared Canada to be an "energy superpower." | (10/30/2006) Do you think we need a national broadband Internet policy? If you're like a lot of readers, the answer is yes. | (10/27/2006) Government policies and an archaic public education system are contributing to the erosion of America's competitive edge in the IT market, according to an expert, who said US universities should look to Canada. | (10/26/2006) A federal government organization needs to be able to build a wealth of information around how well they perform a particular service, according to a CA spokesperson at GTEC in Ottawa. | (10/25/2006) The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have chosen a smart-card authentication product from ActivIdentity Corp. as the U.S. government faces a deadline for using new identity cards. | (10/20/2006) Commuters in the GTA are set to get from place to place more conveniently with a seamless fare card developed, designed, and implemented by Accenture Inc. | (10/17/2006) Governments around the world are holding on to billions of dollars collected for their universal service funds that should be spent to build out telecommunications networks, an industry group said Tuesday, calling for the funds to be eliminated over the long term. | (10/3/2006) Telus Corp. is serving up a strong dose of network security by taking a bite out of Bell's dominant turf, winning the Government of Ontario's telecommunications contract. | (9/29/2006) If you seek to create a consolidated egovernment service network, coveting your neighbours IT assets may be a good way to begin, according to one high profile American CIO. |
  | |  | | 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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