(10/15/2007) One of the more compelling capabilities of Web 2.0 is how it changes the basic Web paradigm from "publish" to "participate." What this means for the Canadian government is a necessary evolution in its business operations, says federal Chief Information Officer Ken Cochrane. | (10/10/2007) When it comes to collaborative technologies, they're useful but satisfaction levels from a business perspective are not as high as they could be. This is the sentiment reflected in a report from more than half of 400 CIOs and IT decision makers surveyed by Avanade, an IT consulting firm, about the use of collaborative technologies. | (9/26/2007) What does pet registration have to do with Canadian privacy? According to City of Toronto officials, lots. It started out as a simple project to take the city's dog and cat licensing process online to increase compliance and generate more revenue. But political developments south of the border led project proponents to consider the project's privacy implications. | (9/18/2007) Walk down the street in the U.S. and your image belongs to anyone and everyone. But walk down the street in Canada and that image is yours and you own it. This is because strict privacy laws in Canada govern all collection, use and disclosure in the course of commercial activity, according to Canadian privacy lawyer David Fraser. | (9/13/2007) Civil society organizations were excluded from last month's Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America in Montebello, Quebec. This partisan tactic sends a clear message that, for these leaders, politics is a competitive sport where winning is all about gaining control of public processes to advance one's own interests. | (9/10/2007) It would appear that the German government is sending mixed messages when it comes to computer hacking. After passing antihacking legislation earlier this year to crack down on the sharp rise in computer attacks in the public and private sectors, the government is now floating a plan to develop and smuggle its own spyware on to the hard drives of suspected terrorists through e-mail messages. | (9/5/2007) Rumours that Microsoft Corp. may purchase Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. are likely just that because of RIM's high price tag, although there would be benefits for both parties if a deal were struck, according to industry analysts. | (8/30/2007) Chicago municipal leaders have scrapped plans to blanket the city with an ambitious Wi-Fi network, citing high costs and low residential uptake as the main reasons. Negotiations with private-sector partners, including EarthLink, have stalled because any city-wide Wi-Fi would require massive public financing. | (8/27/2007) Companies are facing increasing difficulty in their efforts to find qualified data centre managers, since the required skills have expanded beyond IT expertise to a mix of IT, facilities and security management abilities. | (8/2/2007) The U.K. Government's Chief Information Officer Council has posted a video on YouTube, covering progress across the three main themes of its transformational government strategy: customer-centric services; shared services; and professionalism. The video offers real-life examples of transformational government in action, through interviews with programme owners, stakeholders and users of services. | (7/30/2007) The progress in e-health delivery during the past few years puts Canada in a promising position, says a vision paper prepared by Canada Health Infoway Inc. The paper suggests several goals beyond the rollout of a national EHR system, including better disease management and cancer care systems, enhanced pandemic and public health services, more extensive remote care and shorter wait-times. |
  | |  | | 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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