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(9/21/2006) A surge of innovation is transforming Canadian business and society as organizations achieve leadership in their sectors, seemingly overnight, by applying IT in ways the world has not seen before. | (9/15/2006) If an outbreak like SARS struck again, a new information system may help protect the Canadian public in a faster, more coordinated manner. | (9/12/2006) As director of research at the SANS Institute, Alan Paller has a unique window from which to view the U.S. government's efforts to secure its vast computer networks. | (9/6/2006) City officials in Providence, Rohde Island, unveiled a US$2.3 million (C$2.5) wireless mesh network on Tuesday that is already being used by police and fire vehicles for access to data for public safety. | (9/1/2006) The Canadian Radio-Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) legalese-free "bill of rights" - covering local telephone service - has been lauded as a pro-consumer initiative. | (8/28/2006) If seniors are in rocking chairs they're most likely in front of computers surfing the Net. That's because seniors are now the fastest growing demographic of Internet users in Canada, according to the Minister Responsible for Seniors, Jim Bradley.
| (8/15/2006) Earlier this month, the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association announced an initiative to compile claims information from 79 million patients into a database that can be shared with 20 participating Blue Cross plans. | (8/11/2006) Edmonton is set to deploy a region-wide EMR and scheduling system. With partners Capital Health, and Madison, Wis.-based Epic Systems, the city is aiming to have a common database to support clinicians and physicians, and ultimately benefit patients by October. | (8/10/2006) When I started to pen this column on network neutrality -- the notion that all content on the Internet should continue to be treated equally -- I thought I was on the side of grassroots coalitions like Save the Internet and Hands off the Internet. | (8/3/2006) A federal whistleblower lawsuit has been filed against the evoting industry, alleging that one company sold electronic voting devices that did not perform as promised. | (7/17/2006) Teachers and trainers from across Australia will soon be able to use and access e-learning resources which meet a national standard. |
  | |  | | 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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