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(11/6/2007) Raising awareness around online security, not only among government and law enforcement agencies, but among Internet users can be as important as catching Internet criminals. Toronto-analyst Alicia Wanless offers her perspective on cyber crime and how to empower users through education. | (10/31/2007) SCADA controls used to run public utility infrastructures are being scrutinized for its security vulnerabilities. They are simple devices, typically transmitting and receiving data at slow speeds. They are, however, increasingly being attached to computer networks, making it a prime target for hackers out to wreak havoc. | (10/26/2007) The Canadian government has often been criticized for not doing enough to battle cyber crime, and one of the reasons for this may be a lack of understanding of what cyber crime really is. A recent report from International Perspectives sheds some light on countering cyber crime, and why the government needs to act now, according to its executive director, Alicia Wanless. | (9/11/2007) The Internet is carrying the campaign strategies of all three major political parties in the run-up to next month's Ontario election, albeit in different ways and to varying degrees. In Part 2 of our Ontario Politics 2.0 series, Toronto-based writer Lydia Perovic looks at the availability and diversity of Web 2.0 features in the context of e-communication and online campaigning. | (9/11/2007) The Internet is carrying the campaign strategies of all three major political parties in the run-up to next month's Ontario election, albeit in different ways and to varying degrees. In Part 2 of our Ontario Politics 2.0 series, Toronto-based writer Lydia Perovic looks at the availability and diversity of Web 2.0 features in the context of e-communication and online campaigning. | (8/31/2007) Stephen Conroy, the Australian shadow minister for communications and IT, has smashed the federal government's Australia Connected initiative and promised to wipe out the broadband taskforce if Labor wins government. | (6/26/2007) With this year's New York Senate and Assembly session now ended, local voting activists are chalking up a victory for the public at the expense of Microsoft Corp. and the e-voting industry. The activists had feared that Microsoft and a handful of e-voting device vendors would quietly weaken the state's strict e-voting software escrow law before the current legislative session ended on Friday. | (5/24/2007) Government needs to reflect the changes in communications that have resulted from Web 2.0 technology and help facilitate two-way communication between citizens. This was the message Canadian Web and "unmarketing" guru Tara Hunt delivered at the Govis conference in Wellington, New Zealand, last week. | (3/29/2007) The U.S. has dropped from first to seventh place with respect to leveraging IT, according to a study issued by the World Economic Forum. Canada also dropped in the rankings, placing 11th after a fifth spot finish last year. | (3/22/2007) While the federal budget does include several measures that prop up Canada's role on the global information technology stage, industry observers say the budget tabled this week really falls short of expectations. | (2/5/2007) Many casual observers of the political process probably rolled their eyes upon hearing the news that yet another Member of Parliament had crossed the floor, defecting to another Party. |
  | |  | | 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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