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(7/4/2006) Canada's privacy chief has expressed concern over the use of employee surveillance technologies, and urged organizations to "look beyond intrusive solutions" in dealing with information and corporate security issues. | (7/1/2006) Developing Government's Policy Initiatives in Canada's Public Administration | (6/22/2006) Leading initiatives across ministries, jurisdictions or sectors is becoming increasingly important as mounting pressure to deliver more service for less cost forces governments to integrate their systems and service delivery functions. These integration initiatives are more complex than internal projects. | (5/29/2006) World Bank Group head Paul Wolfowitz Monday called for increased investment and involvement in development projects targeting poverty in Africa with more bucks for Internet and telco infrastructure. | (5/15/2006) SAINT-SAUVEUR, QUE. - Large urban areas are increasingly the drivers of economic prosperity around the world but Canada isnb t taking the right steps to make its major cities attractive to investment and the creative people who will produce growth, says Glenn Murray.
| (5/4/2006) The release of Tuesday's budget produced mixed reactions across the financial, municipal, health, and public service sectors. | (5/3/2006) "How quickly they forget" is an adage that could soon have far-reaching and ongoing implications for public sector organizations in Canada and everyone who depends on them. The issue stems from a looming wave of public sector retirements that is taking hold and is expected to swell in coming years. | (4/12/2006) The Telecommunications Policy Review Panel last month called on Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier to cut back the role the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) plays in setting rates, but Bernier now finds himself at a crossroads after the CRTC laid out stringent conditions for local forbearance, or circumstances where it might consider loosening its grip on regulation. | (3/21/2006) What would the IT industry be like without the entrenched institution of political lobbying? | (3/8/2006) When you think of Canadian federalism, what comes to mind? If you said "the Constitution" or "fiscal imbalance" or "mind-numbingly long meetings" congratulations, you're a normal Canadian. | (3/3/2006) Although the upcoming e-government services will be delivered via a government-branded One-Stop Portal (OSP), the private sector will continue to play a key role in Hong Kong's e-government strategy, said Howard Dickson, Hong Kong Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO). |
  |  |  | | 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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