(1/11/2008) Following a Ministry of Justice review the U.K. government computer system that was established to track criminal offenders is set to be dramatically scaled back. The system was originally seen as offering an end-to-end platform for the probation and prisons service, as well as justifying the creation of the National Offender Management Service. | (1/10/2008) The Centers for Democracy and Technology (CDT) have warned that a proposed new RFID-enabled passport card intended for use by Americans frequently travelling to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean poses serious security and privacy risks for users. | (1/10/2008) 'Tis the season for being drowned in political commentary and ads. Along with the surfeit of political commentators and more-than-daily polls (each of which comes up with a different truth) there has been an undercurrent of mistrust when it comes to the voting mechanisms many people use. | (1/7/2008) The Ontario Public Service's Justice cluster will explore the possibility of instituting an electronic warrant (e-warrant) system across the province, according to its CIO John DiMarco. The Justice cluster has just completed a pilot project for the e-warrant system, in which a justice of the peace is able to issue police search warrants electronically through the use of electronic signatures, DiMarco told attendees at a recent breakfast forum held in Toronto hosted by the Information Technology Association of Canada. | (1/4/2008) Tougher criminal penalties for data security breaches are being urged by a committee of MPs as incidents where the government or contractors have lost people's personal data continue to come to light. | (1/3/2008) As we welcome the New Year, it's also a time to reflect and look back on the news that resonated with our readers in 2007. The most-read stories run the gamut of topics, from free WiFi scams and hot public sector IT trends to the realities of Facebook for the government. Read on for the top 10 stories of 2007. | (12/19/2007) The U.K. government has admitted that the records of more than three million U.K. learner drivers have gone missing from a firm in the U.S. The records contained on the hard disc included the names and addresses of the test applicants, their telephone numbers and in some cases an email address - but no financial data. | (12/14/2007) Interoperability is the number one issue facing Canadian first responders with respect to improving their ability to enhance public safety. This was one of the key findings of a survey, Keeping Canadians Safe, released yesterday by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) which polled 144 chiefs of fire, police, paramedic and emergency response organizations. | (12/12/2007) Despite added costs and complexity, business and government sectors are becoming wedded to data encryption, even though at times it's like an arranged marriage driven by regulatory compliance and fear of data-breach fiascos. | (12/12/2007) Despite added costs and complexity, business and government sectors are becoming wedded to data encryption, even though at times it's like an arranged marriage driven by regulatory compliance and fear of data-breach fiascos. |
  | |  | | 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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