(11/5/2007) Panelists at a U.S. Federal Trade Commission workshop on targeted online advertising said that online privacy policies need to be easier to understand and more conspicuous because few people now actually read them. | (11/2/2007) Despite a recent report highlighting the need for government to strengthen efforts to fight the growing problem of cyber crime, the Ministry of Public Safety says it's on track with its commitment to counter online criminals. Public Safety spokesperson Philip McLinton details what these initiatives are. | (10/26/2007) More than half of U.S. residents want the government to regulate Internet video in some way, according to a poll released this week. Twenty-nine per cent of those surveyed said Internet video should be regulated just like television content, according to the poll, commissioned by 463 Communications, a Washington, D.C., public relations firm that specializes in high-tech issues. | (10/23/2007) Canada's public sector and ICT vendors are working together to address the challenges of doing business with government. Public Sector Research's Chris Bishop details some of these procurement issues and what's being done about them. | (10/22/2007) In light of the increasing number of identity theft victims, the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 was introduced by two U.S. senators last week. The Act proposes adding protections for consumers who fall victim to identity theft to the existing bill focused on data privacy and security that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in May. | (10/18/2007) As the present-day threat for identity theft gets stronger than ever, privacy advocates believe Canadian legislation enacted to protect the privacy of personal information is dated. In the recent tabling of her Annual Report, Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart urged Parliament to review and modernize the Privacy Act. | (10/17/2007) A new system for transferring personal health information files has not only enhanced data security, but it's taken the Ontario Ministry of Health out of the 1960's and into the 21st century, according to the Ministry's security architect, David Wilkins. | (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. | (10/12/2007) In an effort to strengthen their emergency measures, New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization, has selected crisis software to support emergency incident management efforts internally. The provincial agency has chosen ESS Crisis software in partnership with local responder agencies such as police and fire departments. | (10/12/2007) Mobile devices are everywhere these days, and people everywhere have greater expectations. Coupled with the heightened expectation of service delivery from the private sector, citizens expect something similar from their governments. Solving these challenges is not and has not been cheap. It's about balancing the cost against the need to implement policy. |
  | |  | | 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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