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(8/29/2007) The U.K. government's Courts Service has reaffirmed that the long-delayed Libra case management system will be fully rolled out by the end of next year - although it has so far reached fewer than one in eight courts. The Libra project began in 1998 and has seen repeated delays and cost hikes. | (8/29/2007) U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has called for the U.S. government to cancel an ongoing purchasing contract with Sun Microsystems Inc., but the company says Grassley's request is based on bad information. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, has repeatedly criticized Sun for allegedly overcharging government agencies while on a government-wide purchasing schedule at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). | (8/28/2007) Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has described reports of Chinese hackers breaking into German computers as a matter of "grave concern" and said his country would co-operate with Germany to resolve the matter. Federal security experts discovered Trojan horse programs in computers used in several government ministries. | (8/28/2007) The controversial Australian Broadband Guarantee program was officially launched in its entirety by National ICT Minister Helen Coonan. The A$162.5 million plan offers incentive payments to Internet Service Providers to supply higher bandwidth services in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia at prices comparable to those available in metropolitan areas. | (8/27/2007) InterGovWorld.com readers write back | (8/27/2007) Companies are facing increasing difficulty in their efforts to find qualified data centre managers, since the required skills have expanded beyond IT expertise to a mix of IT, facilities and security management abilities. | (8/24/2007) The U.S. government will spend close to US$22 billion on IT projects by the end of September, as agencies rush to spend their budgets by the end of the fiscal year, says a report from Input, an analyst focused on government contracts. | (8/24/2007) An international association will begin offering certification that recognizes the ability to bring governance principles to the way information and information technology are managed. The certification aims for deep knowledge in strategic alignment, performance measurement, value delivery, and risk and resource management. | (8/23/2007) In January 2006, Michael Witt was appointed deputy director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team within the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division. Network World national correspondent Carolyn Duffy Marsan interviewed Witt about the Estonian cyberattack and its implications for U.S. network managers. | (8/23/2007) A new initiative by the Canadian Association of Police Boards to establish a global centre for cyber-crime in Canada got a boost this week from Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day. The CyberPol Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace is envisioned to become a centralized collaboration centre for Canadian and international law enforcement agencies. |
  | |  | | 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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