(8/26/2008) New regulation requires banks and creditors to identify potential consumer identity theft | (8/20/2008) Free the Airwaves campaign urges FCC to open analog TV spectrum for wireless broadband this fall | (8/15/2008) Industry Minister won't interfere with the new policies, but Layton argues against the so-called cash grab from Telus and Bell. | (8/15/2008) Industry Minister will not interfere with the new policies, but Layton argues against the so-called cash grab. | (7/31/2008) E-commerce and credit card companies to report merchant transactions to IRS | (7/8/2008) The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a formal investigation of the proposed Google-Yahoo advertising deal. Washington, DC-based groups say the review is to be expected. | (7/7/2008) Different approaches to wireless Internet access in San Francisco and neighbouring Silicon Valley are producing very different results, with one project springing up around the city and the other inching through regulatory procedures. | (7/4/2008) Toronto is joining the ranks of major cities such as New York, Chicago and Washington that are installing video surveillance to combat crime. | (7/4/2008) A former IT contractor for the city of Newark, N.J. this week pleaded guilty to using his position to defraud Cisco Systems Inc. of millions of dollars. Michael Kyereme, 41, of Piscataway, N.J., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday to mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with the scheme. Kyereme, also known as Michael Appiahkyeremeh, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in jail and a fine of up to US$350,000. | (7/3/2008) CIOs are not paying enough attention to their own training needs, a survey of the CIO Connect membership has revealed. CIO Connect, a membership organization of 250 UK based CIOs, found that providing training and development for their department was good, but many forgot to include themselves in development plans. |
  | |  | | 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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