(6/2/2008) In his keynote address to delegates at the 2008 Lac Carling Congress in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., former deputy prime minister John Manley cited the U.S. democratic presidential party hopeful, Barack Obama as a model for Web 2.0.
| (6/2/2008) Sue Corke doesn't have to be a Web 2.0 devotee to know that online technologies have the potential to drastically improve service delivery. "I don't use it myself," she admitted of tools such as blogs, wikis and social networking sites such as Facebook. "My kids use it a lot."
| (5/30/2008) A plan to auction spectrum will soon be voted on by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, with the winner required to offer free wireless Internet services. The winner of the 25Mhz piece of spectrum in the 2155MHz band would be required to use a specified amount of the spectrum to deliver free wireless Internet access. | (5/29/2008) A trade complaint has been filed against the European Union by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), saying the E.U. has violated a World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement by taxing the import of some tech products. | (5/28/2008) Governments around the world are moving some or all of their services into an online environment. In cases where integration and rethinking of services is a fundamental part of the e-government initiative, professional project managers can play a key role. | (5/28/2008) Governments around the world are moving some or all of their services into an online environment. In cases where integration and rethinking of services is a fundamental part of the e-government initiative, professional project managers can play a key role. | (5/28/2008) IBM Canada has announced the creation of a Centre of Excellence in Quebec City, the aim of which is to facilitate the international sharing of medical documents between clinics, physicians and hospitals. The exclusive global provider of the solution is Artefact Informatique, a division of LGS Group Inc. (an IBM company). | (5/27/2008) The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley regulations served as a wake-up call for CIOs to formalize document retention policies to meet compliance requirements. But regulatory demands-and the number of documents produced daily-continue to grow. | (5/27/2008) Five suppliers have been chosen to deliver the IT systems for the National Identity Scheme (NIS) project. The Home Office announced that CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM and Thales have all been invited to sign framework contracts and form a Strategic Supplier Group for the scheme. | (5/26/2008) Procrastinating Canadians rejoiced at the end of April when a system slowdown at Netfile, the online tax filing service provided by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), resulted in a six-day extension of the deadline for filing tax returns. |
  | |  | | 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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