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(1/16/2008) Known for its lighthouses, iconic Blue Nose ship, scrumptious seafood and lively Celtic music, Nova Scotia may not be the first province that pops into your head when you think of technology leaders in Canada. But that may soon change. | (1/16/2008) A secure e-mail specification for future use has been selected by The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program, a shared effort between British and American defence agencies and aerospace partners to devise technologies for secure electronic collaboration. | (1/15/2008) CIOs seek professionals who can contribute immediately to their companies' success. The choice often comes down to skills that are hard to quantify but essential to any successful IT career. Here are five nontechnical abilities that will help separate you from the crowd. | (1/14/2008) The grassroots effort by thousands of Canadians on Facebook was one of the biggest factors in causing the government's delay of a controversial copyright reform bill last month. Now, that effort is expanding virtually all across the country. | (1/14/2008) The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) said in a report on Microsoft's Vista operating system and Office 2007 that British schools should not upgrade to the software. It also supported use of the international standard ODF (Open Document Format) for storing files. | (1/11/2008) The technology that allows visitors to the U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) to take a virtual tour of historic documents and map out what exhibits they want to see will be provided by Microsoft the two organizations announced recently. | (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. | (1/9/2008) According to a recent study, large enterprise companies in particular are willing to pay for top talent, with CIOs and IT executives gaining the biggest increase in compensation in the past year. | (1/9/2008) The use of Web 2.0 tools in the federal government is expected to increase but most implementations will be internal in nature, according to Ken Cochrane, CIO of the Government of Canada. |
  | |  | | 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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