(12/12/2006) The pandemic clock is ticking. Somewhere in our global ecosystem, scientists say, a virus is quietly mutating. | (12/11/2006) I am so inspired and proud of the efforts of Paul Gillespie, the Toronto Police Service and the RCMP. I don't know how they can view these horrific images day after day, knowing that they can only apprehend a few of the hundreds of thousands of child predators. | (11/30/2006) A national study recently launched by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) and the Canadian Police Research Centre (CPRC) is aiming to identify the technology, emergency preparedness and research needs of Canada's first responders. | (11/29/2006) Many people believe that individuals must take personal responsibility for their own treatment and ultimately their own physical well-being, but is technology helping bring this about. | (11/28/2006) Ponytails, brown sandals and the much-loved penguin t-shirts are out as organizations move to raise the dress code in IT departments. | (11/21/2006) In Part 1 InterGovWorld spoke with Dr. Arlene King about her role as the Director General of the Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat as well as lessons learned from SARS.In Part 2, King discusses the challenges the agency faces with respect to pandemic flu preparedness, and how a Canada-wide EHR could help tackle potential outbreaks. | (11/20/2006) Robert Kolodner was named interim national coordinator for health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in September, replacing David Brailer, the first person to hold the post. Kolodner was previously chief health informatics officer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). | (11/17/2006) Case workers at the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS) hope to have improved information sharing with the rollout of an integrated child welfare IT system. | (11/9/2006) A pandemic flu occurring is not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. | (11/3/2006) The implications of some form of viral outbreak or natural disaster could be dramatic. The 2020 Project of the U.S. National Intelligence Council identifies disease pandemic as the single most important threat to the global economy. |
  | |  | | 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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