(3/10/2006) Mostly, you will know, the name of the game in e-government has been electronic service delivery b citizens (or clients, or customers, if you're inclined that way) connecting with government in the interests of transactions or information or both. | (3/9/2006) Government, you may have noticed, has been slowly getting its head around wireless. | (3/9/2006) Just like TiVo, medical lectures and presentations can now be accessed over the Internet -- whenever, wherever -- the result of a new technology dubbed Mediasite. | (3/8/2006) Significant progress has been made in implementing electronic health records (EHR) across Canada, although competing priorities in health care suggest that it may not get the attention it deserves, according to Richard Alvarez, president and CEO of Canada Health Infoway. | (3/8/2006) It would be an understatement to say that public safety and emergency preparedness, with respect to protecting critical IT infrastructures, is huge. It affects every single sector, from health care to finance, and it can often be unclear as to who's in charge of what. | (3/8/2006) It would be an understatement to say that public safety and emergency preparedness, with respect to protecting critical IT infrastructures, is huge. It affects every single sector, from health care to finance, and it can often be unclear as to who's in charge of what. | (3/3/2006) Although the upcoming e-government services will be delivered via a government-branded One-Stop Portal (OSP), the private sector will continue to play a key role in Hong Kong's e-government strategy, said Howard Dickson, Hong Kong Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO). | (3/3/2006) Hong Kong's e-government service delivery is about to undergo a transformation. As the contract with ESDlife will expire in January 2008, the OGCIO is introducing a One-Stop Portal (OSP) strategy, with the first stage slated for debut in mid-2006. | (3/1/2006) It seems to me there has been precious little public dialogue on patient wait times since the middle of last month when newly-minted Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated his government's plan to negotiate a Patient Wait Times Guarantee with the provinces, and in doing so commended the Quebec's plan to ensure patients receive timely access to vital services. | (3/1/2006) It seems to me there has been precious little public dialogue on patient wait times since the middle of last month when newly-minted Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated his government's plan to negotiate a Patient Wait Times Guarantee with the provinces, and in doing so commended the Quebec's plan to ensure patients receive timely access to vital services. |
  | |  | | 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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