(5/20/2008) Back in 2006, government announcements were made about the introduction of a new 511 telephone information service by the end of 2007. But progress on this initiative has been slow. | (5/20/2008) The U.K. government has missed another opportunity to commit to an internet crime response unit, despite vowing to better police communications data in the interests of national security. | (5/16/2008) As Google Street View prepares to launch in Europe, the EU's data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx has urged Google to respect local privacy rules. Although he hasn't been in direct contact with the Internet search giant about Street View, Hustinx is very aware of it. | (5/15/2008) Technology is a factor in enabling the Ontario government to meet their green targets, but behaviour and mindset also plays a role, according to associate deputy minister Hugh MacLeod. "This is a transformational change for which new conversations and new partners are required," said MacLeod yesterday at a Green Technologies town hall meeting hosted by the Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer. | (5/14/2008) An online tax centre was launched yesterday by the City of Mississauga, which will allow residents to access self-serve tax services. It will also allow online users to access a variety of tax services on the City's Web site. | (5/14/2008) According to a leaked U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation presentation, the FBI is very concerned about the issue of counterfeit Cisco equipment. The presentation underscores problems in the Cisco supply chain. | (5/13/2008) Following a spate of high profile data breaches, the U.S. Ministry of Defence is set to install encryption software on 20,000 of its laptops. It will install BeCrypt's Disk Baseline software across Royal Airforce, Army and Navy laptops, and users will need to be authenticated before they can access encrypted data. | (5/13/2008) Information is fast becoming more ubiquitous and tightly interconnected within the vast networks of cables and hosts distributed worldwide. This translates into an urgent requirement for more secure transactions and exchanges between international government bodies, in order to foster stronger B2B and B2C commerce. | (5/13/2008) Africa requires 1.3 million networking professionals by 2012 for technology in the region to operate effectively, according to a Cisco official. South Africa-based Cisco Systems area academic manager Elfie Hamid said in Lusaka, Zambia, recently that Africa is facing a massive shortage of ICT, both in industry and training institutions. | (5/7/2008) The New Zealand government could be involved in some difficult policy decisions if the igovt identity information management system is too appealing to private industry, says Internal Affairs chief executive Brendan Boyle. |
  | |  | | 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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