(8/21/2007) From entry-level coders to C-suite executives, few have the luxury of a lone wolf mentality. Emotional intelligence and "soft" skills are must-haves for today's CIO and other IT professionals. Research shows it's your soft skills and emotional intelligence that determines everything, from whether you get promoted to how happy you are at work. Luckily, with knowledge, awareness and practice, you can boost your EI. | (8/21/2007) Vendors and government agencies are pushing the use of Internet Protocol Version 6 as the number of addresses available in IPv4 diminishes, and researchers find that network administrators are unprepared for the new protocol. Here's more on what you need to know about IPv6. | (8/20/2007) The controversial Patriot Act in the U.S. continues to loom over its northern neighbour as the potential risks of cross-border data transfer threaten to undermine Canadian privacy. | (8/17/2007) When David Behen became IT director for Washtenaw County, Mich., the department was little more than an order-taker. And not a very good one. Behen, now Washtenaw County's deputy county administrator and CIO, says he has reinvented his job, transforming it from enabler to "policy-maker and community engager." | (8/17/2007) When David Behen became IT director for Washtenaw County, Mich., the department was little more than an order-taker. And not a very good one. Behen, now Washtenaw County's deputy county administrator and CIO, says he has reinvented his job, transforming it from enabler to "policy-maker and community engager." | (8/16/2007) A plan to tackle privacy and security issues that continue to hamper the launch of the Australian Government's A$1.1 billion Access Card was released by the Biometrics Institute recently. The plan follows continuing parliamentary debate which has stalled the Access Card legislation with members of the Senate seeking additional privacy safeguards. | (8/16/2007) The U.K. government has admitted that fresh delays have hit its scandal-hit Libra project to provide a case management computer system and infrastructure for magistrates courts. It is the second recent blow to justice system IT projects, following the announcement earlier this week of a review of the C-Nomis offender management system. | (8/15/2007) The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), an IT security standards consortium that includes heavyweights such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and many of the largest government contractors in the world, is looking to broaden its ranks. | (8/13/2007) The U.K.'s Conservative Party has reiterated that it will scrap the government's 5.3 billion -pound ID cards scheme as ministers announced that the delayed procurement for the program had finally begun. Shadow home secretary David Davis says the project will do nothing to improve security, while costing the tax payer 20 billion pounds in the process. | (8/13/2007) A proposed revamp of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's air passenger screening program offers improved personal privacy, but still falls short of acceptable protection standards, according to a leading privacy advocate. The Transportation Security Administration, part of DHS, will maintain direct control of checking domestic passenger lists against terrorist watch lists. |
  | |  | | 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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