Government Technology

Sam Bacharach

Contributing Writer

Sam Bacharach is the executive director of outreach for the Open Geospatial Consortium, an international industry group of 350 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

DHS Promotes Open Geospatial Data Standards
May 31, 2008 - XML-based GIS standards help responders share information.


Collaboration for the Public Sector



Collaborative Justice: Transforming Criminal Justice Services Through Unified Collaboration
This issue brief examines video collaboration in every stage of the human justice process, demonstrating how this technology can not only make services more efficient, affordable, and accessible.

Cloud-Based Services Accelerate Public Sector Adoption of Video Collaboration
Today, thanks to new cloud technologies and high-quality networks, mobile video services - which provide not only cost savings but which help governmental interactions become more efficient - are more feasible than ever before.

Modernization as a Service: Acquiring IT through Innovative Procurement

Five Ways Collaboration is Driving Government Performance

Mobile Video Collaboration: The New Business Reality