Government Technology

Blake Harris

Contributing Editor

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

Programming Sensor Networks Getting Cheaper and Easier
April 07, 2009 - Researchers at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University now have created a new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks, which the researchers say is designed for easy use.

Hospital Pioneers New "Personal" Electronic Health Record
April 06, 2009 - The new records system offers patients the ability to select and store personal medical information generated during their doctor and hospital visits at New York-Presbyterian.

More Federal Support Needed For Local Decision Makers Coping with Climate Change
March 12, 2009 - Many state and local officials and private organizations are basing decisions -- such as how to build bridges or manage water supplies -- on the assumption that current climate conditions will continue, but that assumption is no longer valid.

Stimulus Funds Offer Huge Opportunity for Local Governments (Opinion)
March 11, 2009 - Stimulus bill has billions for broadband, health IT and electricity grid upgrades. Now local governments need funding processes that deliver maximum benefit.

Broadband Stimulus - A Once-In-A- Lifetime Opportunity
February 17, 2009 - The big news over the weekend is Congress' approval of a compromise stimulus bill that includes $7.2 billion to help deploy broadband in rural and other undeserved urban areas, $17 billion for incentives for health care providers to adopt electronic health records, and $11 billion to update the nation's electricity grid.

Senate Bill Passage Brings IT Stimulus Spending In Sight
February 10, 2009 - With the passage of the US Senate version of the $838 billion economic stimulus bill today, and the reconciliation of the Senate and House versions now in progress, we begin to get a clearer picture of what new IT stimulus spend to expect.

Obama Urged To Build Smart and Sustainable Communities
December 18, 2008 - As an initiative of the Digital Communities' CIO Task Force, local government and IT industry partners have joined together to offer their advice and support to the Obama Administration.

CIOs and First Responders Say Flawed 700MHz Public Safety Plan Needs New Approach
October 30, 2008 - Public safety officials and chief information officers (CIOs) from many of the largest cities and counties in the US, as part of the Digital Communities 700Mhz CIO working group initiative, have banded together to protest the FCC's new proposed rules for the 700MHz D-Block auction.

Larger Cities View FCC 700MHz "D Block" Public Safety Plan as Critically Flawed
October 29, 2008 - Major cities and counties believe the FCC plan to pair the public safety spectrum with the commercially-auctioned "D-Block" of spectrum to create a nationwide network is critically flawed.

Fusion Centers May Strengthen Emergency Management
August 19, 2008 - All-hazards focus by fusion centers improves emergency operations.

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