Government Technology

Blake Harris

Contributing Writer

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

National Broadband Infrastructure Needed (Opinion)
June 15, 2009 - Improving broadband coverage in the United States.

Top Digital Cities for 2007
December 17, 2007 - The seventh annual 2007 Digital Cities Survey examines how cities are using technology to create a seamless environment between local government and constituents.

Modern Mapmaker
August 31, 2005 - Grass-roots combination of GIS and Google improves access to Chicago crime information.

Property Rights
July 28, 2005 - New law seeks to make states' dealings with electronic real estate documents consistent.

Disaster Management: Defining the New Normal
July 15, 2005 - One company bought all its employees desktop computers for their homes and insists they work from home one day a month. If disaster strikes they will be prepared to continue operations from home

Expanding Role for Intergovernmental Management
June 18, 2005 - "There are 115 signatories to the regional disaster plan for the Seattle area. More than 20 federal grant programs for first responders weave a tangled web of funding streams that delays progress where it matters most."

Telecommunication
August 31, 1999 - Telecommunication

Economic Development: The Race for Bandwidth
November 30, 1997 - Is America being hamstrung by outdated telecommunications policies and practices as it competes in the global market ?

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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
 

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