Government Technology

Wayne Hanson

Editor

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

John Keel, Texas State Auditor, Awarded Eighth Annual Bob Bullock Award for Outstanding Public Stewardship
February 04, 2005 - 'John retired last year after 12 years on the Legislative Budget Board. He had just got his golf handicap down to six, and they called him and said: you need to be the new state auditor. So he came back.'

State and Local Technology Trends
February 03, 2005 - 'Some governments still have 15 e-mail systems out there and multiple networks going to the same points of presence.'

Enterprise Penetration and Vulnerability
February 03, 2005 - Why is Windows NT impossible to secure from hackers? Why should you not use a dictionary word as a password?

Mott Keynotes GTC Southwest
February 02, 2005 - 'We have an organization of show me the metrics, show me the money. Did we accomplish what we wanted to do -- and we feed that back into the process.'

Lessons from Teddy Roosevelt
February 01, 2005 - 'Use the screwdriver and hatchet you have, and stop dreaming about saws'

Microsoft Agreement With Massachusetts Will Keep Public Records Accessible in Perpetuity
January 25, 2005 - Office 2003 documents will be viewable with any reader, including open source or GPL

Texas CIO Outlines Agenda
January 21, 2005 - 'Our message to potential partners is that we are looking at new ideas, and if we see a way to bring value, we are open to listening. We will reduce government cost whether we have a budget problem or not. We will support effective technology contracting and execution.'

Michigan Signs Storage Media Update Into Law
January 18, 2005 - 'With the almost daily advances in technology, it is critical for government to have the ability to adapt. This legislation gives government the flexibility it needs to do just that.'

Kansas City Funds Citywide Information Technology Consolidation
January 12, 2005 - $1 million for phases one and two

Harris County, Texas, Takes the Enterprise View
January 05, 2005 - 'What we want from an enterprise approach is to reduce redundancy and islands of technology, reach an additional 15 percent new capabilities, and decrease our existing maintenance.'

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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