Government Technology

Jim McKay

Contributing Editor

Jim McKay is the editor of Emergency Management magazine. He lives in Orangevale, Calif., with his wife, Christie, daughter, Ellie and son, Ronan. He relaxes by fly fishing on the Truckee River for big, wild trout.
 

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Recent Articles

California Demonstrates Interoperability of Damage Assessment Data
January 20, 2009 - State is building toward statewide mobile field inspection capabilities.

License Plate Readers Help Police
March 27, 2008 - Police laud license plate readers as the next big thing in law enforcement.

Craig Fugate, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
February 29, 2008 - Craig Fugate, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management

CIO in the Show
August 31, 2007 - Equipping a Major League Baseball team with IT isn't all fun and games.

Nuts and Bolts
May 08, 2007 - The technology side of radio interoperability should be the easy part.

Forgotten Coroners
April 30, 2007 - Coroners' offices struggle to find 21st-century information systems.

Eric Holdeman, Director, King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management
January 03, 2007 - Eric Holdeman, Director, King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management

Greg Meffert: One of Government Technology's 25 Doers Dreamers & Drivers
March 08, 2006 - Immediately after Katrina, the city's Web site developed into a source for New Orleans residents to get data

Funding Collaboration
September 27, 2004 - 'Information can be put together so it can be shared across organizations. Right now, that's a phone call for the city manager to find out what's happening -- why is that fire truck going down the street? What's happening? A phone call is the only way they have to communicate it'

Cyber-Security: Getting a Grip
October 08, 2002 - Computer attacks are common and often not reported when detected. Such breaches pose a significant threrat to the enterprise.

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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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