Government Technology

Andy Opsahl

Features Editor

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

Site Reveals Salaries of Kentucky's Louisville City and Jefferson County Employees
December 21, 2009 - Web tool on Louisville, Ky., portal lets citizens search employee salaries and other municipal spending details.

First Broadband Stimulus Awards Announced
December 17, 2009 - Vice President Joseph Biden announces $183 million in broadband stimulus awards.

County CIO Reforms a Redundant Paper-Based California DMV Process
December 16, 2009 - Kevin Dickey, CIO and chief information security officer of Contra Costa County, Calif., reforms a redundant Department of Motor Vehicles paper application process for all the state's counties.

Year in Review: Local Governments Offset Budget Cutbacks with Crowdsourcing, Cloud Computing
December 16, 2009 - Michigan county's budget blog and Washington, D.C.'s Apps for Democracy use citizen ideas to counter budget woes.

Michigan Announces Unique Cyber-Security Partnership With Feds
December 15, 2009 - Michigan deploys the federal government's network-monitoring system EINSTEIN 1, indicating a potential new direction for state IT security.

Seattle CIO One of Four Directors Kept by Mayor-Elect Mike McGinn
December 14, 2009 - Seattle Mayor-elect Mike McGinn to retain some of Greg Nickels' staff, including CIO Bill Schrier.

Results-Only Work Environment Focuses on Quality Results, not Hours Worked (Opinion)
December 09, 2009 - Worker productivity could improve when based on actual results instead of time worked.

Oakland County, Mich., Saves Money with Employee Cost-Reduction Blog
December 06, 2009 - CIO Phil Bertolini discusses Michigan county's budget savings.

Corpus Christi Mirrors Larger Cities with Data Backup
December 03, 2009 -

Texas city deploys data backup technology more common in large cities.


2009 Best of California Award Winners Announced
December 03, 2009 - California state and local officials took home technology accolades at the Center for Digital Government's Best of California awards ceremony.

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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

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Mobile Video Collaboration: The New Business Reality
 

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