Government Technology

Andy Opsahl

Features Editor

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

Seattle Cuts Red Tape by Putting Public Safety Antennas Atop Public Housing
August 12, 2010 - Seattle bypasses the bureaucracy of placing antennas in neighborhoods by striking deal with city's housing authority.

New Medicaid System in Idaho Delaying Payments
August 05, 2010 - Glitches in Idaho's new Medicaid system are delaying payments to providers, while the vendor and state plan fixes.

Federal Stimulus Grants for a Sacramento, Calif., Utility and Others Spur Smart Grid Activity
July 31, 2010 - Smart meters, electric vehicle charging stations and home energy management systems among technologies funded.

IT Budget Cuts Prompt Worry Over Unintended Consequences
July 15, 2010 - Seattle CIO Bill Schrier must rank IT projects for the mayor to decide what to trim.

2010 Digital Counties Survey Award Winners Announced
July 13, 2010 - Virginia and Maryland counties top the Center for Digital Government's 2010 Digital Counties Survey.

Seattle Offers Crime Map with Links to Police Reports
July 02, 2010 - Seattle deploys online crime map that provides citizens with links to redacted police reports.

Vending Machines Distribute Industrial Supplies in Sacramento, Calif. (Video)
June 30, 2010 - Agencies in Sacramento, Calif., supply industrial equipment through vending machines, making inventory management more precise.

Industrial Vending Machines Provide Work Gloves, Duct Tape and Other Essentials to City Staff
June 28, 2010 -

Sacramento, Calif., agencies distribute equipment to employees through a vending machine in order to track costs.


Washington State Virtual Vault Adds New Data and Documents
June 20, 2010 - Document and e-mail repository offers centralized searches and can narrow them by time frame or document type.

Florida Employee Makes Toolkit for Guidance on Web 2.0
June 09, 2010 - Florida IT employee creates online toolkit on Web 2.0, hoping to reduce calls from state and local agencies that are inquiring about how to work with social media.

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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
 

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