Web Strategies

News Features

• E-Vote: Georgia Secretary of State Responds to Efforts to Block Verification of Voter Eligibility
  

  "I have a sworn duty to protect the integrity and security of our state's elections, and will fight any attempt to breach Georgians' trust in our electoral process."

• Arlington County, Va. Ramps up for Election Day
  

  Additional optical scanning machines have been rented to nearly double the capacity of most polling stations to handle voters.

• 10 Ways to Spot a Potential IT Train Wreck
  

  Put IT strategic planning, rather than tactical budgeting at the heart of the CIO management agenda.

• Government Open Source Conference to Include Kundra, Chopra, Berry and Stein
  

  To draw the audience -- primarily state, local and national government IT management -- into the session and extract a reference model for additional communities on the spot.

• College Students Say Wi-Fi Nearly as Important as Beer
  

  "Wi-Fi has become a universal expectation among college students, and their attitudes towards technology are a good indicator of broad changes under way in how we as a society learn, work and communicate."

• Baton Rouge, La., Boosts Interoperability with Regional Approach
  

  Officials tackled interoperability for emergency response after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

• Missouri Receives $642,205 Communications Planning Grant
  

  I am pleased this planning grant will enhance Missouri's future interoperable communications program.

• Denver's 3-1-1 Call Center Serves Millionth Caller
  

  "The 3-1-1 system has revolutionized Denver's approach to customer service by enabling residents and businesses to reach a live, knowledgeable person with just one call to City Hall."

• Wireless Internet Connections Available in Five Missouri State Parks
  

  Now available at no charge in certain areas of Bennett Spring, Roaring River, Montauk, Big Lake and Sam A. Baker state parks.

• E-Vote: Kentucky Counties Move to Digital Scan Voting Equipment
  

  "This new equipment is user-friendly and provides voters with a very important tool in today's elections -- a voter verified paper record."

White Papers / Case Studies

• County Online Voter Registration System may be Model for Utah
  

  Salt Lake County's online voter registration reduces manual data entry and rejected registration forms.

• E-Vote: California Creating Online Voter Registration System
  

  Limits online voter registration to people who confirm their identity in a secure manner.

• Web 2.0 Challenges Traditional Government Communications
  

  Internet news sources reduce government's ability to shape public's view of events.

• 2009 Web Site Management Conference: Las Vegas, March 4-6
  

  Government Technology's Chad Vander Veen among those presenting.

• New York State Local Government Efficiency Grant Workshops Announced
  

  Expanded opportunities for shared services.

• Kentucky Seizes 141 Domain Names of Internet Gambling Sites
  

  Brown said that site owners, when registering domain names, agree to conditions that stipulate the domain name not be used for illegal purposes.

• E-Vote: Georgia Secretary of State Launches Web site for Young Adults
  

  Interns working in the Secretary of State's Office during the summer of 2008 designed the iVote Web site.

• Offenders Check in With Pretrial Services Online in Arapahoe County, Colo.
  

  "The goal is to get all of our pretrial supervision offenders, at least 25 percent of them, on this process."