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Report: California Mulls a ‘Department of High-Speed Trains’
State legislation comes in the wake of a nonpartisan audit that found “significant inadequacies in the management practices” overseeing California’s multibillion dollar high-speed rail effort.

Utah.gov Puts Search Front and Center
The new Utah.gov is another example of the tidal changes occurring in website design.

North Carolina CIO Discusses Infrastructure and Cloud Computing
Jerry Fralick talks about managing expectations and supporting more federal-state collaboration.

China to Build World’s Largest Data Center
New data center in China will be six times larger than any that currently exists.

‘Cloud Era’ Is Upon Us, Citrix CEO Mark Templeton Says
Public agencies are still half a generation away from moving mission-critical apps into the cloud, officials said.

Municipal Broadband Networks Slammed in North Carolina
North Carolina law will prevent local governments from dipping into the consumer broadband provider business, several opponents say.

IT Consolidation Signed into Oklahoma Law
Bill signed by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin centralizes policymaking, procurement and decision-making into the CIO’s office in an attempt to streamline the state’s hardware, software and storage.

17 State and Local Governments Honored for Web 2.0 and Social Media
The Public Technology Institute recognizes the Web 2.0 applications and social media tools of seven cities, five states, four counties and one city/county.

City Uses Website Redesign as Chance to Review Social Media Policy
Marysville, Wash., brushes up city employees on policy before relaunching Facebook and Twitter pages.

Verdict: California Superior Court Helped by Digital Pens
The California Superior Court plans to deploy 60 pens to 30 courtrooms to help clerks quickly process a large volume of misdemeanor cases.

Yuma County, Ariz., CIO Neal Puff Makes Hard Choice to Leave Public Service
Neal Puff, the county’s IT chief since October 2005, has decided to accept a new job as a security architect with Verizon.

New York City to Redesign Web Portal, Add More Wi-Fi
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne announce new strategy intended to strengthen digital media.

State CIOs Go Local
More former state-level CIOs are finding a home in local governments.

A New Approach to Medicaid Management Information Systems
States consider strategies for replacing or upgrading Medicaid systems.

Los Angeles, Minnesota Discuss Migrating to Cloud Computing
State and local governments discuss the benefits and pitfalls of software as a service.

2011 Best of California Winners Announced
Best of California winners collect their awards at Government Technology Conference in Sacramento, Calif.

Dan Lohrmann, CTO, Michigan Michigan County Takes Internet Safety to Residents
The Washtenaw County, Mich., Cyber Citizenship Coalition is a grass-roots effort that ensures residents use technology safely and securely.

Apps Contest Winners Need Better Government Data to Sustain Innovative Services
Apps for Democracy and other contests generated by government open data programs need continued support.

Battery-Powered Police video
Scotts Valley, Calif., Police Department debuts its new electric motorcycle.

Enterprise Resource Planning Aids Streamlining, Transparency Efforts
Agencies ask ERP to help them solve transparency and business intelligence challenges.


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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