Web Strategies News and Articles

Citylink Connects Seattle Residents to City Departments

Sep 17, 2009 - Residents can also sign up for RSS feeds and get information sent directly to their phones or mobile devices.

Colorado Launches New Public Benefits Web Site: Nov 20, 2009 - "Allowing our clients the ability to check their benefits at anytime without delay is a key goal for the program."
Seattle Releases Report on Residents' Technology Use: Nov 18, 2009 - "I'm pleased to see so many residents using seattle.gov and the Seattle Channel. I know we'll see even more as the city continues to roll out its Citylink blogs, online city data, and multilingual content."
Russian Cops Expose Corruption on YouTube: Nov 13, 2009 - Before the fall of the Soviet Union "complainers" like Dymovsky were often locked up in psychiatric hospitals.
Maine Counties Obstruct Land Database, Says Plaintiff: Nov 11, 2009 - Intends to create a unified database of all the land records in Maine's 16 counties.
IPv6 Engineers Receive Itojun Award: Nov 11, 2009 - Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline of Google.
CareerOneStop Web Site Wins Award: Nov 10, 2009 - Offers career-related data to more than 24 million unique job seekers per year.
Oakland County, Mich., Shares Notification Service With Local Cities: Nov 9, 2009 - Oakland County, Mich., provides a unique digital communication platform to reach citizens.
Federal Web Site Scores Keep Rising: Nov 2, 2009 - Citizen satisfaction with federal government Web sites surged to a new all-time high in the third quarter of 2009.
Maine CIO Richard Thompson Receives NASCIO Meritorious Service Award: Oct 28, 2009 - Outstanding service, advocacy and leadership in state government.
NASCIO Recognizes Top State IT Projects, Elects President: Oct 27, 2009 - Categories include business continuity, portals, information security and cross-boundary collaboration.
Utah.gov Uses Geo IP to Customize User Experience: Oct 26, 2009 - Geo IP lets Utah citizens receive links that geographically apply to them when viewing Utah.gov.
City of San Carlos Builds Virtual Business Guide on Facebook: Oct 23, 2009 - The city will follow local businesses that also use social media.
Canada Requires ISPs to Divulge Internet Traffic Management Practices: Oct 22, 2009 - "Canada is the first country to develop and implement a comprehensive approach to Internet traffic management practices."
Top 10 Court Web Sites Honored: Oct 15, 2009 - Reviewed 3,000 court Web sites for the 2009 awards, the 11th year of the competition.
Smart Grid Update: Oct 14, 2009 - "Transforming our nation's grid has been compared in significance with building the interstate highway system or the development of the Internet."
IBM Announces Cloud-Based E-Mail Service: Oct 5, 2009 - LotusLive iNotes -- a Web version of IBM's Lotus Notes -- joins growing list of hosted e-mail apps.
Fairfax County, Va., Awarded for Purposely Plain Portal: Oct 5, 2009 - Fairfax County, Va., wins top county portal award with a plain design.
Transparency Site Reveals New York State and Municipal Salaries: Sep 21, 2009 - County, city, village and special district salaries exposed.
Citylink Connects Seattle Residents to City Departments: Sep 17, 2009 - Residents can also sign up for RSS feeds and get information sent directly to their phones or mobile devices.
Breaking Free from the Paper Deadlock: Sep 17, 2009 -