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Government Technology February 2006

Feature

Does This Benchmark Make Me Look Inefficient?
By Andy Opsahl States compare their back offices to those of other governments and similar private-sector organizations to measure their own efficiency.
Electronic Tether
By Jim McKay, Justice and Public Safety Editor GPS monitoring surfaces as the latest tool to track sex offenders.

CIO Profile

P.K. Agarwal
By Chad Vander Veen Director, California Department of Technology Services

Online

Planning Ahead
By Leslie Friesen An Indiana city and county consolidate existing network components into a clustered solution to keep themselves prepared in case disaster strikes.
Downtown Makeover
By Government Technology Cities try to lure young, educated professionals back to urban areas.

Justice

Tech Tweak
By Jim McKay, Justice and Public Safety Editor A Texas grocery store turned police station presented technological challenges.

Wireless

Dual Vision
By Sherry Watkins Surveillance cameras in a Los Angeles low-income housing community offer more than just a watchful eye.

Geo Info

Off the Chart
By Chad Vander Veen A little-known GIS program might play an expanding role in policymaking.

Social Services

Coordinated Aid
By Merrill Douglas Alabama creates a system to match donated goods and services to the needy just days after Hurricane Katrina.

Spectrum

GT Spectrum
By Jessica Jones and Shane Peterson reports from the IT horizon.

Tech Focus

Two Cents: Hivemind 2525
By Miriam Jones Alienware's server goes to work for Government Technology.

Product News

Product News
By Miriam Jones

Twinhead, Planar Systems, OQO, Palm

Point of View

Helping Government Measure Up
By Steve Towns, Editor

signal-noise

Keepers of the Public Record I
By Paul W. Taylor Digital does not mean "different" where government's responsibility is concerned

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