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Government Technology August 2007

Feature

Fast Track to Nowhere
By Chad Vander Veen

Supporters try to connect U.S. cities with high-speed railroads. But is government in the way?

Best of Both Worlds
By Andy Opsahl

Utah's consolidation plan seeks value of centralization without sacrificing flexibility.

Wayback Machine
By Chad Vander Veen Revisiting 20 years of Government Technology magazine.

Justice

Texting 911?
By Jim McKay, Justice and Public Safety Editor

911 call centers may soon be equipped to receive text messages and digital photos from callers.

Geo Info

GIS to Go
By Adam Stone

New technologies bring GIS data into the hands of mobile workers looking for real-time geographic information.

Telecom

Neighborhood Watch
By Jessica Weidling

The Big Apple brings local officials into the 311 loop.

Point of View

The Sacrifice at Home
By Steve Towns, Editor

The Last Mile

Am I an Internet Idiot?
By Chad Vander Veen

Letters to the Editor

Off Target

signal-noise

Putting People With People
By Paul W. Taylor

What the Internet, and government, still does best.

Spectrum

Spectrum
By Jessica Jones and Karen Stewartson

Reports from the IT horizon.

Up Close

Walking in Trees
By Jessica Jones

Product News

Two Cents: Spunky Laptop
By Corine Stofle The Lenovo 3000 N100 may not win any best-of-show awards for aesthetics, but it won't let you down.
Product News
By Miriam Jones, Chief Copy Editor

Kingston Technology Company, Tangent, Plus Vision Corp., General Dynamics Itronix

Big Picture

Candid Camera
By Jessica Jones

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