News Topics in Government Technology

: Contracts: Contracts Awarded by State, Local and Federal Governments for IT Products and Services
: CIO / CTO: Interviews Features and News about CIOs/CTOs and IT Managers
: E-Government / Serving the Citizen: Government for the citizen, and back-end improvements that enable greater efficiency
: Economic Stimulus: Business Development, Permits, Inspections, IT-Based Development, Tax Policy and Collections, etc.
: Emergency Management: Emergency preparation and response to weather and natural disasters
: Emerging Technology & Innovation: The latest in IT innovations that has potential to assist government operations or to revise the missions and methodologies of public service
: Enterprise Technology: SOA, shared services, and other solutions for interoperability and collaboration
: Funding and Procurement: Grants, strategies, changes and improvements in procurement policy and practice
: Geospatial: Geographic information systems include GIS, GPS and other IT-based mapping and coordinate systems and their uses by state and local government
: Green Initiatives: Energy-saving and environmentally friendly IT initiatives
: Health and Community Services: IT for health, public assistance, community improvement
: Policy/Management: IT-related legislation, strategic plans and the management of programs, people and finances
: Products: IT hardware, software and networking products of interest to state and local government
: Professional and Workforce Development: Webinars, conferences and online training resources as well as IT-based K-12 and higher education programs
: Public Safety / Justice / Homeland Security: Homeland security, safety, and criminal justice articles for government technology professionals
: Regionalization / Consolidation: IT-based regional initiatives, consolidation, and interoperability
: Security: Covers information management, online scams, identity theft, privacy and other security issues.
: Transportation and Infrastructure: IT-based transportation initiatives and applications
: Web Strategies: Best of the Web winning solutions strategies and lessons learned
: Wireless / Mobile / Broadband: Telecommunications technologies from WiFi to mobile broadband including regulation and applications

News Topics in Digital Communities

E-Government / Serving the Citizen: Government for the citizen, and back-end improvements that enable greater efficiency

Geospatial: Geographic information systems include GIS, GPS and other IT-based mapping and coordinate systems and their uses by state and local government

Wireless / Mobile / Broadband: Telecommunications technologies from WiFi to mobile broadband including regulation and applications

Regionalization / Consolidation: IT-based regional initiatives, consolidation, and interoperability

Economic Development: Business Development, Permits, Inspections, IT-Based Development, Tax Policy and Collections, etc.

Web Strategies: Best of the Web winning solutions strategies and lessons learned

Health and Community Services: IT for health, public assistance, community improvement

Public Safety / Justice: Homeland security, safety, and criminal justice articles for government technology professionals

Transportation and Infrastructure: IT-based transportation initiatives and applications

IT Security and Privacy: Privacy, disaster recovery, security, and good management practices for city and county IT

News Topics in Public CIO

: Latest CIO News: Breaking stories that affect the public CIO community.
: Leadership Strategies & Careers: The latest on government IT executives; career advice; and, analysis on how to be an IT leader in the public sector arena.
: IT Management & Governance: Knowledge about the three P's - project, performance & portfolio management - as well high-value lessons on governing IT.
: Research: In-depth research on the major challenges and issues facing today's public CIO.
: Enterprise Technology: Hardware, software and infrastructure. Detailed coverage on the latest tech trends affecting enterprise CIOs.
: Case Studies & Interviews: Up close and personal views of government CIOs and the work they do.
: Advice & Opinion: Commentary - with a dash of controversy - from today's opinion makers.

News Topics in Emergency Management

: Emergency Mitigation: Activities that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance of an emergency happening, or reduce the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies.
: Emergency Preparedness: Includes plans or preparations made to save lives and to help response and rescue operations.
: Emergency Recovery: Includes actions taken to return to a normal or even safer situation following an emergency.
: Emergency Response: Includes actions taken to save lives and prevent further property damage in a disaster or emergency situation.
: Latest Emergency Management News: Breaking stories relating to emergency management and response.

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Stimulus Will Test Governments and Governance
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Contrarian View of Social Media in Disasters
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The Solution to Online Fraud
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Digital Educational Content (DEC)
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My Biggest Failure: Consolidation
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Thought Leadership Essentials from CDG

ITS Congestion Challenge
The ITS Congestion Challenge is a global competition to identify the best and most creative ideas to effectively reduce congestion and its impacts on the economy, environment, and quality of life.
Resolving Identity: The Importance of Who's Who and the Search for the Perfect Engine
Knowing a person’s true identity is key to having a proper homeland security strategy. As one intelligence analyst employed by the National Security Agency (NSA) noted, “We need to be able to do that quickly and with accuracy. Our security network is really based on the efficiency of that exchange, with the potential for unforgiveable consequences if we get it wrong.”