Government Technology December 2004

2004: Year in Review

By Steve Towns, Editor

From budget angst, CIO turnover and offshore outsourcing to technology's continued advance to sci-fi heights, 2004 gave us a little bit of everything. Here's Government Technology's revisit of the year gone by.

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Feature

Flying High: By Jim McKay, Justice and Public Safety Editor, Justice and Public Safety Editor
Helicopter pilot defies death and initiates GIS mapping system.

Digital Cities: By Government Technology
Virginia Beach, Va., and Redmond, Wash., bookend the 2004 Digital Cities Survey.

Education

Digging Deeper: By Jessica Jones, Managing Editor
Six New Hampshire school districts hope a universal database to track student performance will improve education.

Electronic Government

Cashing In: By Justine Brown, Contributing Writer
The Virginia Department of Transportation turns its Right of Way and Utilities Management System into a revenue-generating product.

Hold Your Fire: By Tod Newcombe, Features Editor
Massachusetts deploys the most comprehensive gun licensing and verification system in the country.

Custom-Built: By Jessica Jones, Managing Editor
Montgomery County, Ohio's Office of Family and Children First enables courts, law enforcement agencies and social service providers to collaborate securely.

Local Government

Back in Business: By Justine Brown, Contributing Writer
A consortium of cities works to improve economic development efforts in Washington.

Spectrum

GT Spectrum: By Shane Peterson, Associate Editor
Reports from the IT horizon.

Tech Focus

Sharp Actius PC-AV18P: By Miriam Jones, Chief Copy Editor
Lightweight laptop packs plenty of features and a few quirks.

Product News

Product News: By Miriam Jones, Chief Copy Editor
Aruba Wireless Networks, Novinit, Motion Computing, Lexmark

CIO Profile

Paul Roybal: By Jim McKay, Justice and Public Safety Editor, Justice and Public Safety Editor
CIO, Metropolitan Court, Bernalillo County, N.M.

Point of View

Cautious Optimism: By Steve Towns, Editor
Cautious Optimism

signal-noise

The Five-Year Test, Revisited: By Paul W. Taylor, Contributing Writer
Measuring another year in the life of the public-sector IT community.

STATEments

STATEments: By Miriam Jones, Chief Copy Editor
Government IT projects make headlines.

Viewpoint

European Court's Ruling Against Microsoft Senseless and Damaging, Says Taxpayer Watchdog: By News Report
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