Industrial-Age Schools Fail Information-Age Kids

John Taylor Gatto, president of The Odysseus Group, taught public school in New York for 30 years. He was named New York City Teacher of the Year three times and.New York State Teacher of the Year in 1990 and 1991 by Encyclopedia Britannica, and the New York State Department of Education, respectively.

To Tow or Not to Tow Palmtop Answers the Question

New York City attacks the problem of thousands of unrecovered stolen vehicles and $1 billion in unpaid parking tickets.

Snapshot

National Technology Snapshot

A 50-state roundup of information technology news and events.

Justice & Technology

Oklahoma Trial: No Lights, No Cameras, More Action

Move over Court TV, make room for the latest way to follow blockbuster trials gavel-to-gavel.

CIO Profile

CIO Profile: Alan J. Duran

Alan J. Duran CIO California Department of General Services

Column

Department of Education Conducts Full-Circle Employee Evaluations

New software makes employee evaluations more realistic by letting a worker's peers anonymously rate job performance.

Student Technology Access is Essential

An essay on the importance of technology and the internet to tomorrow's citizens.

The Copyright Conundrum

The rules of copyright will have to change as technology like the Internet makes it easier to access and copy intellectual property.

Geo Info

GIS/GPS Aid in Stalking Bosnia's Hidden Killers

Land mines - death traps from wars gone by - do not know the difference between enemy soldiers and children playing. Technology has been enlisted to help locate and remove them.

Imaging

Clark County's Winning Gamble on Imaging

Clark County, Nev., beat the odds by successfully reengineering the business licensing process with imaging and workflow.

People

GTC, Mentoring and America's Future

Access

15,000 Requests and Counting

The FBI is still struggling under the weight of thousands of unanwsered Freedom of Information Act requests, and requesters keep waiting and waiting...