IT Policy/Mgmt/Enterprise Tech

Report Identifies Six Megatrends Reshaping Governments and Societies Around the World

June 12, 2008 - "Government 2020 and the Perpetual Collaboration Mandate."

Louisiana Gov. Jindal Joins HHS Secretary to Announce Electronic Health Record Demo

June 12, 2008 - "This federal funding will allow the Forum to provide financial incentives to Louisiana physicians who use electronic health records to improve the quality of care they provide their patients."

EU Commissioner for Competition Speaks on Technology and Open Standards

June 11, 2008 - "It is simplistic to assume that we can fix on a standard today, without payingattention to the risk of being locked-in tomorrow."

EU Promotes European Emergency Number 112

June 6, 2008 - A survey showed that only 22 percent of EU citizens know they can call 112 throughout Europe in an emergency.

Wireless Phone Use Continues to Increase in North Dakota

May 29, 2008 - More than 23,000 additional wireless phones were activated in North Dakota in the past year.

Arlington County, Va., Opens New 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Center

May 16, 2008 - Digital radio system includes interoperability features, enabling Arlington's first responders to better communicate with emergency partners throughout the region -- local, state and federal.

Covington, Virginia First in Commonwealth to Implement Online Citizen Service Request System

May 9, 2008 - Enables city department heads to generate a variety of reports including issues resolved, issues outstanding, length of time outstanding, issue type and many more.

SOA Reduces Risk and Cost in Shared Services Projects

May 6, 2008 - Service-oriented architecture offers low-risk, low-cost building blocks for creating shared services in government.

Digital Preservation Report Advocates PDF/A for Long-Term Archiving

May 6, 2008 - Preserving the Data Explosion: Using PDF by Betsy A. Fanning.

Gartner Identifies Six Best Practices to Consider Before Server Virtualization

April 23, 2008 - "Not only will data center space and power problems be resolved ... but IT will become a much more efficient and flexible provider of server capacity to its customers."

Wayne County, Mich., Opens Food Assistance Change Reporting Center

April 17, 2008 - "By centralizing the change reporting, we can improve our accuracy and timelines to help eligible families receive benefits for which they qualify."

Cool Police Technologies

November 6, 2007 - Law enforcement explores non-lethal technologies for police safety such as camera eggs, spy planes, and light guns.