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Wisconsin, Minnesota to Explore Shared Services Across State Lines

January 14, 2009 - "We're not proposing to merge the Vikings and the Packers, but we are going to seek out every area where we can save money and improve services by working together across state lines." -- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty

California Government Still Buying IT, Says Report

January 12, 2009 - A tremendous focus on cost-saving technology and technology that offers virtualization and reduced footprint.

End-Users Bring Apples Into Government

January 12, 2009 - Macs and iPhones play a growing role inside the workplace.

Textecution Disables Texting While Driving

January 9, 2009 - Software aimed at parents who want to keep their children safe behind the wheel as well as employers who want to reduce vicarious liability as a result of automobile accidents involving their employees.

Brazil's Federal Police Selects Single-Sign-On Solution

January 9, 2009 - Single-sign-on has never truly met customer expectations because it poses tremendous interoperability challenges.

GT's Best and Worst Products of 2008

January 7, 2009 - GT's Best and Worst Products of 2008 - Government Technology's associate editor Chad Vander Veen looks at some of the best, the worst, and the weirdest high-tech products of 2008

Retinal Scanner helps U.S. Army Verify Identities

December 31, 2008 - HIIDE device stores biometric profiles.

Products from Hoverit, Nikon, Garmin, ARCHOS, Nanda Home, Junyi Heo

December 31, 2008 - Floating lounge chair, digital camera, GPS navigator, media tablet, clock radio, digital plant pot.

Report: OpenDocument Format Gaining in Government

December 23, 2008 - ODF Now mandatory in the Netherlands.

Government BlackBerry Applications

December 22, 2008 - Useful BlackBerry software for governments.

Video Games Hone Triage Skills

December 18, 2008 - British video game developer creates a prototype that sharpens first responders' triage skills

Personal Computing: What to Expect With Personal Technology

December 18, 2008 - Do overflowing in boxes spell the end of e-mail?

The Dirty Dozen -- 2008's Most Popular Applications with Critical Security Vulnerabilities

December 17, 2008 - Reputable programs are found vulnerable and security gaps are often left unaddressed.

Canada Purchases Anthrax Detection Equipment

December 16, 2008 - The detection equipment is designed to check for anthrax and can return results in as little as 3 minutes.

Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Department Orders Bioterrorism Detection and Training Kits

December 12, 2008 - The kits are capable of spot detection of anthrax, ricin toxin, botulinum toxin, plague and SEBs.

Open Source, Virtualization, Collaboration, VoIP to Benefit From Economic Downturn

December 12, 2008 - The economic downturn will cause cancellations and delays of service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects in the short term.

Bangladesh Voter Registration Project using Biometrics to Detect and Prevent Duplicate Registrations

December 11, 2008 - Project registered more than 80 million citizens using biometric face and fingerprint technology.

City of Tigard Completes Enterprise GIS Implementation

December 8, 2008 - "While all our key business systems such as permitting, asset management, customer billing, and police systems are separate, they all have one thing in common: location."

Study: Open Source and Next Generation of Enterprise IT

December 1, 2008 - European companies changing from a complete commercial build to a mixed orchestration of open source and commercially licensed software.

Storage Demands Increase Need for Better Management

November 24, 2008 - As storage hardware costs drop, information management challenges grow.