Top-down government is about to be turned on its head.

Losses in property-tax revenue and litigation over property disputes led to a new high-accuracy geodetic reference network for Puerto Rico.

With GPS and GIS, Contra Costa Search and Rescue teams can track which areas their dogs have searched and which they haven't.

John M. Eger -- former advisor to Presidents Nixon and Ford, director of the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy, and a former vice president of CBS -- is today helping define the new role of cities within the global information economy.

What effects will virtual cash, faceless electronic transactions and digital signatures have on government, business and society?