Author Archive
Dan Tynan
Digital Government
Maps: the new application interface
Agencies are adding GIS layers to existing programs to improve access to information.
- By Dan Tynan
Cybersecurity
PIV cards: the insider threat
With HSPD-12 requirements kicking in soon, how will your agency prevent ID card theft?
- By Dan Tynan
Infrastructure
IPv6 on the dotted line
The time is right for RFPs to address IPv6; here's what you need for the transition.
- By Dan Tynan
Infrastructure
Inside the project: Web conferencing
The Hawaii State Civil Defense Department needed a more efficient way of coordinating responses from multiple government agencies during emergencies, so it could offer more timely, accurate information to the public and the media.
- By Dan Tynan
Infrastructure
In the eye of the storm
For 45 consecutive days last spring, the islands of Hawaii were deluged with rain. Roads flooded, beaches washed away and seven citizens died when a dam burst on the island of Kauai. For Ray Lovell, public information officer for the state's department of civil defense, the word busy doesn't begin to describe that period.
- By Dan Tynan
Cybersecurity
You are who you are
Identity management systems can help agencies meet security mandates
- By Dan Tynan
Infrastructure
Arizona hears the call of IP telephony
Several agencies move to a converged IP network and see immediate benefits.
- By Dan Tynan
Infrastructure
Federal-state e-authentication project pays off
When employees for the City of Chicago file reports on the discharge of wastewater into public waterways, they fill out an online form and press a few keys.
- By Dan Tynan