New bill would aid municipal broadband nets
Congress has been duking it out over the issue of municipal public networks with two bills, each designed to cancel out the other.
10 and counting
Although it looks a little like a prayer book, the small purple paperback that Glenn Schlarman keeps on his bedside table offers guidance of a more secular sort. It's a copy of the Clinger-Cohen Act, the landmark legislation that ushered in the era of the CIO and set the stage for performance-based management for government IT.
GPS is a gem for bracelets
Law enforcement officials in Roanoke County, Va., have gone into the bracelet business, but hold the cubic zirconia.
A decade later, Clinger-Cohen Act still resonates
A panel made up of current and former government officials discussed the role the landmark legislation played in the past, present and future of government IT.
On the beach
One day, a woman wearing a back brace walked up to Mike Frazer's lifeguard tower.
When trash talks: embracing wireless technology
The city of Alexandria, Va., is launching Wireless Alexandria with free public WiFi access in Old Town. But it will also serve a remarkable new user base: trash cans.
GIS reaches way beyond mapping
At the FOSE trade show today, representatives of four local governments talked about how they use GIS to improve citizens' quality of life. And it's not all street maps and parcel searches.
E-gov gets a Hawaiian punch
Aloha isn't just a tradition in Hawaii'it's the law.
Philadelphia Free-for-all
Brotherly love isn't the only thing heating up Philadelphia these days. Just ask the city's CIO, Dianah Neff.
Ohio speeds recovery for victims of identity theft
The state will begin issuing biometric ID cards next month to help victims of identity theft recover quickly.
Offender tracking system helps Va. county save big
Law enforcement officials in Roanoke County, Va., are using global positioning, ankle bracelets and digital mapping software to monitor at-home offenders.
Videoconferencing via the Web'and not
Security, sharp images and savings.
Archiving software helps surfside city save--messages and money
Oceanside, Calif., figures that e-mail archiving software has reduced the time city employees spend on answering public record requests by 95 percent.
Soldiers get virtual home visits
Thanks to videoconferencing technology, soldiers can do more than just dream about their loved ones back home.
Oregon city tries out network security appliance
Albany, Ore., is testing the ReadyARM network security appliance from Avanton Inc. of Manhattan Beach, Calif., to detect intrusion and scan for vulnerabilities.
CapWIN looks like win-win for D.C. area
The Capital Wireless Integrated Network gets a thumbs-up from members of Congress and the Washington metro public safety community.
Oregon city tests intrusion detection tool
Network administrators for Albany, Ore., are testing the Avanton ReadyArm network security appliance as an inexpensive way to nip network problems in the bud.
Fla. county office defies Hurricane Charley
It took years of searching, but Collier County, Fla., finally found a network bridge for transmitting data over troubled waters'not to mention hurricane-speed winds.
San Diego fire department makes plans for a scintillating IT upgrade
San Diego is famous as a hub of technology innovation, but not so its fire department.
Topeka turns the tide on spam
Topeka, Kan., was being flooded, but not by water. Torrents of spam washed daily through the city's e-mail server.
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