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Ed Tech, Privatization And Plunder
All the reasons to be suspicious of the political-industrial conspiracy against public education and public universities.
Boston Bombers Can't Elude City's Tech Infrastructure
Video surveillance played a key role in identifying the suspects in Monday's tragic Boston Marathon bombing, setting a precedent for increasing...
ATF's Gun Tracing System Is A Dud
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is using 1960s era technology to manage a 21st century problem. When will this get fixed?
Federal Gun Control Requires IT Overhaul
White House plan will work only if the IT systems and databases used for background checks and gun tracing get the improvements needed to support...
Startup Culture And Innovation, Defended
Pointing to startup failures is a lame excuse for clinging to the status quo and mediocrity in an IT organization.
Why You'll Need A Big Data Ethics Expert
The looming issue in big data isn't technology but the privacy and ethics decisions associated with how, when and if results should be provided.
Future Cities: IT Priorities For Urban Transformation
City planners and their IT teams are setting big goals -- and facing big challenges -- in the development of tech-enabled "Future Cities," our...
How The Feds Drive Cloud Innovation
NASA, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies are shifting toward more strategic and complex cloud applications, as they try to...
Unlocking Big Government Data: Whose Job Is It?
It's not just a good idea for private-sector organizations to help open up the treasure trove of government big data. It's a necessity.
CRM Platform Can Churn Out Customized Health Apps
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health uses Microsoft's customer relationship management platform to rapidly develop niche health-related...
The Public Sector CRM Opportunity
Disconnected governments and disempowered citizens are why we need a full-blown, nationwide public sector CRM program.
Master Data Management And Justice For All
Voting rights issues are at stake in a case in South Carolina that poses a classic and complicated MDM problem.
How To Build A Government Cloud
As federal agencies race to meet OMB's 'cloud first' mandate, they must adapt the cloud model to the idiosyncrasies of government.
States Line Up Against AT&T's T-Mobile Acquisition
Seven attorneys general join Justice Department in opposing the acquisition.
RIM Shows PlayBook As Brain For Police Car
Research In Motion is demonstrating a new concept this week: a police cruiser with a built-in PlayBook tablet.
How Information Builders Battles BI Goliaths
A hybrid mobile app, data-visualization upgrades, and unsung add ons bolster the vendor's business intelligence suite.
The Government CIO 50: Vision, Influence, And Results
The top IT execs in federal, state, and local government are using new technologies and hands-on project management to drive change in the public...
Where's Government Data In The Cloud?
Amid the Obama administration's 'cloud first' strategy, federal agencies face the prospect of seeing their data go offshore. There's a lesson to...
New York As IT Center Of The World
The Big Apple's new licensing agreement with Microsoft is just one part of an ambitious IT strategy that includes data center consolidation and...
Colorado's Big Brother E-Commerce Law
Forcing online retailers to reveal their customers and their customers' purchases will be challenged as unconstitutional.
Government Technologist: Can Cloud Computing Save San Jose?
The city runs seven-year-old software on aging PCs, and its CIO says the setup feels too risky. He's evaluating cloud services as a better, but...
Full Nelson: Video: San Francisco Goes Open, Transparent
An interview with the city’s mayor and IT principals about DataSF.org and its groundbreaking applications
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Ed Tech, Privatization And Plunder
May 17, 2013All the reasons to be suspicious of the political-industrial conspiracy against public education and public universities.
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NASCIO Creates Catalog For State Government Apps
May 13, 2013Federal government's mobile gallery on USA.gov served as inspiration for the state-only collection of more than 160 apps.
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Washington State Courts Reveal Security Breach
May 10, 2013State officials don't know when attackers accessed up to 160,000 Social Security and 1 million driver's license numbers stored in unencrypted format.
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U.K. Government Mandates Cloud First IT Procurement
May 07, 2013Cabinet Office issues directive to government workers: Prioritize cloud-based IT solutions whenever possible.
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Big Data Will Stymie Local Government
April 30, 2013State and local agencies have only a fraction of the computing resources and personnel needed to handle expected data volumes, survey finds.
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36 NYC Subway Stations Get Wi-Fi
April 25, 2013MTA and Transit Wireless enter the first phase of a multi-year plan to bring wireless communications to 277 NYC subway stations.
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Chicago CIO Pursues Predictive Analytics Strategy
April 23, 2013The city's IT team is using open source to build an analytics platform aimed at predicting and preventing big city problems.
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IT Strategies For Future Cities
April 22, 2013How mayors and CIOs in five U.S. cities are using technology to create more efficient, sustainable urban areas that are good for business and...
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Boston Bombers Can't Elude City's Tech Infrastructure
April 19, 2013Video surveillance played a key role in identifying the suspects in Monday's tragic Boston Marathon bombing, setting a precedent for increasing...
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Distance Learning Regulation Needs Simplification, Officials Say
April 12, 2013Former education secretary Richard Riley heads effort to make it easier for students to take online classes by standardizing state regulations.
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