Digital Government

Oregon hires IT chief

The state's new CIO comes from Brookhaven National Laboratory

Digital Government

Dynamic duo

Business modeling and software development tools find common ground

Digital Government

Denver Web branding pays off

Marketing campaigns helps drive twofold increase in Web traffic

Digital Government

Vendor tries to build a smarter watchdog

Palladia Systems is leading the next wave of security event management tools

Digital Government

Turn net intrusions into a better security response plan

New security event management wares try to prioritize defensive action

Digital Government

Security staff: Don't book that vacation yet

There are promoters of security event management tools, and then there are skeptics such as META Group Inc. analyst Chris King

Digital Government

System pushes emergency alerts

Governments use 'push' communications to send warnings to constituents

Digital Government

NOAA sphere looks at data in 3-D

Project would simplify planetary information

Digital Government

Arkansas brings portal closer to home

Redesigned AccessArkansas features neighborhood-specific information and push technology

Digital Government

Who goes there?

Agencies prepare to use biometrics to control access to buildings and networks

Digital Government

Wait a second

The success of a biometrics system to control access to a building or computer system often depends on how well the users accept it

Modernization

Broadband access boon for remote areas

A Southwestern provider of broadband access is breaking down the affordability barrier of high-speed data services in remote communities

Digital Government

Multitasking, biometric style

Using the same biometric for physical access to buildings and logical access to computers might seem like an obvious way to use the technology

Digital Government

City tries new path to fiber network

San Francisco to test system that strings fiber-optic cable through sewers rather than ripping up streets

Digital Government

Broadband breakthrough in Southwest

Access provider uses Wi-Fi/satellite combination to create remote broadband oases

Digital Government

Police force making network mesh

Wireless network will be replaced with a system based on technology developed for the military

Digital Government

Showing the way to new voter ID

Texas county is one of the first to qualify voters through a database using information on driver's licenses

Digital Government

Cities show future of streaming video

A few California cities are showing how it could become a full-fledged part of e-government

People

Time for a name change?

The Open GIS Consortium's target has become the need to access all kinds of geospatial data produced from various applications

People

When location counts

Users of geospatial data push industry for better system interoperability