Digital Government

Primedia adds first-responder training

Satellite-based training is based on guidelines issued by the federal government's Office of Domestic Preparedness

Digital Government

Los Alamos County shores up security

Software helps manage which employees have access to critical systems

Digital Government

Hosting service adds CRM help

GovOffice Alliance selects GovPartner to provide system for tracking citizen requests

Digital Government

Bostonians armed with Tablet PCs

Community liaisons use handy computers, e-forms to record citizens' complaints

Digital Government

County clerk 'professionalizes' office

Clerk of Cook County Circuit Court overhauls, upgrades IT systems and management

Digital Government

Cross-agency collaboration urged

Study shows progress in IT investments, but better management is needed to transform government

Digital Government

Access to property records is a hit

Sacramento County uses XML to enable users to confirm the recording of documents via the Internet

People

Virginia promotes homeland research

Summit showcased cutting-edge technology projects in development as a way to drive research dollars to the commonwealth's universities

People

Montgomery named IDHS director

Hugh Montgomery Jr. is the Virginia Institute for Defense and Homeland Security's first director

People

Portal serves up geospatial data

First responders access critical information

Digital Government

Sheriff reinforces mobile command

Florida county's mobile command center adds satellite hookup to Sheriff's Office network

Digital Government

County attacks spam on two fronts

A Virginia county government is taking aggressive measures to detect and filter spam

People

A new place to call home

Profile: Val Asbedian breaks ground as CIO for the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Digital Government

Summit highlights homeland tech

Institute showcases cutting-edge technology as a way to drive research dollars to the Virginia universities

People

Interactive tools to train NYC firefighters

The New York City Fire Department is exploring the prospect of training its uniformed personnel on computer-based virtual scenarios

Digital Government

Wireless security entangles HIPAA

Securing wireless networks may pose a problem as health organizations near the compliance deadline

People

Proposed map initiative a no-show at local level

U.S. diplomacy has not been successful below the federal level

Digital Government

HIPAA gives health industry a queasy feeling

The first deadline for protecting health data posed few problems, but greater challenges loom just ahead

People

Diplomacy spotlights border systems

The U.S. is undertaking numerous technology initiatives with Canada and Mexico to improve border security

Modernization

Virginia community pioneers info sharing

An initiative in Virginia's northern Shenandoah Valley could become a model for interoperable communications for first responders