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GovDelivery sends out 120m e-mails

05/08/08 -- 04:24 PM Government organizations sent 120 million e-mails on topics ranging from local emergencies and community events to national health alerts and critical financial data in the first quarter of 2008.

Microsoft e-gov tool free for governments

05/07/08 -- 03:18 PM Microsoft makes its Citizen Services Platform for creating Web-based electronic government services available to local and regional governments.

When to hold ’em

05/05/08; Vol. 27, No. 10 Travel credential programs rely on a combination of technologies.

Toronto police struggle with GIS’ success

05/05/08; Vol. 27, No. 10 23 Toronto police analysts use GIS to analyze crime, but the data is not as easy to access in the field and officers can’t run queries against the data from the field.

Hacking gets political

05/05/08; Vol. 27, No. 10 According to a recent report from Sophos, a new Web page infected with malicious code was discovered every five seconds in the first quarter of 2008. Unfortunately for Barack Obama’s campaign managers, one of those Web sites apparently was theirs.

Softphones answer the call

05/05/08; Vol. 27, No. 10 When wildfires hit, California’s insurance department puts IP call centers to the test.

Infrastructure exists for interoperable safety network, CEO says

04/30/08 -- 11:57 AM Rather than build a new network, public safety agencies should use capabilities already available in commercial networks, according to Declan Ganley of Rivada Networks.

Public safety network up in the air

04/28/08; Vol. 27, No. 9 Potential bidders for RF spectrum balk at cost, network requirements.

EPA casts a web of training

04/28/08; Vol. 27, No. 9 When EPA set forth new requirements for storm water management, communities looked to the agency for guidance—and found it online.

Ballot box blues

04/28/08; Vol. 27, No. 9 States, wary of DRE’s software flaws, look for a verifiable paper trail.

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