State & Local
GovDelivery sends out 120m e-mails
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
Microsoft makes its Citizen Services Platform for creating Web-based electronic government services available to local and regional governments.
When to hold em
Travel credential programs rely on a combination of technologies.
Toronto police struggle with GIS success
23 Toronto police analysts use GIS to analyze crime, but the data is not as easy to access in the field and officers cant run queries against the data from the field.
Hacking gets political
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 Obamas campaign managers, one of those Web sites apparently was theirs.
Softphones answer the call
When wildfires hit, Californias insurance department puts IP call centers to the test.
Infrastructure exists for interoperable safety network, CEO says
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
Potential bidders for RF spectrum balk at cost, network requirements.
EPA casts a web of training
When EPA set forth new requirements for storm water management, communities looked to the agency for guidanceand found it online.
Ballot box blues
States, wary of DREs software flaws, look for a verifiable paper trail.



