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Schwarzenegger Announces Plan to Reorganize California's Information Technology
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"With more than 400 online services available, Californians are increasingly interacting with government through Internet browsers instead of offices." - Health IT Key to $530 Billion Savings Opportunity for Health Care Reform, Says Report - Jan 16
- Kentucky Implementing Statewide Health Information Exchange - Jan 16
- Montana Secretary of State Opposes Move to Local Authority Over Accessible Voting - Jan 16
- New York State Cancels Wireless Network Contract - Jan 15
- Online Sex Offender Info Rapidly Expands - Jan 15
- Dan Lohrmann, Michigan's First CISO, to be State's Acting CTO - Jan 15
- Help for New Federal CIOs - Jan 15
- Unemployment Insurance Applicants Overwhelm States' Phones - Jan 15
- What to Expect in the Local Government IT Marketplace - Jan 15
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Video: Colorado CIO Mike Locatis, National 911 Standard, Wrist Phone, Straining Computers
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Cummiskey to End Tenure as Arizona's CIO
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Thought Leadership Essentials from CDG
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Real Life. Live.
Real life has become complicated again. The country has begun to work through a systemic credit crisis that is changing the way things work on Wall Street and Main Street - and under the capitol domes of government.
There are competing proposals about how to restructure institutions in the wake of the crisis, each reflecting different compromises on the continuum of market-based approaches to an increased regulatory environment to outright government ownership.
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UC4SLG: Imagine the Impossible
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Washington uses Web to Ease Voter Registration
- Jan 12, 2009
Visit Washington state's home page and you'll easily find the voter-information section - a sterling example of how software, hardware and the Internet converge to make it easier for citizens to exercise their civic rights. Users can register online, print voter-registration forms in several languages and view personalized information like candidates' statements and online address change options. The creation of these features was spurred by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) - a federal law that changed how Americans vote.
When President George W. Bush signed HAVA on Oct. 29, 2002, he authorized the federal government to modernize voting systems for the 21st century. HAVA provided federal government funds for states to make the upgrades, and the federal government also created the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to set standards for how states administer elections. The act mandated that states replace outdated voting methods and give citizens the option to vote when officials can't verify eligibility. HAVA also required states to establish a statewide voter-registration ...Continue Article...
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Wi-Fi After Failed Earthlink Deal
Houston, Texas boasts of digital inclusion initiative funded by $5 million penalty collected from Earthlink for abandoning muni-Wi-Fi deal.
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Turning Garbage Into Energy
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LAX on the Web
Upgrading lawa.org has been in progress for a year, incorporating many Web 2.0 techniques.
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