Author Archive
IT Modernization
Will WiMax save the day?
In theory, WiMax can blanket a city with affordable and fast wireless data service, but how often that will happen remains to be seen.
Workforce
Man on a mission
David Walker was handed a 15-year assignment, and he’s been busy every minute transforming the federal government.
Cybersecurity
Weak spots in the fortress
Vulnerabilities in Web-based software put agencies and citizens at risk.
Cybersecurity
Unclogging the clearance pipeline
Facing a shortage of workers with security clearances, agencies have been forced to find new ways to deal with the backlog.
Serious games
Medical schools and health care trainers are using advanced gaming technologies to convey what it’s like to practice high-pressure, critical-care medicine.
Workforce
Philip McKinney: Leading by going against the grain
The challenge for McKinney was persuading 94 highly independent courts to jettison an antiquated system and embrace change.
Cybersecurity
Are there perils in penetration testing?
Yes, but calm heads can help you choose whether to outsource or do it yourself.
Workforce
Public/private teams are a challenge for CIOs
Latest IT workforce configurations require extra management attention and oversight.
Cybersecurity
Ethics starts here
Chief information officers increasingly are expected to fill the role of chief ethical officer, with responsibility for creating an ethical culture.
Workforce
Look who’s updating those data dinosaurs
Nearly a dozen states are focused on reducing the costs of presenting benefits eligibility information to caseworkers using different approaches, including service-oriented architecture.
Workforce
Enough of ‘ready, fire, aim’
Colorado legislators get involved in trying to prevent IT projects that misfire and waste millions.
IT Modernization
Web extra: Wi-Fi lunch is free, but dessert will cost you
Philadelphia's plan to build the first public wireless network in a large city piqued interests as far away as Savannah, Ga., and Cincinnati.
IT Modernization
Wagering on Wi-Fi
Will municipal Wi-FI’s current growing pains give way to ubiquitous coverage, or will the wireless boom fall back to earth?
Education to drive state, local IT spending in ’07
But vendors will feel effects of unemployment, higher energy prices, fewer federal dollars.
Workforce
A real hard act to follow
States view the Real ID Act as an unreasonable and costly challenge, but some officials see in it the glimmer of a silver lining
IT Modernization
Roadblocks hamper emergency response system coordination
Federal funding and a lack of standards affect compatible communications at the state level.
Workforce
FedSources: Partly sunny forecast for state, local tech spending
Factors that will tend to accelerate state and local IT spending in the next year to 18 months include state budget surpluses and population growth.
Workforce
State CIOs skeptical of hurricane readiness
Conference attendees say that communications interoperability problems that plagued disaster responses last year have not been fixed.
Workforce
ERP flavor of the week: Vanilla
Agencies learn the hard way that success often depends on simplicity
Workforce