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Google cuts deals to open up state websites

Thanks to an agreement with Google, Virginias 95 agencies will expose their databases to the search engine, making them widely accessible to the public, The Washington Post reports. Google will announce similar deals with California, Arizona and Utah. "These are difficult databases to access," said Aneesh Chopra, the Virginia...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Lenders abusing federal student borrower database

Lenders with access to an Education Department database of student borrowers have repeatedly violated federal laws, The Washington Post reports. The wrongdoing is so pervasive that Education is considering shutting down the database until it can tighten security, the Post said. Students Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers,...

Tags: Government technology, Education

Blog posts 2007-04-16

VA withdraws gun ownership data from the Web

If Joe citizen has a hankering to see who can carry a registered concealed hand gun in Virginia, hell be sorry to learn that the state police are withdrawing the database of permit holders for public viewing, reports the Times-Dispatch. According to an opinion by Attorney General Bob...

Tags: Open government, Government technology, Law enforcement

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Why does government hatch so many bad tech ideas?

BBC Click reporter Chris Long offers a rant about government-initiated projects that DOA dumb on arrival. He offers a few examples from the UK, many of which have parallels in America. A national health database took too long to load, so now one shift leader logs on from...

Tags: Government technology, IT Management, International

Blog posts 2007-02-27

MT puts lobbyist donation data online

In the halls of Congress and most state capitols, exactly what lobbying groups are donating how much to which candidates is duly reported on paper and filed away, making it super-difficult for Joe Citizen to find out. In Montana thats all changing, with the states launch of a database of...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Web, database

Blog posts 2007-01-30

Justice rolls out OneDOJ, a massive law enforcement database

The Justice Department is building a massive database that allows state and local police officers around the country to search millions of case files from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal law enforcement agencies, The Washington Post reports. "OneDOJ," as the system is known, holds approximately 1...

Tags: Federal government, database, OneDOJ, agency

Blog posts 2006-12-26

Thousands of felons' DNA missing from VA database

In Virginia thousands of felons failed to submit their DNA to the states database as required by law, partly because state and local agencies failed to require the samples, The Washington Post reports. The discovery has led to a massive review of the DNA database but the current estimates...

Tags: DNA, database, felon, Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement

Blog posts 2006-12-21

UK ditches plan for mega ID database

The British government is having second thoughts - serious second thoughts about plans to create a national database that would hold personal information and biometric data for British citizens, Silicon.com reports. The National Identity Register NIR was to be the giant database at the heart of...

Tags: International, Security, Privacy, National Identity Register, biometric data, Government technology

Blog posts 2006-12-20

IN could face perfect storm of Election Day trouble

Indiana is facing a potentially perfect storm of an Election Day disaster, the Indianapolis Star reports. There are a combination of factors that could create confusion or an intimidating atmosphere for voters," said Julie Fernandes, senior counsel and voting rights expert for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,...

Tags: Government technology, Elections, voter, voter database, database

Blog posts 2006-11-06

Additional Resources

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

Customer says: nopen/tPartner: Can't hurtIf I had to list out things I'd like to see from Microsoft, this would not be on the top of the list, but it's a great move I think.People looking to move away from other mail systems could see more tools available that make the...

Tags: E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development

You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

VA now loves its VistA software

In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

ADMB Develops High-Performance and Scalable Pay Calculation System With Database Solution

ADMB wanted to implement market-specific database and development technology that is scalable for future upgrades and provide tools necessary to evolve effectively and efficiently with e-government requirements. The challenge was to make applications available across the entire network - to all divisions of the organization and develop a flexible pay...

Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., High-performance, ADMB, E-government, Government

Case studies 2009-09-01

ActionPad 1.0.15 (Mobile)

for BlackBerry Wireless HandheldActionPad is a replacement application for the original BlackBerry MemoPad. It provides quick access to memos for boosting your productivity.Core Features | At A Glance | User Reviews | Supported Devices | Instant DownloadCore Features Title & Content Search Memo Encryption 1-Click Category Switch BlackBerry Integration Hotkeys...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Memo, ActionPad, Memo Encryption, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-29

Industry fight against Google hurts education

So it's NOT OK for Microsoft to control technology......but it IS OK for Google to try and take over the world of information?Sorry...not buying it.Google does no evil, just IS evil?Look at the account TOS. Anything that requires an active Google account -- gMail, gTalk, gApps, etc. -- is...

Tags: Google Inc., education

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

£10bn national ID card scheme vs. £65m cuts in higher education

Two very controversial topics met in the middle today, when one potentially pointless national identity card scheme which would cost the UK taxpayer between £10-20bn according to the London School of Economics, and a cut of £65m in higher education at university level would cut a further 1,500 full time...

Tags: Education, Card, National ID Card, U.K., Identity Card, Government, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-31

HITRUST to seek government certification authority

HITRUST to seek government certification authorityHITRUST - More Than Another System CertificationThank you, Dana, for helping bring clarity to these important issues. HITRUST believes that establishing trust in our healthcare system is critical for the successful adoption of electronic health records and other health information systems. Toward this end there...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, E-health, Quality, HiTrust, health care

Discussion threads 2009-07-25

To the Moon: The Integrators

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Spacecraft, NASA, Mission, Computer, IBM Corp., UNIVAC, Productivity, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-13

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?Cloud Computing Definition in 4 wordsOther people's virtual serversWhat is the Cloud? What....is computing? These two terms are definitive. We don't need someone trying to define something that is defined already by its terms.Cloud computing is accessing your IT resources through the cloud. The term...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Copyright Office's $52m system leads to 18-month backlog

Here's some good Government IT. The Washington Post reports that the Copyright Office's "new $52 million electronic process" is responsible for creating an overwhelming logjam of copyright applications. Turnaround has slowed from six to 18 months and the Copyright Office is behind some 500,000 applications. The...

Tags: Copyright Office, Advertising & Promotion, Document Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-19