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- Despite compromise, paperless e-voting machines are history
- On his blog Freedom to Tinker, Prof. Ed Felten praises the new standards approved by the Technical Guidelines Development Committee TGDC.. While disappointed that the panel didnt require the removal of paperless e-voting machines, Felten thinks that states will phase out all-electronic machines in favor to the "state of the...
- Tags: Ed Felten, Elections, Government technology, paper
- Blog posts 2006-12-08
- Alaska gets $7m security upgrade after major attack
- In January, cyberattackers waltzed through over 100 Alaska state computers, datamining for personally identifiable information that could be used for identity theft. According to state officials, nothing was taken. But the breach was big enough to bring the FBI and the Dept. of Homeland Security onto the case. That attack,...
- Tags: Kott, attack, Dept, Legislature
- Blog posts 2005-10-13
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- Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018
- Since my blogging buddy Harry Fuller is on vacation this week, I need to pick up the gauntlet and ensure that we've got some good political fodder for those of you who want to debate the existence of global warming and the necessity of reducing our dependence on foreign oil....
- Tags: San Jose, Mr., Al Gore, Fossil Fuel, Gore, Blogging, Investment, Internet, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gaps
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsRhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsHooray for RI! I haven't heard of any energy crisis in RI. You can bet the naval base there would probably want to get on this.You knowif we actually built power plants this wouldn't...
- Tags: Blackstone, mill, river, Blackstone River
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Achieving magical results in IT
- Achieving magical results in ITClient assignments, no thanksI agree that Trust and empowerment are powerful motivators, but I doubt that there will be many cases where empowerment will be on the menu while assigned to a client area. This will require a similar shift in thinking for the client, away...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Got science?
- Got science?Great article!I'd love to believe that a political regime change (that we'll hopefully see in November) can bring us some progress in this area. Hopefully not more business as usual if the Dems can be believed. We'll see.Chris DawsonLeading Nuclear Research is now done in...India.Remember when the...
- Tags: Nuclear Research, ozone, Thomas Jefferson
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- NY commits to open formats as MSFT supports ODF
- New York's CIO, Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart left, submitted a report to the governor and legislature, embracing open document formats but steering clear of picking favorites. Open document formats are a necessity since NY law requires the state to "conduct its business in an open, interoperable and transparent manner."...
- Tags: New York, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, MSFT, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- That veggie oil car could get you into trouble in US
- Know somebody in America running a vehicle on vegetable oil? New or used, it doesn't matter, that fuel is not government approved. Apparently the EPA could crack down on canola-burners and slap on some pretty hefty fines. It's not just the Feds who are against...
- Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Greasecar, Vegetable Oil, Greasecar Guy, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck?
- As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond filled with crude oil polluted water: Bufflehead. Here's a picture of a gorgeous male Bufflehead in fine fettle. ...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- California killing the electric car...again?
- California killing the electric car...again?Well, I think we all have to take responsibility for killing the electriccar. California is not the only state in the union that could and should take action on this.kill it again Sam!!A simple announcement like "we are going green, America do your best" will not...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Electric Motor, electric car
- Discussion threads 2008-03-29
- California killing the electric car...again?
- California and the electric car. Is this deja vu all over again? You probably know the story of the first round of electric vehicles made for the California market, and then their demise over a decade ago. You may not recall it was action by the California...
- Tags: Car, California, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-29
- Coal Wars: Navajo Nation sues the feds, Kansas to konk old King Koal?
- The Navajo Nation and a private power company in Texas are suing the E.P.A. Not because they've been turned down, they simply can't get an answer. The Navajo's utility company and Texas-based Sithe Global Power applied for a permit back in 2004. They want to build a...
- Tags: Kansas, Coal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Gore Lawsuit Over Inconvenient Untruths?
- Gore Lawsuit Over Inconvenient Untruths?Inconvenient indeed ....I'm 100% in favor of this lawsuit. The movie was nothing more than a self serving political speach and now a bunch of idiots who saw the "movie" think that they know about "global warming".More than 90% of the information presented by the...
- Tags: global warming, movie, Gore Lawsuit, Untruths, inconvenient untruth
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Oil jumps the couch, can coal be far behind?
- $102 per barrel, does anybody bid one-oh-three? Do I hear one-oh-five? Not yet perhaps, but soon enough. Now the excuse for record oil prices: investors are buying oil as a hedge against inflation in the American economy. And some instability in Nigeria. Back in the old...
- Tags: Coal, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- States go it alone in health care reform
- States go it alone in health care reformLook at TexasDana, I am an attorney in the healthcare industry in Texas. Texas is THE leader in healthcare reform, not California or New York. I'm not saying that because I'm from Texas. (I was born and raised in New York.)...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, government, Honesty, health care, States Go
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- States go it alone in health care reform
- California and New York are both trying to cut their states' health care costs, and their stories provide a cautionary tale in the national debate. In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to push through a grand compromise on reform, but it was finally killed by both parties...
- Tags: Medicaid, Media, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Kansas and coal: it's really all about Colorado
- Kansas politicians continue to disagree over two coal-burning plants planned for western Kansas. The state administration refused to grant the necessary permits. Now pro-coal legislators are trying to get a law passed to allow construction. Turns out the plants are being built in Kansas, but will send...
- Tags: Kansas, Colorado, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- New Mexico's video game nanny tax
- New Mexico's video game nanny taxand what else?Maybe they should tax cell phones, books (that's how I and my son wasted hours as kids, staying indoors reading), definitely owning a PC, - how about a food tax even? Their intentions are good, but the methodology is wrong.Sieg Heil?Your state governments...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Games, Corporate communications, govt, tax, video game, game, video
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Picking the right IT: Are some risks worth taking?
- Challenge: pick the right information architecture for a 10 to 15 FTE research foundation. The operating budget runs around two million per year, the mandate is to hand out about one hundred million per year in health care related research grants, the scope is nominally worldwide with preference given to...
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Director, Office, George, Paul, Development Officer, Government, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Coal-fired battle continues in Kansas
- The governor of the great state of Kansas doesn't appear ready to compromise with her legislature on building new coal-fired plants there. The latest reports indicate the current Republican-backed bill in the Knsas legislature will not be signed by the Democrat who is governor. Last fall...
- Tags: Kansas, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-03
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