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When (and why) social media fails...

When and why social media fails...Technology exists, organisation, focus and will power requiredMuch of the technology for facilities to empower "local journalism" already exists, what is needed are people who are ogranised enough to collect the technology together and present them under a unified front. Taking these excellent points in...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, radio, media, local government, government, social media, tool

Discussion threads 2006-12-21

Hot trends in state and local contracting

Top IT projects among state and local governments in the coming year, according to WashingtonTechnology:Medicaid: There is a "backlog of states that need new Medicaid systems or are hiring a company to run their systems. But Rishi Sood, Gartner research vice president, said the need...

Tags: Medicaid, human service, local government

Blog posts 2006-03-27

Revealed: Muni WiFi's enemy #1 is SBC-AT&T's #1 campaign contribution recipient

In her article entitled Senators can't agree on municipal broadband rules, my colleague Anne Broache "broaches" the subject of municipal broadband hearings in the U.S. Senate.She correctly describes the resistance of big broadband service providers to the idea, and the sentiment expressed by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) for their position."I...

Tags: Sessions, government, John Ensign

Blog posts 2006-02-15

Congress turns up the pressure on city wireless

The latest attack on municipal broadband networks comes in the form of the Broadband Investment and Community Choice Act, a bill recently introduced in the Senate, which, according to an article on O'Reilly Network, would seriously limit local governments' ability to create and deploy public networks. Richard Koman writes:...

Tags: network, government

Blog posts 2005-08-09

Harold Feld has read the Ensign bill and he doesn't like what he sees

Here's Harold Feld's take on Sen. Ensign's Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act. While there are a few positives, the list of negatives is very long. They all boil down to this: "What the act generally does is strip the states and local governments of any regulatory power over telecom...

Tags: Harold Feld, network

Blog posts 2005-07-29

Rewrite of Telecom Act introduced, addresses muni Wi-Fi

Esme Vos of MuniWireless.com has perspective on the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act of 2005, essentially a rewrite of the current law, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, introduced on July 27 by Sen. John Ensigh (R-Nevada). The bill directly deals with local governments' ability to deploy municipal wireless. Here...

Tags: Here is Esme, government, local government

Blog posts 2005-07-29

City's fiber project goes to a vote

City's fiber project goes to a votelocal rightsif the citizens of a community want to take the risk of creating a network, then why shouldn't they be given the opportunity. The federal government needs to "step away from the car". As long as access is not limited by local governments...

Tags: Vertical industries, Network technology, Nothing, network, government, fiber, Lafayette, local government, taxpayer, voter

Discussion threads 2005-07-16

Quest for 'Utopia' hits a roadblock

Quest for 'Utopia' hits a roadblockmake senseSo now we find firther proof our government is actively engaged in negating technological advancement in favour of established and inefficient, legacy communication. Perhaps this fact stems from the inability to monitor effectively the communications that would take place in the advanced systems....

Tags: Vertical industries, government, local government, UTOPIA

Discussion threads 2004-04-19

Additional Resources

Facebook beats the 'spam king'

Good luck collecting that judgment award. ntntRE: Facebook beats the 'spam king'Ive always wondered why governments/courts don't do more on tackling spam. Surely regardless of where they are based, some pressure can be exerted by the government, onto local governments, if they don't comply, limit/block the whole countries internet...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Government, INTERNET, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, e-mail, Facebook, spam king, spam

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline

Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?

My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...

Tags: Content management, CSS, Enterprise software, KompoZer, content management system, Microsoft FrontPage, CMS system

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Government in action: 1.3M mobile plans; Mexico's Internet tax; England's crime map

Loosely linked.. i guess.. but i like the crime mapAs an active member of my HOA, we ask the local police all the time about our areas crime stats compared to surrounding areas.As i am sure everyone is aware, crime rises in a recession and even our local area has...

Tags: mobile, Internet, crime map, Internet Tax

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all

If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Net Neutrality: Why the Internet will never be free. For anything. So get used to it

Call it Net Neutrality if you want, but it doesn't exist, nor is it required when you already have antitrust, regulatory and other local and state, and international law in place. Choice, innovation and open access are the principles in a free enterprise competitive market, not the halls of government....

Tags: Internet, Net Neutrality, Government, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumers

Can't wait to see theseThe local Best Buy is having a midnight launch. I'm probably going to go and geek out for a bit.RE: Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumersWish I could afford the upgrades.Been laid off and on for 6 years now.Could not renew my...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), way thing, Linux, U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

The real-life energy battles are NOT fought in Congress

humm, I don't think we have all the facts.humm, okay.I'm gonna say that there's probably a lot of details involved, and the EPA probably didn't wake up one day, grow a green heart, and take action just because they turned green one day.And don't look now, but the Democrats aren't...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, energy battle, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?

Recycling is part of our daily lives. We do it everyday with plastics, newspapers and other general household things. Cars are now recycled throughout North America and Europe at high efficiency rates. Everything seems to be covered, right? Computers and batteries face recycling problems. We already know that...

Tags: Landfill, Computer, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Government, Hardware, Components, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-18

GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000

it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...

Tags: car, General Motors Corp., electric car, small electric car

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

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