Andy Opsahl

Recent Articles

• Automatic Collision 911 Notification Coming
• Oct 5, 2010
• Local officials and public safety groups are working to develop standards so cars can send crash data to 911 centers.
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• California, Boston Mobile Apps Merit Awards
• Sep 7, 2010
• The Center for Digital Government's Best of the Web state and city award recipients both prioritized providing services through mobile apps.

• The VA's Take on Telemedicine
• Aug 3, 2010
• The VA Rocky Mountain Network's different tech offerings could serve as a model for agencies serving patients in remote areas.
• 2 Comments

• Online Crime Map Offers Redacted Reports
• Jul 6, 2010
• Seattle deploys a online crime map that provides citizens links to redacted police reports instantly instead of waiting for days for a report.
• 1 Comments

• Conflict Over Maintenance Fees
• Jun 22, 2010
• Agencies and vendors disagree over the degree to which vendors should reduce prices to save government jobs.
• 14 Comments

• Open Source Document Management Saves Money
• May 4, 2010
• Utilizing companies that combine free open source software with traditional maintenance support could yield bargain-bin prices, says one CIO.

• The National Broadband Plan and Localities
• Apr 6, 2010
• The FCC's plan advocates policies that would expand federal influence over local broadband practices.

• Backing Up Social Media
• Jan 19, 2010
• A Florida IT professional's pet project could help agencies with archiving their social media postings.
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• The Web 2.0 Paper Trail Problem
• Jan 5, 2010
• Public officials question whether government social networking posts on external sites should be archived.
• 1 Comments