Anya Sostek

Recent Articles

• Crime Solvers Clued in by Spit
• Jan 1, 2001
• Law enforcement officials now have a new category for drops of saliva, roots of hair or even flakes of dandruff: important clues.

• Goodbye Mr. Chad
• Jan 1, 2001
• Experts have warned for years that antiquated voting procedures could lead to disaster. Now they have. Will that be enough to change the system?

• Mixed Message
• Dec 1, 2000
• Last spring's passage of a civil-unions law in Vermont, which grants homosexual couples the same rights as married heterosexuals, has pitted neighbor against neighbor in a bitter and widely publicized battle. But from an economic perspective, the political struggle may have its positive side.

• Re-Mapping in the Wake of Disaster
• Dec 1, 2000
• Last year, Hurricane Floyd caused massive destruction and more than 50 deaths in Eastern North Carolina. Sections of highways and bridges were washed away. Homes were destroyed.

• Philly Maps a Tour of Needy Neighborhoods
• Nov 1, 2000
• Philadelphia has a powerful new tool in its fight against blight. A new Web-based Neighborhood Information System combines an expansive property database with detailed city maps, reducing time spent finding information on a single property from weeks to seconds.

• Mississippi and AMS Settle a Suit
• Nov 1, 2000
• Although it won $475.5 million in its case against American Management Systems this August, Mississippi is settling for less.

• Not in the Cards
• Nov 1, 2000
• Like every sport, baseball is replete with stories of hopes fulfilled and laments about what might have been. The West Virginia Treasurer's Office understands this dynamic.

• Harold Levy: Chancellor of Change
• Nov 1, 2000
• In 1994, Harold Levy went back to school. In the 25 years since he'd stepped inside a New York City school building, he had risen from a star pupil at the Bronx High School of Science to a corporate lawyer chairing a high-profile commission examining the infrastructure of the city's public education system. In those years, his old elementary school had not fared as well.

• Vigilantes on Tap
• Oct 1, 2000
• The city of Albuquerque is fairly aggressive in its pursuit of water conservation, using surveillance video cameras and asking residents to report their neighbors when they witness excessive water usage.

• Taking Fare Cards to the ATM
• Oct 1, 2000
• If transit managers have their way, fare card machines may go the way of the onboard conductor. Transit systems around the country are examining ways to phase out station card sales by linking ride purchases to banks.

• Vote Naked? Not Yet.
• Oct 1, 2000
• At first glance, holding elections on the Internet looked like a good idea to a lot of people. Second glances are changing some minds.

• Another Adventure in the Macabre
• Sep 1, 2000
• A tour of Salem, Massachusetts' gruesome and supernatural landmarks by hearse? To Doug Antreassian, it seemed like the perfect business plan.

• Hardball Rules for Software Abusers
• Sep 1, 2000
• New Hampshire's Jeanne Shaheen recently became the nation's fifth governor to issue an executive order prohibiting software piracy and mandating that state agencies set up programs to regulate proper software distribution.

• The Trans-Atlantic Commute
• Aug 1, 2000
• All those city council members who grumble about having to go out in the evening to attend a monthly meeting can be thankful they don't have to fly eight hours to get there.

• Montana Learns to Handle E-Mail Embarrassments
• Aug 1, 2000
• Instead of teaching a lesson on sex and appropriate behavior, the Montana health department recently learned one.