Ellen Perlman

Recent Articles

• Up to Snuff?
• Oct 19, 2006
• Winston Churchill and state chief information officers. Not usually grouped in the same category as examples of great leadership. Unless Churchill's granddaughter is speaking to ...
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• Lifting the IT Curtain
• Oct 18, 2006
• "I smiled politely but I had no idea what you were saying." So said a non-techie National Parks Service employee, referring to the ...
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• Rx For a Headache
• Oct 1, 2006
• States are experiencing a lot of pain in switching seniors out of state programs and into the Medicare Part D drug plan.

• A Very Long Haul
• Oct 1, 2006
• It's taken a dozen years and may take a few more as states struggle to put IT into their child welfare systems.

• Tasty. But Necessary?
• Sep 27, 2006
• I'm pretty certain that people who are sensitive to the needs of strangers on public transit don't do their good deeds with the hope of ...
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• PR FUBAR
• Sep 15, 2006
• How's this for a gripping item? It's from a media advisory sent to reporters with the hope they would jump all over the story: At ...
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• Yes, I Voted
• Sep 12, 2006
• Thank goodness it's primary election day in the District of Columbia. Maybe now I'll stop hearing from a lot of my new "friends." ...
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• A Film Star is Born
• Sep 1, 2006
• New Mexico reaps rewards from its Hollywood "give-aways"

• Bouncing Down the Block
• Sep 1, 2006
• Some cities have sidewalks made of recycled tires.

• Boosting a Biotech Future
• Sep 1, 2006
• Arizona plans to lure high school students to the biology lab and beyond.

• Blacktop Blues: Road Repair is a Pain in the Gas
• Sep 1, 2006
• The steep climb in gas prices is not only hitting drivers' wallets. It's also smashing holes in transportation department budgets for road repairs.

• Otherwise, Have a Nice Day
• Aug 28, 2006
• Counties - this question's for you. Since returning from the National Association of Counties meeting in Chicago three weeks ago, what steps have you taken ...
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• Ride, Sally, Ride
• Aug 17, 2006
• We bicyclists here on the 13th Floor are lucky because our building offers a shower. That allows the seven or so of us who commute ...

• Counties Need Stuff. Lots of stuff
• Aug 11, 2006
• All sorts of educational sessions were taking place at the National Association of Counties meeting in Chicago from August 4th to 8th. But for a ...

• Jumping Jacks are So 20th Century
• Aug 9, 2006
• The windy, second, gritty city of big shoulders, tool maker, wheat stacker and hog butcher to the world. Yes Chicago, with all its epithets given ...