Ellen Perlman

Ellen Perlman was a GOVERNING staff writer and technology columnist.


Recent Articles

  • Everyone Likes to Win!
  • Journalists often would prefer to think inside the box, stick with old paradigms and face fair-to-middlin' -- not perfect -- storms, rather than be caught ...

  • A Material Girl
  • posted by Ellen Perlman When I read that Washington, D.C. had put down some rubber sidewalks I decided I just had to go test ...
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  • Boot, Suits and Geeks
  • Many people have a vision of fire fighters that involves red trucks, ladders, hoses and a couple of dalmatians. But police and fire work also ...

  • Man on the Street Q&A
  • Yes, we all know politics is local. Sometimes, it's also individual. Yesterday morning I was biking to work and came across about eight people spread ...

  • The Pink-Blue Divide
  • It happens in the medical field and apparently it also happens in government. For a long time, researchers used men for studies on heart attacks ...
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  • Where's the Head?
  • For those who think offshore oil rigs ruin the view, how about floating toilets? But the latter could be an environmental lifesaver. Virginia wants to ...



  • Born Digital
  • A handful of states are beginning to focus on the need to preserve digital documents.

  • Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Out of Sight They Go...
  • The L.A. Times says a California sex offender program was criticized by state lawmakers who complained that 23 offenders had been housed within 11 miles of ...

  • Finally. Relief Is In Sight
  • Sometimes you forget the crazy assortment of details a city mayor has to attend to. That is, until you read a headline such as, "$1.4 ...

  • Statehouse Blogging in Utah
  • Talk about variety. The Utah Senate has a blog that one day has pols and citizens squabbling over how to spend a $1 billion surplus, and ...
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  • Be Nice or Be Anonymous
  • We really want you to share your opinions on what we write here on the 13th Floor. But we ask that you don't rant, rave ...

  • Sign of the Times
  • Seems like Wisconsin has Vegas envy. The state is most likely going to allow electronic billboards that look like high-def TV screens. The only electronic ...
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  • Open Sorcerer
  • A crusade for open standards in technology cost one top official his job in Massachusetts. But the issue isn't going away.


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