Ellen Perlman

Recent Articles

• Twitter Arrives at Metro in DC
• Aug 24, 2009
• You know a technology has arrived when the media stories are not about whether a government entity should be using it, but how it currently ...
• 4 Comments

• Bill Cosby on School Spending in Pennsylvania: "Don't We Like Children?"
• Aug 21, 2009
• Smack. Down. Typically, when a celebrity attends a hearing or other political event in Washington, D.C., members of Congress and surrounding staff members go ...

• Don't Insult the Donuts
• Aug 19, 2009
• Once upon a time there was a "don't malign vegetables" movement. In Florida recently, it was doughnuts and other fried or sugary ...
• 2 Comments

• America's "Fast-Dying Cities" Pine for Resuscitation
• Aug 17, 2009
• When you're a dying Rust Belt city and you find yourself on a "top 10" list of the worst, it doesn't help ...

• San Jose Goes to the People. Electronically.
• Aug 11, 2009
• You know what the city of San Jose, California, really needs? More street-level retail in the downtown area. And a convention center twice or three ...

• Hacking Into Parking Meters
• Aug 5, 2009
• Uh oh. Those prepaid cards that San Francisco drivers use to feed the meter? Totally hackable. That's according to engineers and programmers who say ...
• 1 Comments

• Caution: Outsourcing Ahead
• Aug 1, 2009
• Another big statewide IT project hits speed bumps. So does the CIO.

• Bandwidth on the Bayou
• Jul 31, 2009
• Slick Sam Slade showed up in Lafayette, Louisiana, in 2005, fast-talking his way through a mock TV commercial comparing an exotic sports car to a bicycle....
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• County Coroner Hopes "Beat the Reaper" Game Will Scare Kids Straight
• Jul 28, 2009
• Adults can talk, talk, talk about the stupid things teens shouldn't do. But how to get them to listen? Ben Blasdel, the coroner for ...

• Are Crackdowns on Tattooed Officers Really Worth It?
• Jul 24, 2009
• Find out what's happening to law enforcement and police officers with tattoos.
• 6 Comments

• Needed: 911 Fees?
• Jul 17, 2009
• Prepaid phones are a nice option for people who don't want a monthly wireless bill. But they're a scary prospect for the 911 emergency ...
• 1 Comments

• Pennsylvania's YouTube Wars
• Jul 17, 2009
• Pennsylvania is getting into the fun and games of YouTube, something the Millennial set has been engaging in for ages now. Although the state's ...

• The Future of the Internet is in Lafayette, Louisiana
• Jul 15, 2009
• What if you could hold a video conference from your home? What if your doctor could send your MRI electronically to another of your doctors ...
• 4 Comments