Ellen Perlman

Recent Articles

• Wanna Slow Global Warming? Start a Recession!
• Mar 18, 2008
• A slowing economy may be the answer to global warming. Okay, that may be a bit of a stretch. But Mesa, Arizona, has found that ...

• The Safety Gap
• Feb 1, 2008
• To protect the children they serve, child welfare caseworkers need high-tech connections between field and office.

• The Year of the Superbus
• Jan 31, 2008
• In the Atlanta region, commuter buses have all the comforts of home. With television sets on board, passengers can lean back in cushy seats and...

• Can You Hear Me Now? Are You Stealing My Data?
• Jan 17, 2008
• My head is still spinning from reading about all the government laptops that go missing, potentially exposing private data. Connecticut has had a heck of ...
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• Delete at Your Own Risk
• Dec 31, 2007
• For several months last fall, the St. Louis media had a field day with Missouri Governor Matt Blunt's office for doing the equivalent of crumpling...

• Colorado Consolidates
• Dec 1, 2007
• The governor moves to streamline the state's IT systems.

• Crazy Cool in L.A.
• Dec 1, 2007
• A fire department taps into microblogging to keep itself on top of situations.

• Crazy Cool in L.A
• Dec 1, 2007
• A fire department taps into microblogging to keep itself on top of situations.

• Digital-Age Digs
• Nov 30, 2007
• For more than 200 years, St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery has anchored the corner of Washington and Church streets in Alexandria, Virginia, while several enterprises have...

• How Green is your Building?
• Nov 15, 2007
• Step right up, ladies and gentleman, and see for yourself! It's the amazing, one-of-a-kind, Aldo Leopold Legacy Center , located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. THE GREENEST BUILDING ...

• Weather, weather everywhere. Little of it rain.
• Nov 14, 2007
• Yesterday, Governor Sonny Perdue asked a crowd of 250 Georgians outside the Capitol to "pray up a storm." The state and the region badly ...

• Do Governors Have a Prayer?
• Nov 13, 2007
• I just checked the weather in Atlanta today. It's 52 degrees and very sunny, (see the bright yellow sun on weather.com?). Georgia has had it ...

• How Hip Are the Burbs?
• Nov 12, 2007
• Governing doesn't check in with hip, stylish men nearly enough. So, today, we present you with the cool guys' view on city versus suburban living. ...

• I'll Fly Away: Florida Stomps on Styrofoam
• Nov 1, 2007
• Florida is enlisting the aid of machines to "densify," "palletize" and "smush" polystyrene, the familiar coffee cup and packaging material known by its trade name Styrofoam

• Going for Green Grades
• Nov 1, 2007
• Schools are finding that green classrooms do more than save energy.