Mark Stencel

Recent Articles

• Payroll Peeking
• Aug 1, 2007
• Government salaries have always been public record. But not the way they are now.

• Telecommuting Hits The Road
• Jul 1, 2007
• Internet access on buses and subways can turn car-centric commuters into mass transit riders--if the technology works.

• Press 1 to Self-Destruct
• Jun 30, 2007
• With voice mail, what you say can and will be used against you. Take the case of former Florida state Representative Ralph Arza, who recently...

• Making a Splash
• Apr 30, 2007
• The technology staff for Indianapolis and surrounding Marion County recently deployed a sophisticated new piece of hardware - a collaboration tool, known to many carnival-goers...

• Broadband's Buzzwords
• Feb 28, 2007
• The difference between my cable company and my telephone company has become a bit blurry. My cable provider wants me to drop my phone company...

• The Open-Minded Desktop
• Dec 31, 2006
• Any technology leader who still doubts that open-source solutions are a viable alternative to Microsoft's desktop dominance needs to visit one of the six branches...

• Addicted To Data
• Nov 1, 2006
• Policy makers are demanding unified databases, but mixing and matching data are more difficult than they think.

• The Persistence of Paper
• Sep 1, 2006
• Despite all the advances in online services, e-governments are still stuck in the paper chase.

• Driven to License
• May 1, 2006
• A federal mandate that states love to hate, Real ID may also harbor some hidden opportunities.

• The Customer Rules
• Mar 1, 2006
• If I ever go fresh-water fishing with my nephews in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, I'll have a state license. Not that I'm much of an angler. I'm a great indoors type who knows more about electronic "phishing" scams than pond fishing for crappie. But thanks to Alabama's e- government initiative, I can sit at home in Virginia and click to an Alabama Web form to purchase a non-resident fishing license.

• A Simple Solution
• Jan 1, 2006
• Success can depend as much on tweaking the way people use tools as on what those tools are.