• Crazy Cool in L.A.
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   December 1, 2007
• A fire department taps into microblogging to keep itself on top of situations.

• Crazy Cool in L.A
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   December 2007
• A fire department taps into microblogging to keep itself on top of situations.

• Text Talk: Boston Keys in for Crime Tips
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   October 2007
• Picking up and dialing from a pay phone is the best way to give an anonymous crime tip to police. Or is it?

• The Power Switch
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   October 1, 2007
• The emerging topic for state CIOs is how to reconfigure desktops and computing practices to save energy.

• The Power Switch
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   October 2007
• The emerging topic for state CIOs is how to reconfigure desktops and computing practices to save energy.

• 311 Potholes
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   August 1, 2007
• Consolidating call centers is proving to be a boon to cities, but the roll-outs are rough.

• The Hit Record
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   July 2007
• When it comes to using technology to streamline the health care system, the biggest buzz is about digitizing individuals' health records--putting them in a standardized format and connecting them via the Web.

• Hiring Help
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   June 1, 2007
• In their search for young workers, IT departments are seeking ways to make technology jobs look more like a day at a Play Station.

• Keeping Personal Data Safe
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   April 1, 2007
• Not many know how many cybersecurity breaches occur in state and local governments.

• Smash Hit
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   February 1, 2007
• It's not just for the young and hip. State and local IT officials are tapping into a cool Google tool to create maps with new, improved uses.

• Critical Connectors
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   December 2006
• During emergencies, citizens and even some disaster workers depend on libraries for Internet connections to the world.

• Addicted To Data
• BY: Mark Stencel   |   November 2006
• Policy makers are demanding unified databases, but mixing and matching data are more difficult than they think.

• A Very Long Haul
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   October 2006
• It's taken a dozen years and may take a few more as states struggle to put IT into their child welfare systems.

• Born Digital
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   June 2006
• A handful of states are beginning to focus on the need to preserve digital documents.

• Driven to License
• BY: Mark Stencel   |   May 2006
• A federal mandate that states love to hate, Real ID may also harbor some hidden opportunities.

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