• Online Via Power Line
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   April 2006
• Small towns and cities are finding high-speed Internet access is as close as their electric grid.

• The Customer Rules
• BY: Mark Stencel   |   March 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.

• Rental Signs
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   February 2006
• After years of neglect and false starts, low-income housing is finally finding an online home.

• A Simple Solution
• BY: Mark Stencel   |   January 2006
• Success can depend as much on tweaking the way people use tools as on what those tools are.

• Pairing Up
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   December 2005
• Mississippi is moving ahead by marrying GIS data to a host of state and local social indicators.

• A Sticky Business
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   October 2005
• No state is immune from hosting private contractors who come to do a job, are paid well--and never leave.

• Block that Broadband
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   August 2005
• Any city that tries to build its own high-speed Internet connections can expect a whole lot of pushback.

• The Frequency Factor
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   May 2005
• When children in school and books in libraries can be tracked by radio waves, privacy advocates get all upset.

• The eTax Collector Cometh
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   March 2005
• As states streamline their sales tax codes, they are moving ahead with the technology to make it easy for online businesses to collect the tax.

• Laptop Lessons
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   January 2005
• As school districts try to stretch their tech dollars, they are testing ways to bring the Internet and mobile computing to the classroom.

• Broadcasting News
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   November 2004
• A free system could help states and localities improve the way they alert responders and residents to emergencies.

• Forward Pass
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   April 2004
• It's important to understand that five-year forecasts are going to be wrong, but it's good to do them anyway.

• Calling All Phones
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   July 2004
• VoIP looks to be the next new thing, although an Internet-based telephone system may not be right for all governments right now.

• Turnover Questions
• BY: Sarah Harney   |   June 2004
• When so many state IT leaders leave, does it suggest a need to overhaul the CIO concept--or just make adjustments?

• Unlocking the Code
• BY: Ellen Perlman   |   May 2004
• It may be free and totally adaptable, but whether or when to use non- proprietary software is far from an open and shut case.

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