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Ellen Perlman

Ellen Perlman

Former columnist

Ellen Perlman was a GOVERNING staff writer and technology columnist.

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Starry-eyed Politicians, Buy Your Domain Name Now
Planning to run for governor in 2010? Or 2014? Or 2018? Get your domain name now. Don't let a cybersquatter shake you down for the Web site ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Porn Available on Library Computers
That headline grabs you doesn't it? So did this one, when I read it yesterday morning: "San Jose Council votes down porn filters ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Getting in the GovLoop
People in thousands of government offices perform similar jobs. If only they could find a way to tap the expertise and wisdom of others via ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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States CIOs Talk Transparency
Two words are reverberating around the halls of the Marriott in Baltimore this week where state CIOs are meeting: Transparency and recovery act money. Okay, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Spending Transparency: Vital to the State of our Union
The following Thomas Jefferson quote is getting a lot of play these days in connection with transparency Web sites. Not that Jefferson was much of ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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It's an Emergency! Now What?
How will your local government inform citizens if there's an emergency? I ask because a week or two ago, sometime during the swine flu ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Brainstorming on Transparency in Government
You got ideas? The White House wants to hear them. Remember that Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government President Obama issued in January? Well, the ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Not Just Topless -- Bottomless and Sideless, Too
Update: In March we wrote about a topless coffee shop in Maine and the ordinance banning nudity that it inspired. Well, don't plan your ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Keep the $3.65 - I Don't Need it Anymore
I truly cannot believe what it took to get a $3.65 refund from the Metro system in D.C., also known as WMATA, the Washington Metropolitan ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Virginia Fires Its Tech Chief, Readers Fire Off
A story in Friday's Richmond Times-Dispatch about how the "embattled" Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) interim CIO met with and praised employees, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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