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Ellen Perlman

Ellen Perlman

Former columnist

Ellen Perlman was a GOVERNING staff writer and technology columnist.

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Lifting the IT Curtain
"I smiled politely but I had no idea what you were saying." So said a non-techie National Parks Service employee, referring to the ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Up to Snuff?
Winston Churchill and state chief information officers. Not usually grouped in the same category as examples of great leadership. Unless Churchill's granddaughter is speaking to ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Ride Forever, Charlie
There's nothing better than a city with a sense of humor. The new electronic fare cards for the "T," or the transit system, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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BELIEVE
Baltimore wants us to believe. It's just that I'm not sure in what. In God? In country? In ourselves? In a chicken in every pot? ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Why Should I Travel to Your State?
Most states have lousy looking or ineffective home pages for their tourism web sites, in one cat's opinion. Smiley Cat's to be exact. Smiley Cat ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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I (heart) the BWI Parking Garage
Okay, how weird would it be to wax poetic about a parking garage? Well, here I go. There I was, late as usual for a ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Medical Cost Confusion
posted by Ellen Perlman All politics may be local, but often it's personal too. If someday West Virginians can understand their medical bills, it could ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Marketing 202
It's ingenious. Pennsylvania uses marketing moxie to make money from items people must surrender at airports, according to a local story. For the past three ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Time, and Time Again
This Sunday night it's going to be nice and light an hour later than usual, thanks to the Daylight Savings Saving [Ed. note: Thanks, Scott!] ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Freedom vs. Keeping All Your Body Parts
Just for the record, if anyone hears me say, "I'd give my right arm" for something, I'm speaking figuratively. But prison inmates in ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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