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Ellen Perlman

Ellen Perlman

Former columnist

Ellen Perlman was a GOVERNING staff writer and technology columnist.

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Can You Hear Me Now? Are You Stealing My Data?
My head is still spinning from reading about all the government laptops that go missing, potentially exposing private data. Connecticut has had a heck of ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Wanna Slow Global Warming? Start a Recession!
A slowing economy may be the answer to global warming. Okay, that may be a bit of a stretch. But Mesa, Arizona, has found that ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Lending More Than Books
War and Peace. Horton Hears a Who. And a fishing rod. You can borrow them all from the public libraries in Coventry, Lincoln and Scituate, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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311 is not as easy as 1-2-3
So we just finished a special pre-conference session on city 311 systems, and some of the panelists cited a common problem: You set up this great 311 system, and then what happens? Other departments and jurisdictions want to horn in on your success without paying their fair share or doing the work!
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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The Grease Man
It has come to this: People griping that thieves are stealing leftover French fry grease from the back of San Francisco restaurants. Turns out, there's ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Fish, Pigs and Saving the Planet
Cities fighting to be the greenest in the land should look to Victoria, British Columbia, for some tips. In April, we wrote about cities hiring hiring sustainability or energy directors to encourage departments to turn off lights and shut computers when they're not in use.
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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The Phishing Catch
When's the last time you've gone phishing at the office? New York State did an exercise in 2005, sending a fake email to 10,000 state employees in five agencies. The "scam" perpetrated by security officials, was a spot check on employee e-mail behavior.
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Delaware's Cloud
Delaware's home page has a word cloud. Also known as a category cloud or a tag cloud. You know, one of those lists of words, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Model Thin, Basketball-player Tall
This question is for the women out there: How much do you weigh? Really? What does your driver's license say you weigh? Are the numbers ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Doctor of Technology
Why should physicians pay out of their pockets to set up electronic health records so that insurance companies can profit? That's something many docs are ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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