Government Technology

"Leasing dark fiber ensures that the City is always connected at the fastest speeds possible."

"In government, we’re really faced with a history of projects that take a long time and when they’re done aren’t close enough to our requirements," he says. "We need to look at ways to move from idea to execution much faster."

Becoming an Intelligent Community is profoundly different. It is about using ICT to create new competitive advantages for your economy, to solve big, hairy social problems, and to extend and enrich the value of your culture. The goal is to do more with more: to generate more economic energy in the form of new employment from new employers.

Here are my nine ideas from online Christmas shopping that can be replicated to increase government revenue.

"The Direct Certification project demonstrates that Policy to Practice has application not only in Health and Human Services, but also in Education."

"If you don’t measure the things that you do in the city well — or badly — you can’t do anything about it."

Rather than waiting until a non-custodial parent fails to make payments and amasses large past due amounts, a lower score prompts earlier intervention and tailored outreach.

City planners and their IT teams are setting big goals — and facing big challenges — in the development of tech-enabled "Future Cities," our survey results show.

"This will enable the state website to have greater functionality for more people. We’ve seen how the industry is changing and knew we needed to adapt to all new platforms available to Montanans. I am excited to continue to make state government more efficient," said Governor Brian Schweitzer.

A Senate proposal originally drafted to protect American’s email privacy has taken a dramatic detour. In fact, it’s turning around and heading in the opposite direction.