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Anonymous comments: Some NY lawmakers say no; what say you?

A bill in the New York legislature would eliminate anonymous comments posted online. Aside from First Amendment concerns for the general public, what would such a law mean to government employees?

How NCI made a case for telecommuting

Expanding a unified communications plan from VOIP to high-def videoconferencing required a business case to show savings and justify the expense.

City's mobile method: Central management, full-disk encryption and no BYOD (yet)

Fresno, Calif., automates the task of tracking and controlling its network endpoints, both stationary and mobile.

Georgia fights tax fraud with identity-based filters

Georgia is using the LexisNexis Tax Refund Investigative Solution in a pilot program to mitigate identity fraud and has awarded the company a contract to continue the effort.

California loses personal info for 700,000...on microfiche

The records, including Social Security numbers and state ID numbers for home care workers and recipients, were lost or stolen while in the mail.

In the eye of the storm, better bandwidth through bonding

For Paulding County, Ga., bonding three cellular channels together provides multimegabit bandwidth for its mobile command center without the expense of a satellite link.

Mother Nature chases Mass. town into the cloud

After tornadoes ripped through nearby Springfield, the technology director of Dedham decided it was time to move data backup and recovery to the cloud.

Even with good cell service, emergency crews might need satellite

Paulding County, Ga., gets good broadband connectivity over cellular service for its mobile command center, but it is considering satellite communications as a backup service.

Utah portal integrates social media

Utah.gov has a new infrastructure that dynamically integrates data and information into a portal and delivers it in real time without the need for a Web content management system

The best mobile apps: Simple, easy to use, ready to reuse

CIOs describe what works with mobile application development at NASCIO's Mid-year Conference.

DHS R&D program has a disconnect with first responders' needs, House panel told

The department has a program to help develop technology for first responders, but matching the money with state and local agencies' requirements has proved difficult.

911 services face an emergency of their own

People are moving quickly to mobile devices and relying on text and video rather than voice. Can Next-Gen 911 catch up?

FCC's 5-step plan for deploying Next-Gen 911

The Federal Communications Commission's road map for the transition to a new generation of 911 services starts with location accuracy.

FEMA: Cybersecurity ranks lowest among critical protections

The National Preparedness Report from FEMA puts cybersecurity at the bottom of the readiness list, with fewer than half of states prepared to defend IT systems and networks.

Are rogue cloud users a risk for states?

Most states lack policies on online file storage usage, but CISOs say there is risk in uncontrolled use of these services.

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