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  • Five eyes, ASD expand warnings on 5G to rope in ‘smart cities’ and IoT

    The concept of heavily connected, internet driven Smart Cities bristling with digital cameras and sensors might have been the dream of Big Tech firms like Google and Amazon looking to rewire urban infrastructure in their own image, but the Five Eyes intelligence community, including the Australian Signals Directorate, has just fired off a serious new warning about the major cyber risks technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT)  and 5G now pose.

    In a major upgrade to advice previously directed at the deployment of 5G networks, the Five Eyes agencies are now telling everyone from major carriers to town mayors and wastewater operators to take a serious second look at the heavily-pumped notion of connecting everything from rubbish bins to traffic lights to the net.

  • Fixing US broadband: $100 billion for fiber to every home

    The US is in desperate need of 100Mbps "big broadband." That's the conclusion of a new report from EDUCAUSE (PDF), a group that represents IT managers at over 2,200 colleges and universities. But these 100Mbps connections are coming slowly; in the meantime, countries like Japan already have them. To avoid falling further behind, the report calls for a national broadband policy to be passed this year, one that includes $100 billion for a fiber-to-the-home infrastructure that will connect every household and business in the country.

  • GAO denies second protest of contract for USAJobs.gov

    The Government Accountability Office may finally have ended the two-year saga surrounding the refurbishing of the USAjobs.gov Web site.

    Yesterday GAO rejected a second protest by Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va., of the Office of Personnel Management’s contract award to Monster Government Solutions of Maynard, Mass., to run the government’s online employment portal.

  • GAO to issue e-gov report

    The General Accounting Office is set to release a report on the cross-agency collaboration of the Bush administration's 24 e-government initiatives, according to speakers at an industry sponsored event Nov. 20.

  • GAO will take a second look at OMB’s e-gov projects

    Lawmakers’ interest in the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 e-government initiatives seems to be peaking.

  • GAO: U.S. agencies eye RFID to save money, improve service

    As costs fall, government interest in the technology could grow

    As radio frequency identification (RFID) technology continues to mature, some federal government agencies are eyeing it as a way to save money and improve services.

    In a report released late last week (download PDF), the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that 13 of 24 federal agencies are implementing or exploring RFID initiatives for a number of uses. The other 11 agencies have no plans for now to explore or use RFID technologies.

  • Geospatial One-Stop will have first trial in May

    Proposals are due Jan. 22 from vendors that want to build the Geospatial One-Stop Portal, one of the 25 e-government initiatives, the OpenGIS Consortium Inc. announced this week.

  • Gesetz für schnelleres e-Government

    Der US-amerikanische Kongress wird im September über einen Gesetzentwurf entscheiden, der den Einsatz von e-Government-Infrastruktur beschleunigen und mit einem neuen nationalen Darlehensprogramm Best Practices fördern soll.

  • Get Ready For E-Government

    "The U.S. government has been a sometimes unwilling participant in the technological revolution of recent years." Sen. Conrad Burns, (R-MT)

  • GetThere and CW Government Travel to Help Drive U.S. Federal Gov't Travel Online

    Government to Capitalize on Online Travel Technology That Has Saved Millions Of Dollars for Corporations

    GetThere, the leading provider of online corporate travel reservation systems, and CW Government Travel, the largest provider of online travel solutions to the government, today announced they have been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Government's initiative to implement an end-to-end online travel management solution. This conversion to online travel, known as ETS, is targeted at streamlining government travel and offering convenience to travelers, while potentially saving billions of taxpayer dollars.

  • Ghana Shows Appreciation To US Government

    The Minister of Information, Mrs. Zita Okaikoi on Wednesday commended the American government for its assistance to Ghana in ensuring the rule of law and democracy. She explained that the two countries had a long-term relationship that should be strengthened to enhance development. The Information Minister said this when the American Ambassador, Mr Donald Teitelbaum called on her to introduce himself and congratulate her on the assumption of duty as the Minister for the Ministry.

  • Google and UAE oasis city Al Ain reach online deal

    Google and Al Ain have teamed up to provide a range of online services for residents and the local authority.

    Under the deal, Google maps will show new developments in the oasis city, residents will be able to translate official documents into another language, and the local government will be able to use the US firm’s systems for administration.

  • Google Takes On U.S. Health Care

    The U.S. health-care system is the most costly in the world. Yet it's also remarkably antiquated. The medical records of as many as 90% of patients are hidden away in old-fashioned filing cabinets in doctors' offices. Prescriptions are scribbled on paper. Most Americans need to fill out separate medical histories for each specialist they visit. "We are trained, like Pavlov's dogs, to repeat the same information 17 times," says Scott Wallace, chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Health Information Technology, a not-for-profit alliance of health care providers, information technology vendors, and health and technology associations. The result: mistakes, duplicated tests, botched diagnoses, and billions of dollars in unnecessary costs and lost productivity.

  • Government A Mouse Click Away

    Starting with the 2003 tax year, some Americans will be able to not only file, but prepare for free, their tax forms online.

  • Government aims to cut software clutter

    The U.S. government is cleaning house on the technology front much in the same way large businesses are, said Norman Lorentz, who is helping spearhead President George W. Bush's e-government initiative.

  • Government ICT lessons from the US

    US CIO Vivek Kundra (who has recently stepped down from the role to take up a fellowship at Harvard) was a guest at Dell World a few weeks ago and took the opportunity to share some insights into the task he faced as Government CIO after President Obama had been elected.

    Overnight he took charge of 12,000 systems and an $80bn budget, and was quickly presented with a stack of PDFs detailing $27bn worth of over-running projects. In the previous 10 years the number of US data centres had grown from 432 to 2,000, with, typically, less than 27% utilisation in computer power.

  • Government officials bringing broadband and high-speed internet to all citizens

    Across the US, government officials are working to bring the internet to all corners and communities. Broadband internet is key in improving the lives of citizens through better education, social engagement, and governance. States like Arizona, Missouri, and Oregon are all trying to get broadband to their most rural areas in hopes of helping all of the US come online.

    It’s difficult and costly to deliver broadband or high-speed internet to rural communities. Furthermore, there’s no way to generate enough revenue to make it worth the effort for private sector companies.

  • Government Services to Beef Up Web Sites

    E-government gets a boost as courts and agencies prepare to post public documents and resources.

  • Government Web Sites Offer More Efficiency At Lower Cost

    Taxpayers appear more satisfied dealing with the feds over the Web than they do interacting with government employees directly, a new customer-satisfaction survey suggests. The same study, conducted for the University of Michigan by ForeSee Results, a customer-satisfaction advisory consulting firm, shows that surveyed government Web sites, on average, outscored those from the private sector.

  • Government with emphasis on the Internet

    The federal government is trying to get more out of its presence on the Internet.

    President Bush today signs the Electronic Government Act.

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