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  • LR: USAID Launches ICT Support Project

    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the “Digital Liberia and e-Government Project in Liberia,” an information communication technology (ICT) program.

    The project was launched on March 22 at a resort in Monrovia, and was witnessed by an array of government officials including Post and Telecommunication Minister Fredrick Norkeh, Defense Minister Brownie Samukai, Health Minister Bernice Dahn and USAID representatives.

  • Maine’s Web Site Named One of Best in U.S.

    A Brown University report recently confirmed the philosophy of the State of Maine’s official Web site (http://www.Maine.gov): the simplest things make all the difference.

    Maine was rated the third best state for eGovernment in the United States, according to the eighth annual survey of eGovernment effectiveness conducted by Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions. The study praised Maine’s site for its easy navigation, thoughtful prioritization of information and customizability.

  • Maine’s Web Site Named One of Best in U.S.

    Maine Celebrates 10 Years of E-Government - Updated Web Site Launched to Provide New Tools

    In a ceremony at the State House today, the State of Maine celebrated the 10th anniversary of its e-government initiative. Governor John E. Baldacci addressed a group of State agency leaders and others and proclaimed today E-Government Day in Maine. The award-winning Maine.gov Web site has been newly enhanced with features to improve citizen and business access to government information, including an updated design and innovative tools.

  • Majority of US municipalities now investing in smart city technology

    • 66 per cent have a strategy for implementation
    • 42 per cent of those are thinking of using drones
    • 600 smart cities around the world will produce 60 per cent of global GDP by 2025
    • Smart city market segment forecast to be worth US$400 billion by 2020s

    A new report from the National League of Cities (NLC) in the US shows that two-thirds of US conurbations are now investing in smart city technology and a quarter of those currently without a smart city strategy or system are examining ways to implement them. Of those towns that have invested in smart technologies the top ranking applications and services are smart meters for utilities, intelligent traffic lights and other road traffic systems, e-governance, Wi-Fi kiosks and RFID sensors on pavements and on kerbs.

  • Mängel bei der Überprüfung von Wahlcomputern für die Zulassung in den USA

    Mit Milliarden von Dollar hatte die Bush-Regierung nach dem Debakel mit den alten Maschinen bei der Präsidentschaftswahl 2000 die Einführung von Wahlcomputern gefördert. Allerdings wurden bei diesen zahlreiche Sicherheitsmängel und Manipulationsmöglichkeiten entdeckt. Besonders kritisiert wurden Wahlcomputer, bei denen es keine unabhängigen Kontrollmechanismen etwa in Form eines Papierausdrucks gibt.

  • Map Reveals Smartest Cities in the US

    Seattle has been crowned the smartest city in the U.S., with Miami and Austin ranking closely behind, according to a recent study.

    The research assessed 16 key indicators across three main categories: connectivity and infrastructure, sustainability, and the tech job market. These metrics were used to determine the overall scores for each city.

  • Maryland portal links citizens to transportation

    The Maryland Transportation Department last month unveiled its revamped Web site at www.smarttransportation.com. The site offers a portal to information about all modes of transportation in the Old Line State.

  • Maryland's online services do not compute

    Just the other day, without getting out of my jammies, I bought a fishing license.

    Took me just four minutes and my credit card. Filled out the application, hit a button on my computer, printed out the license and signed it.

    Unfortunately, it was a New Hampshire license, not a Maryland license.

  • Measure Puts More Gov't. Services Online

    Getting more government information and services online is an aim of the Electronic Government Act, President Bush's latest effort to streamline the executive branch.

  • Mehr Datenschutz in Amerika

    Das amerikanische Repräsentantenhaus hat eine Motion angenommen, die die Regierung grundsätzlich bei jedem neuen Gesetz verpflichtet, die Auswirkungen auf den Datenschutz und den Schutz der Privatsphäre zu überprüfen.

  • Mehr Sicherheit für elektronische Wählerverzeichnisse in den USA gefordert

    Die US-amerikanische Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) hat einen 60-seitigen Richtlinienkatalog (PDF-Datei) vorgelegt, der Behörden in den einzelnen US-Bundestaaten bei der vorgeschriebenen Einführung von elektronischen Wählerverzeichnissen unterstützen soll. Im "Help America Vote Act" (HAVA) von 2002 war festgelegt worden, dass jeder Bundesstaat eine zentrale Datenbank mit Wähler-Stammmdaten aufzubauen habe, wobei es den Behörden freigestellt wurde, ob sie dies in eigener Regie tun oder IT-Dienstleister damit beauftragen.

  • Miami-Dade portal trying translation

    To ensure that Spanish-speaking residents have access to government services online, Miami-Dade County officials plan to revamp the county's Web portal and include a pilot program focused on automated translation of information from English to Spanish.

  • Minnesota tech: State home page relaunches

    The state of Minnesota officially unveils its revamped Internet home page today at www.state.mn.us.

    The site has a dramatically different structure thanks to a $2.2-million facelift that began in January.

  • Mississippi has a hit with portal

    Since Mississippi debuted its revamped portal a year ago and added several online transactions this summer, the state government is seeing a return on investment through increased citizen usage.

  • Mobile devices, IT will cause true reformation in U.S. healthcare

    Clinicians, heathcare executives, as well as the IT tools they utilize to improve direct patient care will truly revolutionize the U.S. healthcare system, stated Barry Chaiken, MD, chairman of the board of directors for HIMSS, at today's opening address and keynote session at HIMSS10.

    "Healthcare IT is the instrument that will transform healthcare and it is we–the informaticists, clinicians, management engineers, senior IT executives, IT specialists and the diverse talents of so many others–who will create the applications, processes and workflows that will improve quality, safety, access and cost-efficiency," he said.

  • Mobile Health Devices: Americans Are Willing to Pay for Convenience

    PricewaterhouseCoopers finds that 40 percent of Americans would pay for a mobile device to send health data to doctors. Three in 10 Americans would use the telehealth features.

    A new report by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals that 40 percent of Americans would pay for a mobile device to keep track of their vital signs and send the data remotely to their doctor.

    PwC made the presentation called "Healthcare Unwired" on Sept. 8 at the mHealth Initiative conference in San Diego. The consulting firm also found that the still developing mobile health care industry could be worth $7.7 billion to $43 billion.

  • Mobile technology, not broadband, is the way to connect America

    Much has been in the news lately about the Obama administration's plan to invest $7.2 billion in increased broadband access throughout the U.S. over the next two years. A billion or so of that money will likely flow into California coffers. But this huge investment in fixed broadband may not be what we need to achieve the goal of 21st century connectivity in a future gone mobile.

    The supporters of broadband make a good case. The one-third of mostly low-income, elderly and rural Americans without broadband will miss out on telemedicine, distance learning, eGovernment, telecommuting and social networking opportunities. One study suggests that extended broadband deployment among seniors and people with disabilities could result in cumulative health care savings and productivity gains of at least $927 billion by 2030.

  • Money stalls homeland efforts

    The Office of Homeland Security has spent the past six months defining homeland security information technology needs at the federal, state and local levels as well as identifying existing initiatives that can be expanded to fill those needs.

  • Move to Open Government Electronically

    The federal government, with its tangle of agencies and regulations, has never played particularly well on the Internet, where fast-flying facts prevail.

  • National Initiative to Deliver Fiber-Speed Internet Connectivity to Every U.S. Library Underway

    Inaugural workshop to develop implementation strategies to connect every library in the U.S. with fiber-speed Internet by 2010 to commence on July 2, 2007 in Sausalito, CA.

    The Community TeleStructure Initiative (CTI) announced today plans for a series of workshops on the National Fiber to the Library (F2L) initiative; its goal being to connect every library in the U.S. with fiber-speed internet by 2010. The first workshop will be held in Sausalito, CA on July 2, and will include broadband policy & market leaders in California joined by key national policy leaders like the American Library Association, the Fiber to the Home Council and the FCC.

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