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Public Defibrillators: High-tech Life-savers or Expensive Gimmicks?

Public Defibrillators: High-tech Life-savers or Expensive Gimmicks? Public defibrillators are not necessarily the best way to reduce rates of sudden death,

Lawmakers Act to Preserve Endangered Night Sky

Lawmakers Act to Preserve Endangered Night Sky When was the last time you spotted the silky strands of the Milky Way spanning the night sky? For more

National Lab Licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet Software

National Lab Licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet Software The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet is now officially online. Software that computes individualized diet plans

Secret Iraq Trip Rankles Statehouse Press Corps

Secret Iraq Trip Rankles Statehouse Press Corps It’s 5 a.m. Do you know where your governor is? State capitol reporters in six states didn’t have a clue

Frisch Findings

Portability Planning When the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) local number portability mandate (LNP) took effect on November 24, 2003, an estimated

11 Ways to Leave Your Legacy Systems Behind—Far Behind

With enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems becoming increasingly commonplace, public-sector entities are certainly no strangers to technology. In

That Was Then, This is Now

That was Then, This is Now Technology Makes a Difference in Government Ten years ago, documents such as contracts, applications, and forms were paper

Current Public-Sector Contract Awards

The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex and research organization, has selected Johnson Controls to upgrade the security and fire

Common Sense–Beau Grant

You Want Answers? Not long ago I received an e-mail from a valued friend and respected colleague, who said he enjoyed my “Common Sense” column and generally

Are You the Last One Standing?

Are You the Last One Standing? If you’re a manager in a downsized organization, don’t stand there waiting for the ax to fall Sometimes managers feel like

Public Defibrillators: High-tech Life-savers or Expensive Gimmicks?

Lawmakers Act to Preserve Endangered Night Sky

National Lab Licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet Software

Secret Iraq Trip Rankles Statehouse Press Corps

Frisch Findings

11 Ways to Leave Your Legacy Systems Behind—Far Behind

That Was Then, This is Now

Current Public-Sector Contract Awards

Common Sense–Beau Grant

Are You the Last One Standing?

White Papers

Preserve Your Pavement: A Road Map to Data-Driven Budgeting

What is Your Plan for Cybersecurity?

5 Best Practices for Utilizing GIS Data

Events

Twitter

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