Reducing junk e-mail 1st November 2003 At its best, spam, or unsolicited commercial e-mail, is unwanted and annoying. At its worst, spam is fraudulent and often objectionable, clogging e-mail
GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/Space-age imagery 1st November 2003 Since the late 1990s, commercial high-resolution satellite imagery has been used extensively by numerous federal and state government agencies to support
Putting health on the map 1st October 2003 In 2002, Cook County, Ill., had the highest number of West Nile virus cases in the country. Residents reported 299 cases of the virus, including 17 fatalities.
Eliminating paper 1st October 2003 The Lorain County, Ohio, Department of Jobs and Family Services (DJFS) has revamped the way its employees process and file welfare claims. Instead of
Upgrading hardware 1st October 2003 The Clerk’s Office for the Cook County, Ill., Circuit Court is upgrading its computer system from one that connects employees to a mainframe computer
GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/Finding e-mails 1st October 2003 Each city and county government generates and receives dozens, if not hundreds, of e-mails every day, including citizens’ inquiries, complaints, contracts
GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/Improving commutes with ITS 1st August 2003 Many cities and counties benefit from applying information and telecommunication technologies to their transportation issues and challenges. Known collectively
TECHNOLOGY/Common ID numbers ease tracking of cases 1st August 2003 Maricopa County, Ariz., has developed and installed a software program to simplify the process of assigning identification numbers to its criminal cases.
Computerizing government: The next generation 1st July 2003 It wasn’t quite love at first byte, but after growing more comfortable with computers, Americans are now using government Web sites to make transactions
GIS/GPS/Chattanooga, Tenn., builds tree inventory 1st July 2003 Using global positioning satellite (GPS) technology, Chattanooga, Tenn., has created an inventory of the nearly 6,000 trees located in and around its
Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina 13th October 2020