January 2009 Archives

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, the Georgia Department of Transportation is considering selling advertising space on the sides of Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) trucks and on traffic camera feeds. Strapped for cash, the transportation agency's commissioner, Gena Evans, took a grilling from the state Legislature as she reported the agency's grim budget picture.

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Last week, Government Technology spoke with executives from Salesforce.com, the popular provider of hosted CRM services, about how the company is bringing its cloud computing model to the public sector. And they showed off a few of their government customers.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials will soon announce the fate of a proposed national security standard for automatically routing alarm company alerts to 911 centers.

One gadget getting attention at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was first conceived by Chester Gould 78 years ago in the pages of the Chicago Tribune -- the wrist radio. Electronics giant LG Gave a modern tweak to concept by ditching the radio and adding a phone.

Colorado CIO Mike Locatis is urging the Obama administration to rethink how the federal government distributes money to state and local governments. Locatis and others want President-elect Barack Obama to replace the current program-specific distribution of these funds with a coherent, enterprise funding strategy.

Locatis said he met with Obama's senior policy advisers in July during the Democratic National Convention in Denver and came away impressed with their understanding of the issue.