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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Communities abandoned by CRTC, says commissioner It isn't often a member of a CRTC panel issues a dissent. But a decision to deregulate the way incumbent phone companies deal with requests to expand local calling areas in many cities was called 'unfair' by one commissioner. Find out why
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Open government talk buzzes across Canada Experts in open government and social media discussed everything from government-as-a-platform to app stores to the creation of a MuniForge during a panel discussion at the Open City Workshop in Edmonton. Plus, CIO Chris Moore’s take on the risks of open government.
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Vancouver becomes role model for open source in government Open source activists are praising the Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source motion passed by the City of Vancouver last month. City Councillor Andrea Reimer provides an update on what to expect next. 
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Privacy matters in the public eye Video surveillance in public places is growing at a rapid clip across Canada. City after city is introducing or expanding it, even in smaller municipalities such as St. Catharines and Brockton, Ont., says Michelle Chibba, policy manager at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of Ontario.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Government earmarks millions for Canadian science and tech research The Canada Foundation for Innovation is investing nearly $28 million to fund research in 35 universities and colleges across the country, comprising 139 research projects in various areas including information and communications technologies and environmental science, according to a statement issued by CFI.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Access Nova Scotia opens more doors Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations was formed in 2000 to improve access to government information and services. With its new brand emphasizing a "no wrong door" philosophy, Access Nova Scotia deploys a multi-channel delivery network to manage more than 13,000 external client interactions daily.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Chicago pulls plug on city Wi-Fi project Chicago municipal leaders have scrapped plans to blanket the city with an ambitious Wi-Fi network, citing high costs and low residential uptake as the main reasons. Negotiations with private-sector partners, including EarthLink, have stalled because any city-wide Wi-Fi would require massive public financing.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Blocks of SOA: Building services with common symbols Decades of siloed system design have left most government organizations with antique, rickety systems that don't play well with others. By putting new SOA wrappers on old proprietary applications, modular interfaces can be built, shared, linked, reused and recombined as needed. The utopia is infinite interoperability.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Wi-pocalypse Now – the wonders of wireless mesh nets A confluence of factors is driving the spread of wireless "mesh networks" and revolutionizing telecommunications in North American cities.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Silver lining for two CIPA award winners A municipal 311 program and a mobile learning project for post-secondary students both claimed silver awards of excellence at the 2006 Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA).
Sunday, August 27, 2006
New provincial government site for Net savvy seniors If seniors are in rocking chairs they're most likely in front of computers surfing the Net. That's because seniors are now the fastest growing demographic of Internet users in Canada, according to the Minister Responsible for Seniors, Jim Bradley.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Lac Carling IX Service Transformation Taking the Next Steps Together Discussions at this year’s Lac Carling Congress (www.laccarling.ca) revealed a new form of inter-governmentalism taking shape across the country, one more in tune with the digital age – but not without a new set of challenges. 
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Yes, but . . . The federal government must work with the provinces and municipalities to broaden the mandate of Service Canada if the new agency is to be truly effective in improving the quality of services delivered to the public.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
And now: Nine The ninth annual Lac Carling Congress – the pre-eminent gathering of leaders in electronic service delivery in the public sector – is scheduled for May 15-17 at Saint-Saveur, Que. 
Thursday, February 03, 2005
City of Ottawa overhauls systems The City of Ottawa’s IT department was left with several redundant systems after 12 municipalities in Eastern Ontario merged to form one city in 2001. It embarked on a $40-million information infrastructure overhaul to unite all the systems onto one platform and centralize all the City’s data.
Thursday, April 17, 2003
City of Ottawa dials up controversy The City of Ottawa says a “geographic split” might be the best way to introduce a new area code for the national capital region, but industry observers say this move could spell increased costs for nearby municipalities and businesses.
Thursday, December 13, 2001
One island, one city and one IT department Amalgamating the technologies of 27 cities into one IT department is the task that the "new" City of Montreal faces, and it's a task that Computer Associates is familiar with.
Thursday, December 13, 2001
One island, one city, one IT department Amalgamating the technologies of 27 cities into one IT department is the huge task that the “new” City of Montreal faces, and it’s a task that Computer Associates is familiar with.
Thursday, December 13, 2001
One island, one city, one IT dept. It’s not every day that 27 cities attempt to merge into one. After much debate, the city of Montreal and its outlying municipalities are going to complete an amalgamation by next year — “One Island, One City” — that will double the city’s population to 1.8 million residents.
Thursday, August 10, 2000
Municipal fibre builds could ensure equal access for all Canadian citizens Wide area bandwidth is hot. Carriers, enterprises and even residential customers can’t seem to get enough of it. Both Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) are continually negotiating rights to new fibre resources with fibre network builders and utilities to fill the demands of their customers who want to run the latest bandwidth-intensive applications. And if the ILECs and CLECs aren’t bidding for fibre routes, they’re bidding for broadband wireless spectrum to allow them to reach even more potential clients.
Thursday, April 06, 2000
Community network underway in Simcoe Rural Simcoe County in Ontario needed a technological boost, and now, thanks to a local group and a hand from the provincial government, it has one coming – a new community network.
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