Government & Public Sector

Will there be a rush to upgrade to Microsoft's latest OS?

A surge of innovation is transforming Canadian business and society as organizations achieve leadership in their sectors, seemingly overnight, by applying IT in ways the world has not seen before.

A California seller of servers and other computer components has pleaded guilty to selling products to Iran in violation of federal export controls, the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco reported.

User satisfaction with U.S. government Web sites dipped slightly from last quarter, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

Regardless of how many federal agencies can actually issue ID cards that are compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) by Oct. 27, observers say that the new standards are already making an impact outside of the U.S. government.

After inspecting models from five major laptop manufacturers, those by Hewlett Packard (HP) and Apple registered the highest levels of certain hazardous substances, according to environmental group Greenpeace.

Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn will answer questions on the spying scandal that has embroiled her company during a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill next week.

A recently rolled out financial tracking system at the University of Alberta (UA) hopes to ensure research dollars don't go over -- or under -- budget.