Government & Public Sector

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Friday admitted competition in the local phone service market was heating up faster than forecast.

Upgrade of Microsoft BizTalk server software has enabled a hospital in Ontario to streamline patient care by improving the management of system errors.

The federal Web portal FirstGov.gov and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's home page are the most highly rated federal Web sites, according to the seventh annual e-government analysis by Brown University.

With privacy and security breaches now making news almost daily, there has been a recent spate of legislation aimed at helping solve the problem. Unfortunately, this has created a whirlwind of ineffective compliance activity throughout public and private sector organizations in Canada.

The Canadian Radio-Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) legalese-free "bill of rights" - covering local telephone service - has been lauded as a pro-consumer initiative.

A failure by the U.S. and European Union to reach a new agreement next month on the provision of passenger data for transatlantic flights could ground up to 105,000 people each week, the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) director general said.

The creation of a pan-European telecoms regulator has found significant industry support for the idea, though most remain against the notion overall.

An upgrade to Microsoft BizTalk server software has enabled a hospital in Ontario to streamline patient care by improving the management of system errors. For the staff of Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, even a momentary glitch in the facility's information system could mean more than just a minor hindrance.