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At Issue: Total Cost of Ownership and the $12,000 Dog
A spreadsheet used by Harris County, Texas, to calculate an IT system’s total cost of ownership is also being used by local Boy Scouts for educational purposes.
Roseville, Calif.: A Sleepy Railroad Town Grows Up
A three-hour drive northeast of Apple’s headquarters, the once sleepy suburb of Roseville is becoming high tech too as “One City.”
Philadelphia Police Officers to Start Tweeting at Work
At Issue: Is Twitter -- and other social media use by police -- a return to the days when police officers walked a beat and talked to people, or a public relations activity that distracts from dealing with crime?
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At Issue: Total Cost of Ownership and the $12,000 Dog
A spreadsheet used by Harris County, Texas, to calculate an IT system’s total cost of ownership is also being used by local Boy Scouts for educational purposes. |
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Smart Grid Security: An Inside View from Patrick C. Miller
"We are ultimately seeking a modernized power system that is somewhat self-aware, self-healing and self-managed." |
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Roseville, Calif.: A Sleepy Railroad Town Grows Up
A three-hour drive northeast of Apple’s headquarters, the once sleepy suburb of Roseville is becoming high tech too as “One City.” |
May 9, 2012 Tweet |
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Philadelphia Police Officers to Start Tweeting at Work
At Issue: Is Twitter -- and other social media use by police -- a return to the days when police officers walked a beat and talked to people, or a public relations activity that distracts from dealing with crime? |
May 7, 2012 Tweet |
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'Vigilante Taxi Drivers' Save Lives With Mobile Phones, GPS and Web
Nearly 3,500 taxi drivers use their mobile phones to alert the Citizen Monitoring System. |
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Virginia Cities Again Garner Top Digital Awards
"Great strides in consolidating and enabling shared services, government transparency and communications interoperability." |
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Roseville, Calif., Receives 2011 Digital Cities Award
Roseville acknowledged for its governance model, an 88 percent customer service satisfaction rating, savings through consolidation, a social media program, smart transportation, public safety interoperability and more. |
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The Center for Digital Government's Digital Cities Survey is conducted annually in the summer: July - August. All United States cities, towns, villages and consolidated city/county governments with populations of 30,000 or greater are invited to participate in this survey. The awards are presented concurrently with the NLC conference held each November.
The Center for Digital Government's Digital Counties Survey is conducted in partnership with the National Association of Counties (NACo) annually in the spring: March - April. All U.S. counties are invited to participate (consolidated county-city jurisdictions are invited to participate in the Digital Cities Survey in the summer). The awards are presented during NACO's annual conference each July.
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The Future of the Desktop in GovernmentUntil recently, there was no alternative to the familiar desktop computer, and its expensive upgrades and maintenance requirements. For cash-strapped local governments, the desktop computer is quickly becoming an unsustainable option for future progress. Now, a technology known as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offers an alternative. It can be significantly more affordable than buying individual computers for every employee, and it provides similar capability. This paper shows how VDI is the future of the desktop and is a game-changer for local governments.
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