Governments Are Embracing Shared Services
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Governments are increasingly onsolidating common services such as human resources into a central organization, or outsourcing them to a third party.
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Meanwhile, a nearby state that embarked on a plan in January to put Linux in government offices, schools and villages is making progress.
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Local authorities are increasingly paying private contractors to provide municipal social services.
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Making it easy for creators and users of information to find each other should be a high priority for policy makers.
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At 3GSM conference, company unveils system that allows sharing of protected content between mobile phones, PCs and other devices.
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The nation's first state government portal  keeps getting better, thanks to an innovative new design unveiled last  week.
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Government in South Indian state of Kerala sets up wireless kiosks as part of initiative to bridge digital divide.
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InfoWorld - Two global telecommunication organizations have agreed to collaborate in boosting mobile phone access in developing countries.
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The government has unveiled standards for the healthcare of children and adolescents.
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Two industry heavyweights have completed interoperability tests of a new technology designed to drive the convergence of voice, data, and video services over wireless and fixed infrastructure based on the Internet Protocol.
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The Web challenges the region's authoritarian governments with a freer exchange of information and ideas.
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A more joined-up approach to net safety is needed if government is to get the message home to citizens.
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New approach gives more power to local councils and NHS trusts.
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The area's technology executives have again embraced the idea that Washington is a government town. Over the years when government work was not considered fashionable, some tried to develop a separate identity for the region built on ventures in software, telecom, the Internet -- the whole gamut.
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The new Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium has unveiled plans to create standards to make it easier for computer users to share calendars and related information with people outside their companies.
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Advocates for open government are creating search engines and websites to let citizens peek into the inner workings of official agencies. Now more than ever, they say, openness is essential to self-government. By Ryan Singel.
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A new standard aims to help users pass information between Web services without sharing full access to their identities.