David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog : news & perspectives from a long-time egov advocate
Updated: 3/3/2003; 6:47:40 AM.

 

















 
 

Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Robb Recovers
John Robb just recovered from a crash.  Wow, I hate those kind of things.  As a result he is now into a new template and just doesn't look the same anymore.  He pauses to remember Thanksgiving in Madrid.  I remember spending Christmas one year in Alcoy with Gerardo Story who had escaped Holland during the war, joined the U.S. Army and later moved to Spain where he developed an extremely successful textile business.  He would have loved today's technology with the ability to easily extend your business globally.
1:49:23 PM    
Electronic Fleet Services
A recent article in Automotive Fleet magazine discusses how the State of Utah is using automation to improve the management of fleet assets.  Fleet operations comprise a significant investment for state government and present an opportunity for cost savings if managed efficiently.  Currently, Utah manages over 7500 vehicles in its centralized fleet management system. 
1:32:00 PM    
RSS in Government?
Just discovered this item in the Mercury News on RSS.  Michael Bazely states, "Even government has discovered RSS as a way to share press releases, documents and data with the public and other bureaucrats."  The implication is that government is slow and cumbersome and not very technologically savvy.   Bazely also mentions the Utah State Library's excellent tutorial on RSS.  If you work for the State, be sure to sign up for one of the Library's classes on publishing to the web.
1:03:13 PM    
Building the Wireless Network

We have some very interesting plans to extend the WAN to the WWAN in ways that could add tremendous value to customers if they desire.  The critical issue remains that of securing the network.  Here are some important resources:

Who are some of the government agency users that should take advantage of the statewide WWAN?

  • Law enforcement, including Utah Highway Patrol - officers will be able to file reports and access homeland security information from just about anywhere in the state
  • Agriculture inspectors
  • Wildlife officers
  • Transportation / highway workers
  • Public health workers

The network is being extended at a relatively small cost due to our ability to leverage the existing WAN infrastructure.  ITS is also continuing to look at ways to cooperate with UEN and other initiatives like Utopia and Utah Valley Community Network.


11:53:31 AM    

© Copyright 2003 David Fletcher.



Click here to visit the Radio UserLand website.

 


November 2002
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
          1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Oct   Dec


National Homeland Security Knowledgebase


Blogs in the Utah Blog Cluster

Phil Windley's weblog
Bob Woolley
Craig Neilson
Joel Finlinson
Brent Sanderson
Al Sherwood
Brian Sweeting
Doug Chandler
Wade Billings
Nancy McConnell
Pete Kruckenberg
Rich Finlinson
Jim Stewart
Scott Richardson
Troy Jessup
Barry Bryson
Allen Cole
UEN NOC Blog
Joe Leary's Weblog on Open Source
David Willis
Jean Shaw
Shellie Faraday
Dave McNamee's Enterprise Product Mgmt. weblog

Other eGovernment Resources

Alan Mather
Barbara Haven
Denise Howell
Cowan's e-Government Solutions
Emergency Management Weblog
Ernie the Attorney
Homeland Security and Education
Institute for eGovernment
Jesse Feiler
John Gotze
Open Source in Government
Paul's Radio Weblog
Rock Regan
Rory Perry's weblog
Sabrina Pacifici
Scott Loftesness
Simon Moores
Ted Ritzer
e-government at large
eGov News Portal
Techno-News

Top 10 hits for cybersecurity egovernment on..
Google
1.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
2.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
3.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
4.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
5.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
6.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
7.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
8.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
9.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog
10.David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog

Help link 3/3/2003; 6:45:32 AM.