COLUMNS

Columns, commentaries and essays here originated in GOVERNING and Government Technology magazines, the flagship publications of e.Republic, Inc.

SIGNAL : NOISE

2014


2013
5 Government IT Trends with Staying Power
Leadership and the Real-World Risks of Innovation

2012

4 Things We've Learned in 2012
The Slow Government Movement
CIO’s Role Shifts From Managing Information to Promoting Innovation
7 Ideas for Next-Generation Strategic IT Planning

2011

When Talking Becomes Doing: 4 Tech Issues We’ll Recall in the Future
State CIOs Shift Away from Direct Operational Responsibilities
CIOs Become Business Process Experts
CIOs Anticipate Increased Information Sharing

2010

5 Things We’ve Learned This Year — From Smartphones to Transparency
What Happens When a Public Record is Actually Public?
Can Other States Learn from Michigan Agency Consolidations? (Opinion)
How to Procure a Portal, Texas Style (Opinion)
Cloud Computing Needs a Meteorologist
Transparency Has Become Another Unfunded Mandate
New Year's Resolutions for Zombie Governments

2009

Five Things to Remember About 2009
It Doesn't Pay to Skimp on Cyber-Security
Tracking Transparency's Direct and Indirect Costs
Stimulus Fund Reporting Begins
Michigan, Utah and California Update Their Web Portals
Questions Arise on Broadband Stimulus Agenda
Governments Need Social Networking Policies
Enterprise Technology: Web 2.0 Comes of Age
Stimulus Act Will Bring Long-Term Change in Accountability
Utah Updates State Portal
Center for Digital Government Launches Digital States Performance Institute
Missouri CIO Bill Bryan Focuses on Consolidation and Web Improvements
Facebook's Response to Terms of Service Flap Offers a Governance Lesson
Washington State's Financial Crisis Jump-Starts Reform
Electronic Tax Filing: Are Cell Phones the New Frontier?
Stimulus Bill Proposals Include Broadband Networks and Other Information Technology
Seven Traits of Successful State CIOs
South Dakota CIO Prepares State for DTV Transition

2008

Five Thoughts for 2009
How to Cut Data Center Energy Consumption
Shared Service Keeps Inglewood, Calif., Competitive for Parking Ticket Processing
Aging Population Triggers Huge Economic and Policy Implications
NASCIO Top 10 List Counts Down State Government's IT Prioritie
Virtualization, Consolidation Lead Next Year's Top Priorities for Public-Sector IT
Government and Technology: Five Things We'll Remember About 2008
Internal Catalysts for Community Collaboration in Public-Sector Renewal
Opinion: Balancing Ubiquitous Connectivity and Human Deliberation
Genealogy, Death and Facebook
Why Does the CIO Label Keep Expanding?
Maturing Market Blurs Lines Between Open Source and Commercial Software
Web 2.0 Challenges Notions of Public and Private Information
Funding Schemes, in the Nicest Sense of the Word
Virginia and New York Point to Savings from Green IT EffortsJ
Funding: Bonds and Investment Funds Help Agencies Modernize
Presidential Candidates' Stance on Technology
Another Chief at the Table
Another Chief at the Table
Electronic Tax Filing: Is SaaS the Platform of the Future?
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
Questioning the Wisdom of IT Critics
Assessing the Value of Social Networking in an Over-Heated Market

2007
Simply Green II
Awarelessness
Simply Green 
A Remembrance Farewell to a modern Tom Sawyer
Wiki by Wiki
Back to School (Again)
Putting People With People
Semantic Differences
"Lablogatories" of Democracy
Eclipsing Portals
Watch Out for Ethical Complacency
The Traf-O-Matic
New Sense of Place
Public Records Dance

2006

Lost in Translatio
Legacy
Looking Back Five Years Into the Future
Beef
When Wake-Up Calls Don't
The Harvest
Turks, Tribes and Trouble
Five Years Later
Global Locals
De Minimis Redux
Another Bite of the Apple
Signs of the Times
Letting People Back Into the Lobby
A Market View of What You Do
Keepers of the Public Record II
The Public CIO as Artist
Keepers of the Public Record I
Year One, A.D.

2005

On Politics and Propositions
FEMA Not On Alert
The Sleeper C
Lessons Learned?
Seeking Cover
Don't Get Stuck on Stupid
FEMA Not on Alert
Getting Government's Wiki On
Methodology to Our Madness
An Overnight Sensation 50 Years in the Making
Stargazing, Internet-Style
Lessons Learned?
Seeking Cover
Choking on Information Exhaust
The Replacement Track
Real-Time Sunshine
Too Many Chiefs
Doing Privacy in Public
The Next Prize

2004

The Five-Year Test, Revisited
The New Consolidation
The New Consolidation
Open-Ended
Political CRM
A Mulligan for the Homeland
Our Next Act (Part II)
A Flock of Eagles
In Defense of a Good Patchwork Quilt
Our Next Act (Part I)
Another Look at Carly's Renaissance
Old School About New Methods
Plan 9 for Outer Space
The Value of X
Bad Actors Begat Bad Habits
Deliberative and Digital

2003

Nebraska Governor DirectsAgencies to Convert Paper Forms to Digital Format
Nebraska Governor Directs Agencies to Convert Paper Forms to Digital Format
Weight and Height Health Crisis
Seize the Inevitable (Again)
The New Public Square
Governing into Adversity
Privacy: A Civilized Luxury
Passing the Five-Year Test
Nothing Like This Either
Digital Democracy's Defining Moment
Revenue Redux
Love of Institutions and Innovation
The Loser's Game
The End of Architecture
The CIO's New Clothes
Academic Innovation
The Disruptive Moment

2002

'Much Worse than Expected'
All Over But the Shouting
The Essential CIO
Governing Informatics
Business Continuity: Muddling Through
Homeland Security: Digital Government with National Purpose
No Back Button
The Anniversary Paradox
High Stakes Neighborly Competition
Of Patriots, Prophets and Fools
Irreducibly Complex Questions
Beware the Blow Back
The Duty of Curiosity
Whither The State Portal?
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DISPATCH

2014

Why Do Politicians Prefer Old Media?

2013

This Is the Future of Radio
Public Officials and the Internet’s Cloak of Anonymity
The Blurred Lines Between Social Media & Censorship
Public Officials Beware: Media Will Uncover Your LiesAre State Shield Laws a Double-Edged Sword?
Changing Demographics Spelling End of Culture Wars
Supreme Court Looks at State Public Records Rules
In June 2013, Dispatch began covering the media beat.
Manufacturing in 3-D
The Tricky Business of Commercial Advertising in Public Places
What Privacy Means to Americans vs. Europeans
Is Universal Phone Service a Sleeper Issue to Watch in 2013?

2012

Santa Claus and a Civics Lesson
Georgia Attracts Unlikely Students to Government Jobs
Electric Vehicles’ Role in Meeting New Efficiency Rules
Rethinking the Parking Lot
Social Media and Public Finance: The Odd Couple
North Carolina Politics Get in the Way of Governing
One Legislative Organization Eschews Politics
Mayor Brenda Lawrence Walks a Mile in Their Shoes
Recession Recovery: Local Governments Must Guide the Way
Occupy Wall Street: What Does Its Future Hold?
Government Cloud Computing May Sustain Public Records
Take a Run at 51: Puerto Rico

2011 

Fat Chance
Full-Service Government Comes to an End
Taking the Speed Out of High Speed Rail
The Kids Are Alright
Even the Sun Needs an Advocate
A Fundamentally Different-Looking Government
A Real Tea Party Moment?
Reinventing the Food Stamp Program
Can Texas Find a Future for a Third of its Workforce?
Why Hasn't Voting by Mail Spread?
Keeping Track of What's Important
New York City's Ailment-Curing Prescription

2010

Maintaining Productivity During the Holidays
Politics: Problem or Solution?
The Resiliance of Procurement Reform in Georgia
Florida Unemployment: Getting Back to Work
The Future of the Western States
Candy Taxes: Not So Sweet
Revolving Around the Sun
Pothole Principles
Ground-Level Engagement
Shrinking State Government
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