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Massachusetts - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Massachusetts.
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- Massachusetts Governor to Launch Podcasts
- Government Technology, January 24, 2007. "Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this week will launch a regular podcast, speaking directly to millions of residents across the Commonwealth on a broad range of topics affecting their lives. These weekly addresses will allow the public a glimpse inside the Governor's office in a new and exciting way that recognizes a growing dependence on Web-based communication..."
Added: 6 February 2007;
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- Mass. Legislation Would Require Warrant Sharing for Serious Crimes
- Government Technology, November 6, 2006. "Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney today filed legislation that requires local police departments to enter all warrants for felony crimes and serious misdemeanors into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database..."
Added: 9 November 2006;
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- Massachusetts CIO quits
- By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com. ZDNet Australia, 5 October 2006. "The chief information officer of the US State of Massachusetts is stepping down, complaining about a lack of funding for the commonwealth's technology initiatives..."
Added: 5 October 2006;
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- Motor Vehicle Agency Implements Biometrics
- Government Technology, August 28, 2006. "The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) recently completed a successful implementation of Digimarc's Biometric Identification 2.0, a facial recognition technology that match an applicant's new portrait to the agency's database of licensing images to identify potential duplicates. The system helps ensure that individuals applying for a driver license have not already been issued a valid license under another name or identity..."
Added: 30 August 2006;
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- Massachusetts to use OpenDocument, Microsoft Office
- By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com. ZDNet Australia, 25 August 2006. "Massachusetts will begin using OpenDocument as the default document format later this year as planned, but it will be sticking with Microsoft Office in the near term, the state's top technology executive said..."
Added: 25 August 2006;
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- Opening a Virtual Gateway to Better Health
- by Louis Gutierrez. CIO, 2 May 2006. "... Today, a single online electronic form provides access to the state's Medicaid, food stamps, WIC (the nutrition program for women, infants and children), subsidized child care, veterans services, care for the disabled and many other HHS services. Hospitals and community health centres in Massachusetts can now check for any pre-existing insurance coverage for low-income patients, and if none exists, immediately enter Medicaid application data online. This more inclusive coverage approach encourages preventive care rather than expensive emergency room care, and has reduced the burden to the public of paying for a large "uncompensated care" population..."
Added: 2 May 2006;
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- A Win for Microsoft in Massachusetts?
- The battle to convert Massachusetts government to an open source format, and phase out MS Office, cost the state’s CIO his job and scared other government CIOs, By Susannah Patton. CIO Magazine, April 1, 2006. "In the fall of 2004, Peter J. Quinn, the CIO of the state of Massachusetts, was the only government IT executive willing to be quoted on the record as an ardent advocate for open source in a CIO article about Microsoft’s extensive lobbying efforts on the state and federal level..."
Added: 7 April 2006;
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- Mass. still closing in on open standards
- by Ethan Butterfield. Government Computer News, 6 March 2006. "Loss of advocate Quinn doesn’t slow down state’s effort. When Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn resigned in December, citing political turmoil that threatened to derail the state’s adoption of an open-standards format for software, the behind-the-scenes battle over open standards went public..."
Added: 8 March 2006;
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