02.05.09 GovernmentVAR A National CTO: Not Just Who, But What? Whoever President Barack Obama decides to select as the country's first national chief technology officer, rest assured that person will have his or her hands full right from the get-go. Learn more ... 02.02.09 T.H.E. Journal Pennsylvania Ed Tech Initiative Shifts Students to Project-Based Learning Pennsylvania's three-year Classrooms for the Future (CFF) initiative has borne fruit, according to a recent study conducted jointly by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and education IT provider CDW Government. Learn more ... 01.29.09 Washington Technology Poll: Unified Communications on the Rise The prospect of unified communications has been slow to fulfill its promise, but a recent study released by CDW Corp. indicates that the dream lives on. Learn more ... 01.20.09 Federal News Radio Obama Has Plenty to Consider Before Hitting the ‘Send’ Button Will Barack Obama become the first president to use e-mail? It seems likely that Pres. Obama will use e-mail, and he will use a BlackBerry to send it. Learn more ... 01.13.09 InformationWeek Ohio Turns to Tech for Land Management The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has new technology to manage more than 590,000 acres of land. Learn more ... 01.05.09 The Chronicle of Higher Education Energy Drain by Computers Stifles Efforts at Cost Control For decades, the major computers at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center have multiplied almost without limit. Learn more ... 01.01.09 U.S. Water News Cameras Keep Watchful Eye on Wastewater Treatment Plant In the post-9/11 environment, cities and municipalities across the country are advancing beyond traditional physical security approaches typically used to help ensure the safety of community facilities, including recreation centers, courthouses, and public work structures. Learn more ... 12.11.08 Digital Learning Environments College Students Want More Classroom Tech U.S. colleges and universities are halfway to realizing 21st-century capabilities, says a new report measuring technology use in higher education. Learn more ... 12.09.08 HealthImaging.com Survey: Healthcare Tops Lists for IT Growth in U.S. Economic Cloud More than half of respondents to CDW’s annual IT Industry Straw Poll reported that healthcare and energy industries were strong growth segments for next year for IT, which aligns with the stated national objective to prescribe IT as a cure for increasing healthcare costs. Learn more ... 12.04.08 Federal Computer Week Six Tips for Server Consolidation Despite the years of buzz about the benefits of server virtualization, most agencies have only virtualized a small portion of their servers — or none at all. Learn more ... 12.02.08 eCampus News Jr. Colleges Outpace 4-year Schools in Tech Use Most community colleges cannot match the budgets and endowments that are typical of four-year colleges and universities. But that doesn't mean they are lagging in terms of educational technology? Learn more ... 11.13.08 Information Week IT Vendors Work with Military to Modernize Iraqi Manufacturer The U.S. Department of Defense has joined with two tech vendors to update business processes at an Iraqi manufacturing company. Learn more ... 11.13.08 CIO Today Energy Efficiency Requires IT Focus When organizations buy equipment with energy-management features, they often fail to use those tools, losing much of the related savings opportunity. Learn more ... 11.12.08 Federal Computer Week IT Could Aid Transit During Crunch Public transportation ridership is up, but will the money be there for efficiency-boosting projects? Learn more ... 11.06.08 Green TMCnet.com Lyon College Utilizing Lenovo ThinkPad Notebook PCs Lenovo announced that Lyon College is planning to deploy more than 550 ThinkPad notebook PCs over the next three years. Learn more ... 11.03.08 Government Computer News N.C. Uses Bar Codes to Match Voters with Ballots More than 2 million North Carolina voters have cast ballots since polls opened in the Tar Heel State on Oct. 16 for early voting, and the state Board of Elections is using a new bar code scanning system to help ensure that the ballots being cast are the correct ones. Learn more ... 10.20.08 PBS Teachers Campus Technology and the Expectations Game A new survey explores the question of whether U.S. universities are truly becoming 21st century campuses, such as utilizing distance learning or addressing the digital divide. Most interestingly, though, it sheds light on the high expectations students have about universities even before they apply to college. Can K-12 schools learn any lessons from it? Learn more ... 10.06.08 Nurses.com Modern Healthcare Reveals Top 100 Healthcare Workplaces Modern Healthcare released its 100 healthcare employers deemed the Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 2008. The program recognizes healthcare workplaces that enable employees to perform at the optimum level to provide patients and customers with the best care and services. Learn more ... 09.23.08 Mobile Enterprise Mobile Solution Keeps Things Moving for Ohio Transportation Organization Covering about 500 miles in Northeastern Ohio, the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) needed a mobile solution to help its fleet of 56 buses serve the county's 152,000 residents. Over the past year, the number of passengers has increased dramatically. But with eight bus routes and PARTA's dial-a-ride service, bus drivers were becoming bogged down with paper. Learn more ... 09.22.08 Government VAR Government Goes Green Less is really more. In this case, 'less' translates to the energy consumed by IT equipment. Less power needed for government agency desktops and wireless devices. Less mega-wattage-dependent server farms. Less discarded computers and handhelds ending up in landfills. Learn more ...