Broadband Wireless and European Cities at the Public-Access Crossroads |
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In the 21st century, local authorities increasingly view broadband as a “utility” like water and electricity that must be made widely and affordably available to their constituents. The efforts of urban local authorities to bring free or low-cost broadband has sparked a decision-making process inside the European Commission, where the Director-General of Competition has begun ruling on whether the expenditure of public monies for such initiatives constitutes unfair use of “state aid.” Consequently, several initiatives have been shelved or are in limbo, begging larger questions about the competitiveness of European communities in the global economy. Based on a series of Digital Cities Workshops hosted by W2i at the Global Forum in Venice, Italy, on November 5-6, 2007, this paper summarizes contemporary discussion around the role of cities and regions in promoting broadband services.
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Bel Air Public Safety Interoperability: Wireless Mesh Delivers |
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A collapsed structure necessitating both land and water rescue. A truck on fire. Hazardous materials. Triage and transport of patients off the bridge. A major traffic artery blocked. A major disaster on a federal highway crossing a state bridge over a waterway.... A clearer case for the importance and significance of public safety interoperability cannot be made. But what constitutes, and more importantly, what facilitates public safety interoperability?
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Transforming Government through Change Management: The Role of the State CIO |
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This research brief is a summary of a white paper by the NASCIO Enterprise Architecture Committee on the subject of Organizational Transformation. This report and the related white paper are not related directly to change management from an infrastructure perspective. Rather, significant organizational transformation will be reviewed with the intent of gleaning “take aways” for the state CIO.
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Broadband-Wireless Community Best Practices: A W2i Report |
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The report is based partly on the proceedings from the W2i Local Stakeholder Briefing Session in Seattle in September 2006.
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The Wireless Internet and Municipal Government |
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How does city leadership build consensus among the many municipal stakeholders and establishlocal broadband wireless policies? What municipal needs can such policies help fulfill? How do municipal governments fund such efforts? Are public-private partnerships a suitable path? What can municipalities expect from such policies? This report answers these questions providing added background information.
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