Text-to-speech app becomes virtual partner

Sometimes just a shift in perspective can solve a glaring problem.

BEA fulfills Chicago EA

Famed for its soaring architectural style, Chicago now is looking to develop a type of architecture that is more about enterprise than aesthetics.

Program tests ways to secure cargo

While Seattle sleeps, port officials in Puget Sound are on their second cup of double-jolt espresso, keeping cargo safe in the nation's third-largest center for containerized imports and exports.

Kentucky gets new technology commissioner

Mike Inman will lead the Governor's Office for Technology and direct the state's technology services.

PETS eases prisoner transfers

Corrections officials in Wisconsin counties are saving money and aggravation with software developed using Microsoft Corp.'s .Net services to monitor the transfer of prisoners between courts, jails and other correctional facilities.

Unisys wins $61 million Medicaid contract

Unisys Corp. today won a contract valued at $61 million to handle Medicaid transactions for West Virginia.

HIPAA hurdles loom as deadline approaches

With the deadline to meet privacy provisions in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act less than a week away, there are concerns about some of the challenges posed by the new rules.

IT smoothes bumps in tax compliance road

At FOSE today, Mike Longhi, deputy treasurer for compliance for the Arlington County, Va., Office of the Treasurer, led a talk on tax compliance, reviewing some high-tech?and low-tech?ways the county has gotten debtors to ante up.

State of the states: Rough times ahead

Even the most starry-eyed optimist couldn't put a happy spin on an annual State of the States conference yesterday in Washington, which focused on homeland security issues and funding.

Congressional group turns spotlight on enhanced 911

Capitol Hill lawmakers today launched the congressional E-911 Caucus, a bipartisan group that wants to make sure emergency call centers get the funding they need to comply with a federal mandate for enhanced-911 services.