Smart Cities & Technology

Key strategies in Web site promotion

• 1st April 2001

Internet marketing consultants warn that, without proper marketing and promotion, Web sites can quickly become ineffective. The truth is that Web site

County uses online service to auction properties

• 1st April 2001

Kern County, Calif., has begun using the Internet to auction tax-defaulted properties. The online auctions have helped the county reach more buyers than

UTILITIES/Computer system energizes power company

• 1st April 2001

In 1998, the Omaha (Neb.) Public Power District (OPPD) put away its paper-based, labor-intensive project management system and installed computer software

GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/Striking a balance takes cooperation

• 1st April 2001

Just when information technology is at its most popular, CIOs finally have to admit they do not have the resources to make good on all the promises they

GIS helps make co-op more efficient

• 1st April 2001

The White River Electric Cooperative serves more than 38,000 customers in the Missouri counties of Taney, Christian, Stone, Douglas and Ozark. Population

City uses the Web to find investment bids

• 1st April 2001

Goldsboro, N.C., has been using an online service to get bids on financial services and investments. The service has saved staff time and has allowed

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• 1st April 2001

TECHNOLOGY/Web-based system enhances record access

• 1st March 2001

The Orange County (Calif.) Public Facility and Resource Department (PFRD) has developed a Web-based retrieval and viewing system for its public records.

GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY/Building new system requires careful plan

• 1st March 2001

A technology revolution has reached municipal governments across the nation. Local administrations have rushed to set up Web sites, spent billions of

Software helps department maintain fleet

• 1st March 2001

The Ramsey County (Minn.) Public Works Department has begun using software to schedule vehicle maintenance, control parts inventory and record vehicle