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Introduction Group Publisher: Executive Editor: DON PEARSON dpearson@govtech.com STEVE TOWNS stowns@govtech.com EDITORIAL Editor: BLAKE HARRIS bharris@govtech.com Assoc. Editor: SHANE PETERSON speterson@govtech.com Assistant Editor: JESSICA JONES jjones@govtech.com Chief Copy Editor: MIRIAM JONES mjones@govtech.com Managing Editor: KAREN STEWARTSON kstewartson@govtech.com Justice Editor: JIM McKAY jmckay@govtech.com Technology and Politics Editor: CHAD VANDER VEEN cvanderveen@govtech.com Staff Writers: ANDY OPSAHL, TAMARA WARTA Editorial Assistant: CORTNEY TOWNS ctowns@govtech.com Contributing Editor: TOD NEWCOMBE tnewcombe@govtech.com Contributing Writers: INDRAJIT BASU, KEN DiPIETRO, CHANDLER HARRIS, SASCHA D. MEINRATH, TODD SANDER DESIGN Creative Director: Graphic Designers: Our Road Ahead A S WE CONTINUE evolving Digital it uses all the tools at hand to meet Communities as a publication, Web whatever challenges this digital age site and program — an exercise that throws in its path. Ideally a digital community should will bring some exciting changes moving forward — we continue to explore be a safer, healthier, more vibrant the dimensions of the digital communi- community — one that can thrive in ty. What does building communities for our rapidly evolving globalized society because it effectively harnesses 21stthe 21st century really entail? Like so much related to govern- century IT tools to help meet current ment and technology, the devil is in and looming challenges. So for a publication like Digital the details, and municipal Wi-Fi is no exception. Making municipal Wi-Fi Communities, it isn’t enough simply to sustainable so that local governments examine IT innovations such as wireless, and citizens beneﬁt long-term is some- and show how these can help improve government efﬁciency and thing that communities service to the citizen. still struggle with. So in By Blake Harris To take an extreme this issue, we look more EDITOR example, we might as closely at ways local govwell have written stories ernments might approach the task of creating a sustainable busi- in years past about how IT was helping ness model. And as we have in the past, a city like New Orleans deliver better we continue to explore other interesting service to its citizens. Then Katrina hits, changing the whole equation by and innovative uses of wireless. However, we’re also starting to wiping out entire sections of the city. A failure to adequately recognize stretch the magazine’s scope in this issue, away from a predominant focus serious challenges before they become on wireless (which continues to offer crises usually means that we’re not exciting and important possibilities) to only left ill-prepared, but also missing other technological issues that affect the opportunity to mitigate many of local governments and their communi- the consequences. We live in turbulent ties. This expanded direction for Digital times where change is the constant. So Communities will become all the more for a magazine dedicated to reinventing communities for the 21st century, it apparent in the months ahead. The reason for emphasizing far more would be folly to only focus on technothan just wireless is simple. A digital logical innovations without putting such community isn’t just a technologically innovations in the broader context of all savvy community that uses the latest the social, economic and environmental IT innovation in one department or challenges that lie before us. Hence, our another. Rather, what truly deﬁnes a expanding focus. digital community is how successfully Illustrator: Production Director: Production Manager: Internet Director: PUBLISHING VP Sales: VP Strategic Accounts: VP Bus. 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Contents Point of View Big Picture ESRI Insert The Last Mile GT Spectrum Profile Nuclear Revival Way Back Machine Intel Insert Tale of TIERS Joining Forces Saving Seniors Site Seeing Quarter Miles Two Cents Products Signal: Noise Digital Communities Contents Our Road Ahead Course of Action Shared Interests Special Report: Foundation for the Future Using Wireless to Save Lives Smart Grids for Energy Conservation Community Governing and Wizards

Government Technology - September 2007

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