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pectrum reports from the IT horizon $100+ Laptop The vaunted “$100 laptop” that Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept. Leaders of the nonproﬁt One Laptop Per Child, which was spun out of MIT, acknowledged that the devices are now slated to cost $188 when mass production begins. The last price the nonproﬁt announced was $176; it described $100 as a long-term goal. Spokesman George Snell blamed the increase on a variety of factors, including currency ﬂuctuations and rising costs of such components as nickel and silicon. He said the project was committed to preventing the price from rising above $190. — CNN.COM NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Ne br as ka M on ta na Ne va da W yo m in g De law ar e Ge or gia Ar ka ns as M iss iss ipp i Ut ah to managing editor Karen Stewartson STATES Public Perks Benefits Package Location Workplace Flexibility Career Opportunities/ Challenging Work Tuition Reimbursement Training and Certification Opportunities Salary Other — Nascio.org 14 Voting Made Easy Estonia’s ruling Reform Party is preparing an amendment to let people vote by mobile telephone. The party presented its “m-voting” proposals on Sept. 27 in order to prepare a bill along with its coalition partners. If the partners approve the initiative, the legislation will be sent to parliament. The head of the parliamentary Constitutional Committee said the introduction of m-voting would call for substantial changes in election laws. Last year, Estonia was the ﬁrst country to elect its parliament via the Internet. About 3.5 percent of all those who voted in the March 2006 elections did so online, enhancing the nation’s reputation as “E-stonia.” — THE BALTIC TIMES What attracts new employees to state government? 89.1% 65.2% 47.8% 43.5% 23.9% 19.6% 17.4% 17.4% Ka ns as spectrum ideas Send j Minimal Manpower These 10 states have the smallest number of full-time equivalent state employees: 27,000 25,000 23,000 21,000 19,000 17,000 15,000 13,000 11,000 9,000 7,000 5,000 26,239 24,654 25,730 Party The first exclusively Internetbased political party launched a bid for a place in the Australian Senate, even though its founder admits the party has no official positions. Senator On-Line (SOL) party would allow voters with Internet access to vote on Senate bills and other important issues. The votes would be tallied to determine the majority voice, which would automatically become the SOL party view. SOL founder Berge Der Sarkissian said the party would make the “often-detached political process” much more accessible, transparent and engaging. — Senatoronline.com Pioneer 14,321 11,920 15,345 13,546 15,000 16,411 7,919 http://CNN.COM http://Senatoronline.com http://Nascio.org

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Government Technology - December 2007 Contents Point of View Big Picture Profile The Last Mile GT Spectrum Well...How Did We Get Here? Dark Spaces A Paler Shade of Green? Decertification Dilemma Game On Two Cents Products Signal:Noise

Government Technology - December 2007

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