Lisa Williams

The Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) was developed by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) to anticipate and deal with cyberthreats.

The learning never stops in emergency management. Michel Milot, manager of emergency telecommunications with Industry Canada Emergency Telecommunications (ICET), outlines problems encountered, and lessons learned, in both the Ontario blackout of 2003 and the ice storm of 1998:

Bill Drost is the former CIO of the Government of Prince Edward Island. Although his background wasn

It would be an understatement to say that public safety and emergency preparedness, with respect to protecting critical IT infrastructures, is huge. It affects every single sector - from health care to finance - and it can often be unclear as to who

Changes in system applications and programs are commonplace in government, according to Ron Huxter, chief technology officer for the Ministry of Government Services. At IBM's KnowledgeNow Executive Breakfast in Toronto Tuesday, Huxter, discussed how service oriented architecture (SOA) brings advantages to public sector service delivery.n

More than 50 Ontario hospitals are saving about $40,000 per month after moving to Smart System for Health Agency's (SSHA) health card validation system from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's network.

In Montreal last week, Economic Development of Canada (EDC) announced a $3.3 million contribution to the International Institute of Telecommunication research and development centre (IIT) to expand existing infrastructure.

Rural communities in B.C. will soon be online as a result of a partnership between Telus Corp. and the province of British Columbia to provide access to high-speed Internet and expand broadband service.