Portland Technologies Awesome
Posted by: kmikeym | From: September 6, 2006
The state of Oregon has been ranked as a "leading investor in wireless technologies" according to CDW Corp.'s State and Local Government Technology Investment Curve (as reported in bizjournals).
The ranking was based on strong public-private partnerships, significant private-sector leadership in generating wireless hotspots. initiatives often led by public safety, and strong execution at the county and city levels.
Interestingly, I just received a email from the city about the MetroFi contract for rolling out WiFi all over Portland. Logan Kleier, the project manager for Unwire Portland, told me that MetroFi is scheduled to have an initial build-out completed by the end of this year (downtown, Lloyd District, and near eastside) and the rest of the project is scheduled to be finished in mid-2008.
In other technology news, PortlandOnline.com tied for 5th place in the "Best of the Web" city portal category from the Center for Digital Government. While I am not a huge fan of PortlandOnline, I have to admit that it's not because there isn't a lot of info, but rather that it's just so darn difficult to find what you are looking for.
I suppose when you think of the number of cities in the US tying for 5th place is actually pretty impressive. (full list of winners)
Congrats e-Portland!
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PortlandOnline could use some serious CSS-Love.
It is really hard to look at, which sucks - they do have so much info.
Posted by: mathew at September 11, 2006 12:42 PM