The Federation of Government Information Processing Council’s goal is to assist a variety of users in a wide area of helpful subjects. Everything from tips on playing Farmville online to tracking where your children are when they spend time online to advancements in cell phone technology are covered on this web site. Need help with tracking and managing equipment and inventory? There is help with that here, too. One interesting article has to do with how social networks such as Facebook track their users and all of their preferences, and the dangers that can come out of that.
The FGIPC ‘s Industry Advisory Council provides networking between the public and private sectors in the area of technology, software and the internet. They provide articles about government software applications, how the internet has made tracking people just that much easier, and the importance of keeping your operating system up to date to prevent security problems. The many articles are geared towards a general knowledge in many different areas that should be important to us all.