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Headlines from around the Web for Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007

Compiled by Melanie Bender

Health Care for Bridges: A Search for Diagnostic Tools

The New York Times

The bridge that carries Route 56 over the Raquette River is so ordinary that it has no name, only a number, 1027260. But for now it is a bridge like no other, studded with instruments like a cardiac patient, giving up secrets that may explain how to keep others from falling.

E-Vote: Delaware Provides Polling Place Information Using Google Maps

Government Technology

The Delaware Commissioner of Elections and the Government Information Center have recently launched a new Internet tool aimed at helping voters find their polling places. Using the popular interactive mapping interface Google Maps, voters can now see the location of their polling place and obtain directions to and from that location.

Customers Give Florida Purchasing System High Marks

Federal Computer Week

Customer satisfaction with Florida’s online purchasing system, MyFloridaMarketPlace, topped 90 percent in a recent survey and has saved the state $71 million through strategic sourcing.

Setting a Cybersecurity Agenda for the 110th Congress

Government Computer News

Cyberspace is becoming an increasingly dangerous neighborhood, and members of the Congressional High Tech Caucus are looking for ways to help clean it up. The caucus is a group of more than four dozen representatives and senators working to set an IT legislative agenda for the 110th Congress.

Al Qaeda Hacker Attack Scheduled To Begin November 11

InformationWeek

An Israeli Web site is warning that al Qaeda hackers will attack Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim apostate, and Shiite Web sites starting on Sunday, Nov. 11. A U.S. Secret Service agent who forwarded the report to a security mailing list cautioned that the news did not constitute an official USSS advisory.

Glitches Delay Virtual Fence on Border

Federal Times

Bugs in the Homeland Security Department’s border surveillance system, SBInet, have been frustrating for Customs and Border Protection agents, congressional auditors say. The border surveillance system’s high-tech eye for movement is so refined it has misinterpreted shrubs swaying in the breeze and raindrops as border breaches, the GAO found.

States Step in to Close Broadband Gap

The Wall Street Journal

Tired of waiting for the federal government to act on President Bush's promise to make high-speed Internet connections available to every home, a number of states have taken on the task themselves. Kentucky has been so successful -- the state says 95 percent of its households can now buy broadband service if they want -- that federal lawmakers and regulators want to replicate its program nationwide.