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Doing it their way
Facing tight budgets after years of cuts, chief information officers in state and local governments are trying nontraditional methods to fund information technology initiatives.
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Getting innovative with funding
State and local cuts spur CIOs to seek out new sources of money
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Experts: U.S. needs e-health record standard
National standard needed for interoperable e-health records.
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Setting the standard
Some of the standards set for use of a voter-verified paper record in California
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What is broadband?
This spring, the Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service gave Pegasus Rural Broadband, a subsidiary of Pegasus Communications Inc.
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Circuit
John Engler; Eleanor Holmes Norton; Scott Hastings; Zoe Strickland; David Sullivan; Dan Matthews.
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Survival tips for federal entrepreneurs
What has enabled the Technology Information Center to thrive for two decades?
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LifeGuard boosts health telemetry
NASA officials believe they can improve monitoring of astronauts' vital signs.
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FTC cans no-spam list
The Federal Trade Commission says a national "do not spam" registry could be counterproductive as long as experts can't definitively identify the sources of e-mails.
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UK eyes flyers
The United Kingdom announced plans to install an iris-recognition system at major airports.
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Circuit
The gift of diligence; Breathe easy - or not; Disappearing act; The Duke rides again; FCW Router
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On the agenda
State chief information officers brought a number of issues before Congress during their annual visit to Washington, D.C., earlier this month.
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Davis: A champion for savings
Agencies began experimenting with the share-in-savings concept in the late 1990s, but Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, has been pushing to broaden its use.
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Editorial: Time to apply a patch
A renewed debate about patch management has highlighted a flaw in federal officials' views on information security.
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Engler leaves EDS
The ex-governor's resignation comes 18 months after he was brought in to build the company's state and local practice.
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Tracking the mail
When constituents mail letters to their representatives in Congress, the letters follow a circuitous path with many stops before they are finally delivered to a congressional office.
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Constant activity
The market for identity management solutions is growing as companies enter partnerships and offer a broader range of products.
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