Digital Government
Biz leaders jump on 'technotrain'
To kick off its new technology center scheduled to open next year, Richmond, Va.'s Metropolitan Business League is using a 'technotrain' to educate minority business owners about technology.
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High-tech security covers GOP convention
When Texas Gov. George W. Bush received the Republican Party's nomination last week for president of the United States, he did so under a protective umbrella of five hightech command centers designed to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks or natural disasters.
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A server that's worth the price
The performance of Micron Technology Inc.'s NetFrame 3400 server won't knock your socks off. But the system's manageability and low price will.
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Warding off PC spies
More than 400 software programs are believed to be infected with 'spyware,' malicious code that hides on your computer and watches what you do
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Virtual school planning: Tips for policy-makers
Funding: Consider funding implications early on, including the cost/benefit to local districts for participating and the most sustainable funding mechanisms in your state.
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Security complex
For state and local governments, the technical work associated with moving services online may seem elementary compared with the beleaguering task of gaining the public trust that is critical for digital government to take hold.
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A notebook with zip
If you feel the need for speed ? notebook computer speed, that is ? consider the latest offering in the Tecra line of corporate notebooks from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.
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Traffic cop
The Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS) receives position data from an Airport Surveillance Radar Model 9 (ASR9) system, which pinpoints landing aircraft, and a Surveillance and Communications Interface Processor (SCIP).
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Opening GIS borders
The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a contract to Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI) last month to develop and deploy a geographic information system that consolidates the agency's GIS data and makes it available via the Internet to state and local governments to aid in their community development work.
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Safety in the snow
The Transportation Department and private industry have invested heavily in the development of new information systems for drivers to use in their cars or trucks. Now one branch of the agency has begun to study how those technologies can distract drivers.
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Waiting on 64 bit
With the news that Intel Corp.'s nextgeneration Itanium chip will ship to manufacturers a quarter later than expected, federal IT shops will have to wait at least until early next year to get their hands on workstations and servers powered by the new 64bit microprocessor.
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No vacation from e-gov
August isn't what it used to be. In years past, it was a quiet time when everyone in Washington, D.C., was either on vacation or enjoying the empty restaurants, Metro trains and roads
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Report: Income, not ethnicity, determines access
Forrester finds that it's the amount of money you have rather than your race that determines the likelihood of access to technology
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Bush, Gore forge tech alliances
Each campaign relies on Internet insiders for advice on Web site design, privacy online, Internet sales taxes and bridging the digital divide
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NSF ups scale of supercomputing
The National Science Foundation added the most powerful supercomputing system yet to its offerings for science and engineering researchers nationwide
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Making the right financial move
Getting ready to move or thinking about it? If you're going to move, it will have financial consequences. Here's a checklist to help you manage the financial impact.
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Avoiding 'digital Exxon Valdez'
The new Information Sharing for Critical Infrastructure Protection Task Force will try to facilitate information sharing between the private sector and the government
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Report: China to tax E-Commerce
The United States has a ban on Internet taxes, but China will not let electronic commerce go tax-free, the director of the country's State Administration of Taxation has said
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