Digital Government
Unix: Not dead yet
In some ways, disparities in the computer workstation market have disappeared.
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Fighting online leaks
When a classified CIA overview of the U.S. intelligence community appeared on the Internet this month, it raised serious questions in national security circles about how the Digital Age has popped the top off classified information.
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Pa. borough to pilot Unisys portal
Unisys will spend millions to set up a portal for the borough of West Chester and the surrounding townships East Bradford, East and West Goshen, Thornbury, Westtown and West Whiteland
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CIO offers security budget warning
No new funding is on the horizon, and an underlying problem with the budget process makes funding security initiatives difficult, the State Department CIO says
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Start now to reduce 2000 tax bill
FCW's Financial Fridays column offers some strategies to consider to plan ahead for next year's tax season
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Senators propose Web privacy legislation
The bill will require Web sites to provide consumers with a clear opportunity to limit the use and disclosure of personal information for marketing purposes
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Nations seek swift response to cyberattacks
Experts tell Congress that policies and procedures are needed to govern the sharing of cyberattack information internationally
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Check cookies, help FirstGov, get a life
In FCW's DotGov Thursday column, the USDA's Vic Powell offers advice to fellow Webmasters on three key topics
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Security education in crisis
Educators warn that IT whiz kids lack adequate training, education and professional discipline to handle information security
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Weather foils FAA systems
New technology to reduce airline delays is not to blame for the frustrating increase in delays air travelers experienced last month, the FAA said
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Carnivore to be put to privacy test
Congressional panel agrees to academic studies to determine whether the FBI email tapping system is a threat to privacy
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GAO: Net tax losses anyone's guess
Estimates on how much state and local governments are losing through Internet transactions range from the millions to the billions
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Court finds city discriminated with Web links
By refusing to post a link on its Web site to a controversial newspaper, the court found a Tennessee city guilty of 'viewpoint discrimination'
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iPaq a solid, easy-to-use tool
Compaq's new iPaq is a simple, inexpensive box dedicated to working on the Internet. It's an easytomanage product that avoids most of the compatibility issues of desktop systems.
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SGI stacks up supercomputer, customers
Silicon Graphics' colossal new numbercruncher enables customers to tailor a supercomputer to their needs, 'brick' by 'brick'
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Web site explores school funding issue
Ohio is asking for residents' help in finding solutions to the state's school funding dilemma
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FrameMaker's XML capabilities
I took one of the structured documents created in FrameMaker and outputted it to XML in each of two ways.
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N.C. CIO leaves for private sector
Rick Webb takes a job with PricewaterhouseCoopers, joining other government executives who've recently left public service for private opportunities
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FAA on PR swing
Air traffic controllers do not use grease pencils and tape to track aircraft anymore, as some may still believe
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