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ACLU: Block FBI e-snoops

The American Civil Liberties Union appealed to Congress to protect Americans from a new tool that could enable the FBI to intercept the email of lawabiding citizens

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PeopleSoft rewritten for Internet

PeopleSoft's newest release of ebusiness tools will help federal managers move their human resources and financial management systems onto the Internet

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Va. advisers to promote development

A new commission was created to foster growth of technology business by highlighting the state's research potential

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Committee calls Web shots in Hawaii

The state's new portal oversight committee will review new electronic government applications and other issues that concern Web presence

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Microsoft gives $1.3 million in software licenses to schools

Software will allow teachers to conduct more advanced IT classes

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Smart forms to aid Alaska dividends

Officials say electronic transactions will enable government to reduce costs and speed up service

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Customs funding moves forward

A House Appropriations subcommittee earmarked money to keep the U.S. Customs Service modernization program alive for another year

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Technology Authority to guide Georgia IT

The authority, which came together July 1 and will have its first board meeting next week, will provide 'more centralized access to information technology.'

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Drawing the line for federal Webmasters

FCW's DotGov Thursday column offers a warning for federal employees, providing an overview of laws and policies that may come into play

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Policy creates bridge to digital certificates

Federal employees soon will have the policy basis for using electronic authentication technologies across agencies, and the technologies will follow

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Micron unveils sub-$1,000 PC for feds

Micron Electronics has unveiled a fullfeatured desktop priced at less than $1,000, and the company expects it to be a hot item in the federal buying season

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Security policies fall short

Agencies are failing to follow policies to ensure that changes in their software and systems do not open security vulnerabilities, GAO told CIOs

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Governors hear privacy debate

Some governors soon could be considering privacy policies for state government electronic transactions

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IRS building master file

The IRS' modernization program is on track, with plans to phase in a master database to keep track of every contact the agency makes with taxpayers

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HTML forms getting a tune-up

The mechanisms for HTML forms will be updated this week ? seven years after the specification saw its last major overhaul

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Governors set course for New Economy

Culminating a year-long study of the New Economy, the National Governors' Association released seven recommendations for governors

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Quest moves into FastLane

Quest Software's acquisition of FastLane Technologies is designed to offer government and industry a choice in Windows 2000 management

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Virus comes from the scrap heap

The LifeChanges virus made its rounds during the week of June 19, and even though the trail is a little cold, it is instructive of the creativity with which malicious code is being churned out.

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E-gov a bridge across agencies

The next step in electronic government is to integrate services across agency lines, governors and industry professionals agreed at the National Governors' Association conference

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Letter to the editor

As an agency information technology manager, I am strongly in favor of an overall federal chief information officer. Standard policies and practices throughout government must be centralized in one place. A committee of departmental CIOs will not be able to accomplish this, as they all necessarily have their own interests rather than what's good for the government as a whole.