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Tidemark, Unisys widen e-gov reach
Tidemark Computer Systems and Unisys have formed a strategic partnership to increase both companies' public-sector market share by leveraging Tidemark's city and county customer base with Unisys' extensive state and federal coverage
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Hand geometry: Recognition Systems Inc.'s HandKey II
The HandKey II from Recognition Systems Inc. is a hand reader that records and stores the threedimensional shape of the hand.
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Grants will help build tech centers
The Education Department awarded $44 million in grants to establish 214 Comunity Technology Centers to bring computers and Internet access to low-income citizens.
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How will the Patient Safety Reporting System work?
How will the Patient Safety Reporting System work?
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Software AG debuts XML database
A newcomer to the federal market, German company Software AG is hoping to gain mindshare quickly by offering a new product designed to grease the gears of government ecommerce projects
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N.C. revamps Commerce site
The North Carolina Department of Commerce has revamped its World Wide Web site, creating a new Web portal to better organize information.
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States struggle with welfare reform
Social programs are suffering because state automated systems cannot support welfare reform, according to a report from the U.S. General Accounting Office. The report recommends that a federal interagency group be established to help states improve the systems.
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Cities populating World Wide Web
Cities are quickly joining the electronic government craze by providing information and services online, an informal National League of Cities poll has found.
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Iris scanning: Sensar Inc.'s SecureCam
There are currently only two vendors of iris scanning systems: IriScan Inc. and Sensar Inc. IriScan holds the worldwide patent for iris recognition technology and licenses it to Sensar, which has developed and marketed two iris recognition products, SecureCam and soon-to-be-released SecureCam II.
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IT departments must evolve to remain competitive
Ruffin Veal III, an information technology official, urges IT departments to evolve to compete with private-sector vendors.
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BioNetrix delivers layered biometrics suite
The BioNetrix Authentication Suite, made by BioNetrix Systems Corp., allows organizations to centrally manage different types of biometric authentication on a network.
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Web expands boundaries of GIS
With the Internet, it's possible to expand access to digital maps and images of the Earth once limited to isolated government geographic information systems.
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Oracle makes grand play for data
Building its case for giving database software a new role in desktop and server computing ? at the expense of the traditional operating system ? Oracle Corp. took the wraps off its new Internet File System (iFS) last month.
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Making Web meetings a snap
Web conferencing offers many benefits to large and small agencies
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NASA bringing space closer to home
NASA has partnered with a startup venture to produce a digital gallery of photos and video clips, create a space Web portal and produce documentaries and TV content
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Live video to aid L.A. rescuers
The Los Angeles County, Calif., Fire and Sheriff's Department is spending $1.4 million on an emergency response system that will allow people in command centers to view live footage sent from helicopters above a crisis scene.
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Face verification: Visionics Corp.'s FaceIt
For face verification, we looked at technology from Visionics Corp. However, Visionics doesn't market a product directly, but licenses the technology to various OEM integrators and partners such as BioNetrix Systems Corp. and Keyware Technologies Inc. For our tests, we looked at the Visionics technology used in the BioNetrix Authentication Suite.
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Keyware provides layered biometrics solution
Keyware Technologies Inc.'s layered biometrics solution is called the LBV (layered biometric verification) Framework. The LBV Framework is an openarchitecture application program interface that integrates multiple biometric technologies into one system while also allowing you to employ nonbiometric authentication such as publickey infrastructures, smart cards and digital certificates for maximum protection.
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