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Washington coalition attacks Internet crime
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Washington have joined together to fight Internet crime, saying each agency alone does not have the expertise or resources to respond to Internet complaints.
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States struggling with welfare reform
A U.S. General Accounting Office report recommends forming a federal interagency group to help states improve the systems
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Tivoli smoothes file sharing
Aiming to help federal agencies get the most out of the storagearea networks (SAN) they build, Tivoli Systems Inc. announced availability of its SANergy File Sharing 2.1 software. SANergy enables the sharing of application and other types of files among heterogeneous servers and workstations connected to a SAN.
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The Circuit
NASA's Inspector General recently reported that sensitive documents were stored on a localarea network drive at a space agency facility and were accessible to all network users. The network drive was configured improperly for a new clerical worker. It was supposed to facilitate file transfers within the center. Instead, the clerical worker's files were dumped into a public drive used for sharing documents.
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Postmarking e-mail
As electronic messaging continues to gain popularity over handwritten correspondence, the U.S. Postal Service hopes to maintain its tradition of providing secure delivery of information through its Electronic Postmark.
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Commerce taps mapmaker
Building a World Wide Web site that helps people locate government resources by geographical area usually means investing in expensive, specialized mapping software. The Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Administration (MBDA) has found a new, less costly way to get the job done.
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Building an agency metadirectory
Computer networks in federal agencies initially were developed to support relatively small groups of users. Network directories, which keep track of users and devices plugged into the network, also were very focused.
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Fed brain trust formed
Entrust Technologies Inc., a provider of security products and services, has created a federal advisory board that reads like a who's who of information technology leaders in the federal market.
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Ariz. Residents Have Say on State Web Site
Arizona's Government Information Technology Agency recently used online ballots to gauge what residents wanted on the state's World Wide Web site.
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Consensus Key to Oregon E-Commerce Pilots
When the Oregon Center for Electronic Commerce and Government set out to design its first 'proof of concept' e-commerce pilot projects last year, few of the state's agencies were eager to participate.
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Tech Companies Team to Target Gov
Among the latest companies to team up to market their technology products to state and local governments are Intelisys Electronic Commerce Inc. with Information Management Specialists (Inform), and American Management Systems Inc. with govWorks.com.
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IT and politics a bad mix
Seeking to play off the early successes of the digital economy and digital government, presidential hopeful George W. Bush is piecing together his own electronic government initiative. That could be good news for the federal information technology community if political ideology is kept out of the plan. But that may be wishful thinking.
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Minn. teachers pilot online training
The program is designed to help teachers learn computer skills that they can use to incorporate technology into their curriculums
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Seattle Measures its Digital Divide
It appears the country's radar has an increasingly strong fix on the digital divide.
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NASA's new "spacecraft" ideal for small families
Part of the groundwork for last month's test of offtheshelf technology for earthtospacecraft communications was laid in February 1999, when NASA engineers launched the Voyager Plymouth Voyager, that is.
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NOAA unveils Linux 'Jet' stream
The first Linux-based supercomputer to win competitive federal government procurement is also a big step forward for weather prediction.
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Paperwork reduction scam
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the law will be up for reauthorization next year. This seems an opportune time for laying out the case that, in its essential aim of reducing government paperwork, the PRA is badly broken and needs an overhaul.
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Operating at tech's pace
The government is pursuing ways to keep policy and the public in tune with revolutionary advances in science and technology.
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