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North Carolina first to issue e-tickets
New system incorporates police officers' laptops, allowing them to send traffic citations straight to the court system
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Piracy on the PCs
The use of unlicensed software is a major problem in the computer trade. According to the Business Software Alliance, software piracy cost the industry $11 billion in 1998.
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A change in weather
The human factor will play the largest role in the Clinton administration's plan to reduce the number of weatherrelated delays that plagued air travelers last summer.
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A model for success
Information security is something of a riddle for many federal agencies. While hacker attacks and congressional scrutiny have convinced agencies of the importance of instilling good security practices into daytoday operations, they have not known where to begin.
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'Accessibility' deadline looms
In about four months, federal agencies must comply with a law that requires electronic equipment and World Wide Web sites to be usable by the blind, deaf and people with other disabilities. And unlike past laws, this one has teeth. Failure to comply will make agencies vulnerable to lawsuits.
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Congress briefs
Sen. Craig Thomas (RWyo.) continues his push to turn more government jobs to the private sector.
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Don't change travel regs
Five senators, including all four from Virginia and Maryland, recently sent a letter opposing a proposed revision to the government's rules for reimbursing contractors for hotel and meal expenses charged to costbased contracts. The senators are right to oppose the changes.
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Virginia welcomes new technology guru
Working through the Year 2000 issues helped Bette Dillehay learn value of technology for state government
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Oklahoma invites students to play games
New interactive CD-ROM helps students learn how to confront tough decisions
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'Crime Boy's' go on hack spree
A hacker group known as 'Crime Boy's' launched cyberattacks over the past two weeks against World Wide Web pages maintained by the Interior Department and the Army, and several times tried to hack into a NASA system.
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NASA defends failures
NASA Administrator Dan Goldin said he blames himself for failures that may have resulted from his trademark 'faster, better, cheaper' approach.
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Security briefs
Agencies were reminded last week that they should rely on and work with the Federal Computer Incident Response Capability when securing their systems.
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Security steers DOT plans
Transportation Department information technology investments should include risk criteria that specify how a security plan factors into an investment's cost and management, according to a version of the agency's Capital Programming Manual under review by DOT's operating units.
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Latest NetWare embraces Internet
For those NetWare shops that do a lot on the Internet, Version 5.1 is well worth the cost of upgrading.
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FTS 2001 to add security
The General Services Administration and Sprint Government Systems are working on a deal to offer outsourced network security services to federal agencies through the FTS 2001 telecommunications contract.
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Army on a mission to defrost from Cold War
The Army has a problem: The world and the nature of military operations have changed radically, but the Army hasn't.
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NASA's giant leap
NASA is taking a step in a new direction in replacing its financial information system, which has been unable to get past Step One for more than a year.
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