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Federal navigation plan released
The 1999 Federal Radionavigation plan calls for two more Global Positioning System signals for civil use and integration of GPS into aviation navigation
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Michigan town grapples with Internet filtering
Voters in Holland, Mich., rejected a measure on Tuesday's primary ballot that would hold back money from the area's library unless it installed software to block pornography from its computers
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Can dot-com mania help education in America?
Education Secretary Richard Riley plans to ask the dotcom world to help shrink the digital divide
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PTI and NIC partner on local e-gov solutions
Public Technology Inc. plans to work with the National Information Consortium, an online government services provider, to develop and market electronic government solutions for cities and counties
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NetObjects Fusion 5.0 falls behind
Rather than touting power and price, NetObjects Inc. has built a loyal following for NetObject Fusion by making the program easy to use and able to generate World Wide Web pages quickly.
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Drexel University puts technology to work in Techno-MBA program
Technology management degree students attend school without walls
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Privacy moves to top of legislative agenda
Experts predict electronic access to court records and other data will become a source of constant conflict
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Maryland county makes most of cable contract
Maryland's Montgomery County brings high-speed Internet access to fire departments, libraries and everything in between
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FTC concerned with privacy of health care Web sites
A report criticizing privacy policies at 21 sites prompts a Federal Trade Commission inquiry and a meeting with at least one site, iVillage.com
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Palm's new colors
Palm Computing Inc. will add a little color to its popular line of handheld computing devices Tuesday when it introduces the Palm IIIc. The company, a 3Com Corp. company, also is adding several new features that should make the devices more convenient and easier to use.
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No more working on the WAN
One major accomplishment during the first year of NASA's 10year outsourcing plan was turning over its widearea network to a private contractor.
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A new form of security
Ongoing privacy concerns and the desire to conduct legal business over the World Wide Web has many agencies clamoring for the integration of electronic forms and publickey infrastructure, a technology that encrypts data during transmission and assures the authenticity of a user's identity.
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The key to e-government
If a public pilot that began last month involving the Internet and about 100 employers succeeds, about 6 million employers and the Social Security Administration stand to benefit.
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'E-Commerce Department'
The Commerce Department has stepped to the fore in embracing the vision of an electronic, accessible government agency that moves at Internet speed.
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Uni-Form 2.1: Not created equal
UniForm 2.1 from Microsystems Technology Inc. doesn't have the high profile of the likes of JetForm Corp.'s FormFlow, but this product definitely is a contender in the hot government market for electronic forms.
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DOJ targets cybercrime
Federal law enforcement's ability to locate and prosecute cybercriminals will be quickly overwhelmed if Congress does not approve funding outlined in the fiscal 2001 budget for additional personnel, new technologies and privatesector security initiatives, according to top law enforcement officials.
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Take your politics online
Pledging 'twoclick activism,' Grassroots.com, a World Wide Web site designed to foster political action from citizens and government candidates, was unveiled last week.
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How to pick Web tools
To talk to toplevel government managers and chief information officers nothing could seem to be less controversial than focusing on Internet/intranet technologies and putting agency systems 'on the Web.'
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Dispatches
Lockheed Martin Corp. has developed a 'navigation warfare' system to deny U.S. adversaries access to precise location and navigation signals derived from the 24satellite Global Positioning System.
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