Digital Government
GITS Board will 'pass the hat' to CIO committee
Now that the Government Information Technology Services Board is being dissolved, its work and its fundraising challenges will be turned over to a new Electronic Government Committee of the CIO Council
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House passes $6.9 billion IT research bill
The fiveyear package would authorize a major new research investment in information technology, creating new jobs and infusing millions of dollars into research at federal agencies and major universities
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Electronic newsletter targets older Americans
The Social Security Administration on March 1 will launch an electronic newsletter aimed at reaching more than 9 million Americans over age 65 who have access to computers
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Feds request $37M to boost state, local law enforcement
The Justice Department aims to assist efforts to combat cybercrime
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Clinton budget boosts government IT
The president's fiscal 2001 budget proposal, which still must be approved by Congress, is the strongest request yet to promote electronic government
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IBM unveils portal offering for state and local governments
New initiative draws on security, e-commerce and privacy expertise gained in the commercial market
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FBI urges Congress to provide more cybersecurity funding
The nation's two top law enforcement officials told Congress on Tuesday that without more money to hire skilled computer forensic specialists and invest in new cybercrimefighting technologies, it will get harder and harder to catch hackers
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Can NSF become a model for paperless government?
National Science Foundation director Rita Colwell said the agency plans by the end of the year to have migrated 95 percent of all research proposals from paper to electronic form
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Local politics have new home on Web
Grassroots.com promotes the role of "two-click activism" in local elections and causes
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Oregon governor appoints Internet panel
Gov. John Kitzhaber charges commission with reviewing the state's online profile and position in the digital economy
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Virginia DMV site attacked
An Internet-based attack forced the DMV to take down its Web site for 45 minutes
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NetObjects helps Web teams shine
Authoring Server Suite 2000 provides all the tools needed for collaborative design and maintenance of agency Web sites
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South Carolina GOP election results will be available online
The South Carolina Republican Party has partnered with Voter.com to provide results from the upcoming presidential primary in real-time on the Internet
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Washington, D.C., DMV offers online registration renewals
A new system allows D.C. motorists to renew their vehicle registrations from any computer with an Internet connection and pay the required fees online by credit card
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Illinois police seek high-tech horizon
Departments charged with finding a way to work the latest technologies into their crime-fighting efforts
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Asleep at the security wheel?
Security experts take aim at government and industry for lacking a sense of urgency in beefing up network security
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CA gobbles up Sterling Software
Through a $4 billion acquisition of Sterling Software, Computer Associates hopes to become a leader in network and Internet security
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NIH modernizes employee time and attendance system
New system will streamline administrative tasks by converting the time and attendance process to a paperless system
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Few downloaded FBI tool to detect e-commerce attacks
Despite the damaged inflicted on several highprofile Web sites by the recent spate of denialofservice attacks, few companies have opted to download the free tool being offered by the FBI to weed out the malicious code
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