Digital Government
Clinton's 2001 budget targets digital government
The administration's $1.84 trillion budget proposal earmarks funding for a slew of key IT programs designed to bring government into the 21st century
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Big bucks for digital wiretapping, DOJ, Treasury
Digital wiretapping received a big boost in funding in the president's 2001 budget, with $240 million in funding ? up from $15 million in the 2000 budget ? allocated to allow federal agencies to install court-authorized wiretaps on new digital communications systems.
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Science agencies in line for ultra-modern research tools
The nation's science agencies received a major boost in the president's fiscal 2001 budget proposal for basic research and information technology tools to conduct it.
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Clinton wants FAA operated like a business
Clinton proposes that the agency create a performance-based organization for ATC services
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Justice dedicates millions to fight cybercrime
Justice Department officials today sent Congress a fiscal 2001 budget request including hundreds of millions of dollars for information technology projects ? from "cybercrime" programs to plans for major new computer systems.
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Commerce budget rich in high-tech proposals
Fiscal 2001 budget proposal pushes for strategic investments to help the department keep pace with modern technology
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Clinton budget boosts funding for IT research
President Bill Clinton proposed $2.3 billion in funding for information technology research and development in his fiscal 2001 budget released today, up 35 percent from the $1.7 billion earmarked for IT research in the fiscal 2000 budget. This includes allocations for long-term, fundamental research and strong backing for the Next Generation Internet and High Performance Computing and Communications projects.
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Commerce Grants to Ease 'Digital Divide'
Commerce Department Secretary William Daley recently announced that about $12.5 million in grants will be awarded this year to help close the gap between Americans with and without access to new technologies.
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Bids Sought to Develop Medicaid Data Warehouse
The Utah Department of Health's Division of Health Care Financing is seeking bids to develop a data warehouse to manage its Medicaid program.
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Nevada steps up e-government efforts
Gov. Guinn recently announced two initiatives to strengthen the online link between the state and its citizens
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California Counties to Share Social Services Network
A consortium of California counties is investing $321 million in a network system that they hope will improve the state's delivery of social services.
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Massachusetts to Monitor Employees' Web Use
Massachusetts recently contracted with a company to provide agencies with the technology to monitor the Internet use of its employees.
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Web Start-Up Builds Tax Lien Auction Site
A dot-com start-up has developed an Internet-based initiative to help cities get better deals when selling off tax liens by making it easier for investors nationwide to participate in the auction.
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PC99s Eliminate Older, Trouble-Prone Technologies
At a time when the idea of "out with the old, in with the new" is getting a lot of attention, the PC industry is creating its own version of seasonal renewal with the selling of "legacy-free" PCs. If that sounds like a way of forgetting the mistakes of the past and embracing the future, well that's the idea.
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Virginia Rule Making Hits the Internet
Virginia is turning to the Internet to get the public more involved in the commonwealth's rule-making process and to shorten the time it takes to put proposed regulations into law.
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Active Directory may spark turf battles
Microsoft Corp.'s Active Directory's reliance on Domain Name System undoubtedly will cause resistance at some agencies that have relied on Unixbased DNS servers for years.
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Intell's computer balancing act
The intelligence community has long been a leader in the development of cuttingedge information technologies. But, as last week's events demonstrate, that position is imperiled by the attempt to balance security and privacy with better access to information.
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Tech Won't help Census
Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt said technology won't help the agency find those who are undercounted in the 2000 census and that it will take knocking on doors and old-fashioned legwork to get the job done.
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Third time's a charm
If President Clinton's fiscal 2001 budget, due to be released today, is anything like past budgets, substantial investments in information technology and calls for improved IT management will be included.
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