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Seattle forum seeks measures of technology-healthy city
Seattle will hold a public forum Feb. 5 to help find ways of measuring its future information technology needs, hoping to close any existing "digital divide" and promote sustainable economic development.
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State of the States: IT taking bigger role in classrooms
Nationwide efforts to bring schools into the Information Age are gaining momentum, with governors pledging to bring computers to more classrooms this year and to ensure that students and teachers know how to use them.
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New Cabletron module converts switches
Networking company Cabletron Systems has unveiled a product that converts network switches into routers.
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Robot finds four meteorites
With four days left to explore a remote area in eastern Antarctica, a robot using artificial intelligence software has identified four meteorites.
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Students to develop plans for Mars base
Competing over plans for a manned base on Mars, high school students will perform an exercise in technology development and government procurement at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston.
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The State of the Union in Web time
Consider this example of "Internet time": President Clinton's State of the Union Address will be on television Thursday night, but reactions from his political friends and foes will be online even before the speech is given.
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Colorado online campus achieves record enrollment
Money for school technology would double, community centers could tap into federal technology discounts and a national corps of volunteers would fight the "digital divide" under a plan announced Monday by a Maryland senator.
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State of the States: E-Gov takes center stage
Information technology took its place along side such political staples as crime
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Clinton aides fight for cybersecurity bill
Senior Clinton administration officials are urging Congress to support a bill that would provide a defense against criminals who now have access to more secure communications thanks to new encryption export regulations released this month.
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Alcatel offers integrated voice/data networking
French telecommunications company Alcatel on Tuesday unveiled a product designed to act as a nerve center for networks that carry voice and data traffic.
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Postal Service gets new chief tech officer, new vision
Incorporating technology efficiently is the top priority for the U.S. Postal Service's new chief technology officer, Pete Jacobson.
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HotMetal Web development software adds power, not complexity
HotMetal Pro 6.0 provides several new features that make it easier to use. The new Web site creation and management functionality enables even a novice Web developer to build a site quickly. Building dynamic, databasedriven Web pages, however, requires you to learn HotMetal Pro's proprietary Miva scripting language.
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Puerto Rico Web Site Clears Paperwork Hurdle
Puerto Rico's government World Wide Web site is up and running again, after a dispute with the State Election Commission shut down the site for the first three weeks of the year.
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Senator introduces plans for National Digital Empowerment Act
Money for school technology would double, community centers could tap into federal technology discounts and a national corps of volunteers would fight the "digital divide" under a plan announced Monday by a Maryland senator.
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Innovative IT projects reap honors
Some of government's best technology innovations got kudos Monday from the National League of Cities' technology division.
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Full citations for the cases discussed in "The scope of a contract"
Full citations for the cases discussed in The scope of a contract
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North Dakota students to go online to discuss governor's speech
North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer is asking high school students to react to his upcoming State of the State address through a special e-mail account. He'll visit classrooms that offer the best ideas for North Dakota's future.
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Guarding privacy
Americans' privacy fears have always been focused first and foremost on government intrusions. The Founding Fathers tried to allay these fears in the Fourth Amendment; Congress passed laws, including the Privacy Act of 1974 and the wiretap law; and court decisions also have tried to protect privacy.
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Simplifying performance monitoring tools
There's a new way to monitor information systems that promises to help agencies make the systems work faster and more reliably. If done right, it'll probably save them money, too.
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