Digital Government
Computer science reaping benefits of Clinton budget proposal
President Bill Clinton's announcement last week that he plans to request $2.2 billion for governmentfunded research includes a record increase for the National Science Foundation that would boost development of new computing and nanoscale technologies.
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Power panel discusses ins and outs of e-elections
That's what a panel of skeptical academics, cheerleading industry leaders and enthusiastic elected officials agreed on when they met Jan. 20 at The Brookings Institution to discuss the issues involved with casting election ballots online.
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Calibrating connectivity through MeasureNet
The National Institute of Standards and Technology on Friday announced a new interactive Internetbased system that it will use to provide assistance and training to certain statelevel science labs throughout the country.
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Florida Gov. Bush unveils state's first e-budget
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's budget for fiscal 2000-2001 is the state's first ever in a World Wide Web-based, fully searchable format. The goal of the electronic budget is to give Florida residents greater access to the budget so they can see where every tax dollar is going, Bush said of his $49.8 billion plan.
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House GOP technology agenda: Stay out of the way
House Republican leaders have embraced technology as one of their top three issues for 2000. But House Majority Leader Dick Armey (RTexas) said it is an issue that cries out for congressional inaction.
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Making taxes less taxing
President Clinton and the Internal Revenue Service are working to ease the pain of tax season.
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Free speech ? or campaign contribution?
Does a hyperlink have a dollar value? Is a 'fan site' the electronic equivalent of a campaign donation? Should the Federal Election Commission attempt to regulate political campaigning on the Internet?
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Mandate for IT training
President Clinton's plan to help protect the national computer network from attack focuses rightly on the key means of defense: the creation of the Federal Cyber Services, a corps of highly skilled and mostly youthful workers trained in the technology, management and policies of information assurance.
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Y2K global glitch list complete
The International Y2K Cooperation Center will release Monday a global scorecard on what it terms the minor impact of bad year 2000 date code had on computer systems worldwide.
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SSA launches public-key infrastructure pilot
The Social Security Administration this week selected Digital Signature Trust Co. to design and manage a digital signature pilot project aimed at testing ways for employers to file wage reports online.
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Microsoft, Intel Donation to Help Train 400,000 Teachers
Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday that it will donate $344 million in software to Intel Corp.'s Teach to the Future program, which is designed to train more than 400,000 classroom teachers to use technology to improve teaching and learning.
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Ohio Gov. Announces Creation of E-Commerce Council
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft announced Wednesday the creation of a Governor's Council on Electronic Commerce to provide leadership for establishing e-commerce throughout state government.
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Tivoli takes over IBM's info security products
Tivoli Systems Inc., a subsidiary of IBM Corp., this week at the RSA Data Security Conference announced the creation of a new division that will control and develop all of IBM's information security products and services.
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North Dakota IT Department Moving Problem Tracking Software Online
North Dakota's Information Technology Department is preparing to track the state's software problems on the World Wide Web, a move that will enable customers to keep an eye on glitches to make sure they're fixed.
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New Cisco switch offers larger network building blocks
Cisco Systems Inc. this week unveiled a new network switching solution targeted at managers of networks in midsize organizations.
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Bank's Online Auction Format Being Reviewed by Treasury
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency at the U.S. Treasury is seeking comments on whether a Pennsylvania statute regulating auctioneers applies to a national bank that uses an online auction format to market and sell certificates of deposit.
Digital Government
New national e-architecture in the works
When Steven Cochran surveys the fast-growing digital landscape from his office a few blocks from the White House, he sees an expanding forest of stovepipes. It's not a view he likes.
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Ghost 6.0: Disk Updates From Afar
It is hard enough to configure a single computer with an operating system and a halfdozen applications. It is even more complicated to handle the same chore when dozens or hundreds of systems are involved.
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