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North Dakota Installs PKI
North Dakota recently selected Entrust Technologies Inc. to provide a publickey infrastructure for state government operations to create a secure environment for its employees to access confidential information on North Dakota residents.
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University Teams with NASA
The president of San Jose State University and the director of NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., last week signed a memorandum pairing the entities in future research and development, technology commercialization and education partnerships.
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Half of nation's 911 centers are Y2K-ready
Only 50 percent of the nation's 911 centers are prepared to handle the millennium date change, according to the Clinton administration's final Year 2000 report released Wednesday.
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IETF weighing new wiretapping standards
The ad hoc group that manages the operation and future development of the Internet today will consider the adoption of new standards to make it easier for the FBI and law enforcement agencies worldwide to eavesdrop on the world's fastest growing communications medium.
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Voter.com provides election info for voters and candidates
A new forprofit political World Wide Web site helps voters find information on their pet issues while giving candidates a new platform to air their views.
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Arkansas Medicaid Program Wins Vendor State's Quality Achievement Award
Officials from numerous state Medicaid agencies Tuesday warned members of a congressional panel that more funding and revamped technology are needed to combat the billions of dollars lost every year as a result of fraud.
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Ezgov launches nationwide portal
Ezgov.com on Tuesday unveiled a nationwide World Wide Web portal that provides direct links to government services at the federal, state and local levels, including tax information, election data and applications that enable citizens to pay parking tickets and conduct other transactions online.
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OMB mulls adding information security requirements to budget regs
The Office of Management and Budget is looking at ways to better incorporate security into agencies' funding requests for information technology systems, including revising regulations governing how agencies formulate their budgets.
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New IT systems, policies needed to track government cash
Nine federal agencies reported more than $19 billion in improper financial payments for fiscal 1998, a number that reflects systems and management deficiencies that many agencies do not know how to address because of a lack of governmentwide guidance, according to a recent report by the General Accounting Office.
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Education, industry team up vs. digital divide
The Education Department on Monday joined partners from numerous nonprofit organizations and businesses, including America Online, in launching a new multimilliondollar initiative to provide less fortunate children access to information technology, and guidance on how to use it, in an effort to bridge the 'digital divide.'
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Va. Gov. Gilmore Holds First Technology Outreach Symposium
Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore is hosting the first of four Technology Outreach Symposiums on Tuesday at Virginia Commonwealth University. The symposium, Technology as a Tool to Empower Individuals and Communities, is a statewide effort to raise awareness on the impact technology is having on the commonwealth's economy and educational institutions.
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Michigan school pilots Ethernet network
The nearly 7,500 students in kindergarten through 12th grade in Michigan's Rockford public schools soon will be using a converged Ethernet network that supports voice, data and video services, as part of a pilot project unveiled Tuesday at Meadow Ridge elementary school.
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ITAA challenges agencies on FAIR Act
A major industry association representing 11,000 information technology developers and suppliers has accused a slew of agencies of failing to comply fully with a federal law that requires agencies to identify government jobs that could be contracted out to the private sector.
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Microsoft and InfoImage tackle information overload
Microsoft Corp. and InfoImage Inc. on Oct. 13 announced a strategic alliance to develop a "digital dashboard" solution that consolidates data from many sources and offers desktop computer users a single, unified view of their computing environment.
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Washington State Attorney General Files Suit Against Microworkz
The attorney general of Washington state filed a lawsuit last week against Microworkz.com Inc., accusing the lowcost computer maker of violating consumer protection laws by failing to deliver computers to its customers.
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New Mexico Internet Law Overturned
A New Mexico law that made it illegal to use the Internet to send sexually explicit material to juveniles was overturned last week.
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New York Education Officials Seek $12 Million for Virtual Library
New Yorkers listed a statewide electronic library card as one of their top priorities in a recent survey by the Regents Commission on Library Services, and the state's education officials took steps last week to give Big Apple residents what they want.
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Anne Reed to retire Feb. 1
Anne Reed, chief information officer at the Agriculture Department, said she plans to retire from government next year.
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Arkansas Medicaid Program Wins Vendor State's Quality Achievement Award
Electronic Data Systems Corp., which supports the Arkansas Medicaid program, has earned the Arkansas Quality Achievement Award, an honor acknowledging the company's strategic planning, market knowledge and process management.
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