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ESRI Launches Community Development GIS Grants Program
Redlands, Calif.based geographic information systems company, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. announced a new program to make grants of software to help local governments develop programs to enhance the lives of citizens.
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Sprint's Teague resigns
Don Teague, vice president and general manager of Sprint's Government Systems Division, resigned from the company yesterday to pursue other opportunities, a company spokesman said today.
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National Disaster Network Hinges on Data Sharing
The National Disaster Information Network, promoted as a network of databases to swap data related to natural disasters, will become a reality only when issues of access and data disclosure are resolved.
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Western Governors Meet Next Week in Wyoming
The Western Governors Association next week kicks off its annual meeting in Jackson, Wyo., with an agenda that is heavy on technology planning and policy.
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Cohen: Kosovo peace deal the result of business reforms, IT
As reports indicated that Serb forces were withdrawing from Kosovo, Defense Secretary William Cohen today applauded the role of technology and the Defense Department's business practice reforms in what he called one of the most extraordinary achievements in the history of air warfare.
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Cohen lauds DOD acquisition reform efforts
Defense Secretary William Cohen yesterday launched the Defense Department's Acquisition and Logistics Reform Week, imploring DOD's cadre of acquisition and logistics professionals to take risks and be innovative in changing the way they do business.
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Funding for Missing Persons Programs on Fast Track
A bill that would provide states $6 million over three years to update their files on unidentified persons overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives on Monday.
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E-Commerce: 'Dangerous Liaison' for Public Sector
Electronic commerce is the key to selfservice government and a threat to conventional tax and revenue systems for state and local government.
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GSA names Remez as chief knowledge officer
The General Services Administration yesterday said it would create the position of chief knowledge officer, an executive management post that will be responsible for tapping the agency's information technology to help employees access information for their jobs.
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California Governor Won't Sell Wage Information
Despite a law passed last fall that would let California's Employment Development Department (EDD) collect a premium by providing payroll information to private finance companies, Gov. Gray Davis (D) late last week blocked the agency from selling any data.
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House passes bill to upgrade missing-persons identification systems
The House yesterday overwhelmingly passed a bill, known as Jennifer's Law, that would help law enforcement crossreference unidentified victims with files of missing persons within the FBI's primary national crimefighting computer.
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E-Commerce Groups Want Digital Signatures Recognized by American Bar Association
The ABA is nearing the last lap of its extensive efforts to overhaul the MPC, a set of procurement principles to which many state and local governments adhere.
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Moving Beyond 'Low-Bid' Wins
Recognizing a need to move beyond traditional 'lowbid' procurement in its information technology buys, North Carolina has moved to a 'bestvalue' approach to IT acquisition. The shift represents more than just a change in thinking; it also recognizes the particular hazards of acquiring electronic
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WordPerfect Office 2000: Powerful, easy to use
The justreleased Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 is not likely to lure many users away from marketleading Microsoft Office.
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Market emerges for piecemeal 'seat' services
As federal agencies turn to seat management to get control of their expanding desktop computing environments, they must navigate a dizzying array of federal contract vehicles and pricing options to determine which best suits their needs. The federal outsourcing market took shape last year with the
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OMB orders feds to post privacy notice
The Office of Management and Budget last week directed agencies and departments to post clear privacy policies on the home pages of their World Wide Web sites by Sept. 1. The policies must inform visitors to federal Web sites what information the agency collects, why it is collected and how the age
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Announcing Daily Departures
Like most of you, we at civic.com are working to take advantage of the speed, versatility and popularity of the World Wide Web to improve the services we provide. Of course, we also must keep a foot in the print medium, in which most of our business still is conducted. Most of you probably are plan
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Census seeks more IT funds for 2000 head count
Legally blocked from using sampling in the 2000 census to apportion congressional seats, the Census Bureau last week asked Congress for an increase of millions of dollars to beef up information technology programs it plans to use to support the national head count. The increase, which is part of a
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