Digital Government
'A nice turnaround'
With its Joint Automated Booking System, the Justice Department has hit 'a significant milestone' in a plan to set up a nationwide, cross-agency database of arrest information, according to Linda Burek, the department's deputy assistant attorney general for information resources.
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Virginia honors technology pioneers
The state chose innovative state and local projects to receive Governor's Technology Awards
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Pentagon bolsters net mandate
The Pentagon has established a new policy that makes the Global Information Grid Waiver Board the sole authority for approving area networks not using the Defense Department's mandated network.
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NSF hires info security specialist
The National Science Foundation is the latest agency to hire an information security specialist to assist the chief information officer
Digital Government
Balancing act
The plan for a governmentwide intrusiondetection network pits technology against agency culture
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Which intrusion is worse?
The debate over a federal intrusion detection system which would collect data on information security breaches and then distribute warnings governmentwide should not center on whether the government needs such a system but on how it should be built.
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NIC, AOL building e-gov guide
NIC and America Online are building a national e-government guide for state government services and applications
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Europe raising bar on security, privacy
The European Union's eEurope initiative seeks to ensure public trust in the information economy and electronic government
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N/MCI contract remains adrift
The Navy officials said failure to finalize the $16 billion intranet contract today was of little consequence
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Site speeds answers to farmers
The Farm Service Agency plans to announce today that it has added an intelligent search feature to its nationwide intranet portal, enabling employees to more quickly answer questions submitted by farmers.
People
Racing the Olympic clock
With the 2000 Summer Olympic Games having just crossed the finish line, officials have passed the baton to the organizing team for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
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Internet use guidelines
The Guilford County, N.C., Department of Information Services asks employees to sign an agreement regarding Internet access. The guidelines:
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County marries Webcasts to weddings
Couples exchanging wedding vows for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, now can do them nearer and farther
People
Election season heats up e-mail debates
If the flap about missing White House e-mail messages was ever about technology, that's no longer the case.
People
Family-unfriendly
I'm really ticked off by the findings of a new Office of Personnel Management study that says federal managers are not carrying out the familyfriendly policies of the Clinton administration.
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E-mail lists taking off in Wash.
Washington state has seen its subscriber base for targeted electronic communication quadruple in size since the service was introduced in April.
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States trying online tax pilot
Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin are testing a program that could lead to a more streamlined sales tax collection system for the country
Digital Government
Web mining: The next big thing
One aspect of business intelligence that's not a real factor now ? but certainly will be ? is Web mining.
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