Digital Government
Pennsylvania puts state manual online for first time
The first-ever electronic version of "The Pennsylvania Manual" can be accessed for free through the state's Web site
Digital Government
New Jersey Office of IT creates customer relationship management unit
The idea is to provide state agencies with the technological know-how to meet customers' needs
Digital Government
Puerto Rico Web war resumes this week
The Commonwealth Electoral Commission is expected to hear a complaint that asserts that the government Web site violates electoral law
Digital Government
Clinton budget boosts funding for IT research
President Bill Clinton proposed $2.3 billion in funding for information technology research and development in his fiscal 2001 budget released today, up 35 percent from the $1.7 billion earmarked for IT research in the fiscal 2000 budget. This includes allocations for long-term, fundamental research and strong backing for the Next Generation Internet and High Performance Computing and Communications projects.
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Commerce budget rich in high-tech proposals
Fiscal 2001 budget proposal pushes for strategic investments to help the department keep pace with modern technology
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Army dedicates $7 billion to 'transformation'
The Army plans to spend $7 billion over the next several years to transform itself from a tank-heavy Cold War force into a light but lethal organization, while staying the course on its multiyear effort to digitize the heavy forces.
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Justice dedicates millions to fight cybercrime
Justice Department officials today sent Congress a fiscal 2001 budget request including hundreds of millions of dollars for information technology projects ? from "cybercrime" programs to plans for major new computer systems.
Digital Government
Clinton wants FAA operated like a business
Clinton proposes that the agency create a performance-based organization for ATC services
Digital Government
Science agencies in line for ultra-modern research tools
The nation's science agencies received a major boost in the president's fiscal 2001 budget proposal for basic research and information technology tools to conduct it.
Digital Government
Big bucks for digital wiretapping, DOJ, Treasury
Digital wiretapping received a big boost in funding in the president's 2001 budget, with $240 million in funding ? up from $15 million in the 2000 budget ? allocated to allow federal agencies to install court-authorized wiretaps on new digital communications systems.
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Clinton's 2001 budget targets digital government
The administration's $1.84 trillion budget proposal earmarks funding for a slew of key IT programs designed to bring government into the 21st century
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Transportation budget eyes intelligent roadways
The Clinton administration has proposed $338 million to fund "smart road" projects that will use information technologies to make travel more efficient
Digital Government
SBA plan includes system upgrades, customer support
Upgrading the Small Business Administration's computer systems and increasing technical assistance to its customers are the key information technology projects the agency hopes to tackle this year.
Digital Government
My money went where?
So you want to know where your hard-earned tax dollars are going? President Clinton's fiscal 2001 budget proposal would give taxpayers a chance to find out
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NARA seeks money for improving e-storage
New electronic records storage could end Archives preference for paper
Digital Government
Crunching through the human genome
NIH expects to decode one-third of human DNA by 2001 with help from DOE's computer power and expertise
Digital Government
Administration gives nod to security
Even though the administration has declared information security a priority, because security is being built into systems there is little money for agency security programs in the budget released today by the Office of Management and Budget.
Digital Government
VA budget redirects excess Y2K funding toward security
President Clinton's fiscal 2001 budget request, released Monday, called for $1.5 billion in information technology funding for the Department of Veteran Affairs, including a surplus after fixing its Year 2000 problems.
Digital Government
Labor works hard for the IT money
Among the Labor Department's major funding initiatives in its fiscal 2001 budget proposal is a $60 million IT investment fund
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