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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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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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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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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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Commerce's compliance with FAIR Act 'not credible'
Some organizations within the Commerce Department have been less than forthcoming in putting together their annual lists of IT-related jobs that could be contracted out to the private sector, according to the Information Technology Association of America.
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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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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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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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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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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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Arizona's New Remote-Controlled Traffic Lights Debut at NASCAR Event
For the first time, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is using portable, batteryoperated and remotecontrolled traffic signals to help manage the approximately 200,000 spectators expected over the weekend for NASCAR races.
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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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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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Rhode Island Conducts Internet Learning Day
Bell Atlantic joined Bryant College, the Urban League of Rhode Island and the Women's Center of Rhode Island in cosponsoring a free, Internet Learning Day, part of Bell Atlantic's initiative aimed at residents in communities who do not have regular access to Internet training.
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Illinois to Post Sex Offender List on the Internet
The Illinois State Police soon will post a list of all known sex offenders in the state on its World Wide Web site. The list, which will include offenders' names, dates of birth, addresses and whether their victims were younger than 18 years old, is scheduled to be up by Nov. 15.
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Wisconsin Lands $1.12 Million Federal Grant to Prepare Students for IT Jobs
The U.S. Labor Department has awarded Wisconsin a $1.12 million grant to continue a program that helps prepare students for careers in technology and other fields.
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HCFA plans national Medicare Y2K testing week
The Health Care Financing Administration, the federal agency in charge of Medicare, today announced that it has designated Nov. 1520 as National MedicareYear 2000 Testing Week, enabling health care providers to evaluate their billing systems in an endtoend test with Medicare systems.
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Cyberattacks against DOD up 300 percent this year
The number of cyberattacks reported this year against the Defense Department's information networks has more than tripled compared with last year, according to the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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ISP Delays Debut of Advanced Videoconferencing Network in Central New York
The Syracuse MetroNet, an advanced videoconferencing network developed by the Community and Information Technology Institute at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, was scheduled to begin a host of pilot projects last month, but complications with the Internet service provider scheduled to support the test beds have postponed the project's launch.
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