Digital Government
GPO gunning for NTIS jobs
As critics questioned whether the decision to close the National Technical Information Service makes sense, officials from the Government Printing Office on Thursday asked Congress for control of NTIS' document collection and associated services.
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CIA concerned about potential Y2K-induced nuclear accident
The CIA's national intelligence officer for science and technology on Thursday warned members of Congress that widespread Year 2000 failures are highly likely throughout Russia and Ukraine, increasing the risk of a meltdown at one of the many Sovietera nuclear plants still in existence.
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Kentucky Fields CIO Team
Kentucky's Commonwealth Virtual University, working in conjunction with PeopleSoft Inc. and eduprise.com, recently unveiled the first open standardsbased system that enables the integration of World Wide Webbased learning delivery systems and enterprise student administration systems.
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NGA Chairman Applauds Introduction of Uniform Wireless Tax Legislation
National Governors Association chairman Michael O. Leavitt on Wednesday praised the two senators who introduced the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act for including all levels of government in the development of a uniform model for taxing wireless communications.
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OPM proposes new IT job categories
As agencies feel the pinch of a tight labor market, the Office of Personnel Management this week moved one step closer to revising the way the government structures and defines the work performed by its information technology work force.
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Super-secret NSA transitioning to commercial services model
The National Security Agency, the enigmatic signals intelligence arm of the Defense Department, is breaking away from its traditional role of building black boxes for encrypting highly classified information in favor of offering security and certification services similar to those in commercial industry.
Digital Government
Feds short on security 'best practice' studies
The United States faces an uphill battle when it comes to protecting critical infrastructure, because government and industry groups have not developed best practice studies and guidelines to show the best way to do so, according to federal experts.
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Justice, Education give school security guidance
The U.S. departments of Justice and Education last month announced the joint release of a guide to help school and law enforcement officials assess school security needs and consider appropriate security equipment to make schools safer.
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Virginia holding mock election on Internet
The largestknown mock election in Internet history will take place later this month in Virginia, when more than 5,000 high school students from 15 schools cast online ballots for the same candidates and issues their parents will consider on Election Day.
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Online Court Payment Company Donating Portion of Revenues to Nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations have until Nov. 5 to apply for monetary donations from Austin, Texasbased ECourt Inc., an online court payment company. ECourt's chief executive officer recently pledged to donate $1 out of every transaction fee and donate it to nonprofits.
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New FAA systems will map problem areas in air traffic control
The Federal Aviation Administration is developing agencywide information systems that will provide officials a nationwide view of air traffic maintenance and management issues and enable them to pinpoint failures quickly and easily.
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Government Experts Sought to Educate 'Netizens' Online
An Atlantabased company last week launched a World Wide Webbased interactive election campaign to locate government subject matter experts who are willing to write monthly columns on state and local government and answer email questions from citizens about the business of government.
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N.Y. Lawmaker Calls for Greater Focus on IT, Less on Jails
A senior congressman from New York on Tuesday urged state legislators across the country to push for greater use of color blind technologies, such as computers and the Internet, to help eradicate the last vestiges of racism in the United States.
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Computer security at center of DOE problems, top officials say
The former director of the Energy Department's Office of Safeguards and Security today outlined for Congress years of cybersecurity problems at the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories, claiming officials were aware of ongoing espionage but failed to do anything about it.
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China, Russia possibly stole IT missile data, GAO says
China and Russia may have stolen sensitive technical data, including information on missile guidance and control hardware and software, during 14 overseas launches of U.S. commercial communications satellites, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.
Digital Government
Computer, Internet access bridges 'digital divide'
The key to bridging America's digital divide and racial ravine is computer and Internet access in the home, but that is not the only problem lawmakers and citizens need to address, according to Larry Irving, former assistant secretary for communications and information at the U.S. Commerce Department.
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Ventura Puts His Signature on the Digital World
Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I) last week became the first U.S. governor to put his digital signature on a document, when he and the secretary of state cosigned a proclamation announcing Digital Signature Day.
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Feds having trouble finding money, people for cybersecurity
Despite mounting pressure from Congress to make tangible progress on the governmentwide effort to protect critical federal information systems from hackers and other criminals, agencies continue to struggle with funding, personnel and training roadblocks, officials said today.
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Lawmakers warn Clinton: Boost Defense technology funding or else
Close to 100 members of Congress joined a bipartisan coalition urging President Clinton to boost funding for Defense Department science programs, warning him in a letter that the continued longterm erosion of defense science and technology will have a devastating impact on the future capability of the armed forces of the United States.''
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