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Florida speeds fingerprints to FBI
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has begun distributing electronic fingerprint images and other criminal information to the FBI in real time
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Commerce report highlights growing 'digital divide' among public
More Americans than ever are using computers and connecting to the Internet, but a significant portion of the population particularly minorities and those in rural areas lack access to basic information technology tools, so the federal government should partner with the private sector to narrow the gap, according to report released by the Commerce Department today.
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Cybercrime legislation would set up grants
Sen. Patrick Leahy (DVt.) has introduced the Computer Crime Enforcement Act, which sets up a $25 million grant program through the U.S. Justice Department for states to use for improved education, training, enforcement and prosecution of computer crimes.
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Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sends Fingerprint Data to the
Information on fertilizers approved for distribution in the state of Washington is now available on the Internet.
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Many of Houston's New Homes Will Be Wired for the Future
A number of Houston's homebuilding companies have signed agreements with ClearWorks.net to provide a hightech infrastructure for new homes in the greater Houston area. The contracts ensure that many homes built by the companies will be prewired for future upgrades. More than 10 contracts have been signed already with six of the top 12 home builders in Houston.
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Municipalities to Meet With EPA in New York to Discuss Environmental Management Pilot
Participants in a twoyearlong Environmental Management System pilot project sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will meet July 15 in New York City to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of the effort.
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Pennsylvania Web Site Tops 200 Million Visits
Visits to Pennsylvania's home page have doubled in the last six months, with the page recently passing the 200millionhits level, the state said.
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Hawaii's Web Site Hacked
The state of Hawaii's Internet home page was shut down on Monday after a computer hacker took it over, according to Darren Pai, a reporter at KHNLTV, the NBC affiliate in Honolulu, Hawaii, which covered the story.
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DOE Panel Seeks Outstanding Tech Ed Programs
The U.S. Education Department's Technology Expert Panel is requesting applications for outstanding educational technology programs for national recognition.
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Navy puts intranet on fast track
The Navy plans to develop, procure and deploy an intranet to serve 700,000 Navy and Marine Corps users in the United States by 2001.
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Chicago dials 311 for service
Chicago residents now can make service requests through a new 311 nonemergency call center that streamlines what had been a bureaucratic and timeconsuming process for city workers and citizens.
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Distance learning works in Texas
Several East Texas communities and schools no longer face a mass exodus of their best and brightest young people to other communities with better schools, thanks to a distancelearning consortium that provides twoway video education technology to the region.
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E-bookmaker makes fed push
The Defense Department is exploring whether to use electronic books to distribute training materials under a pilot project with digital bookmaker SoftBook Press Inc. If the department moves forward with the project, it would become the second major federal customer for SoftBook, Menlo Park, Calif.
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DOD advances e-business plans
Two of the Defense Department's largest communities recently turned their attention to the Internet and electronic commerce solutions as a way to exchange information more effectively with their customers while taking the department one step closer toward its goal of creating a paperless environmen
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AF postpones software strategy
The Air Force has delayed devising a strategy for buying a single enterprise management software package, a decision that could profoundly affect the Defense Department's future enterprise network plans. The Air Force still plans to award a contract for EMS by the end of September, but the service
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Set-Asides
Top 10 digital list wanted A pair of nonprofit advocacy groups last week called on the public to help identify the 10 most wanted government documents that should be available online but are not. The Center for Democracy and Technology and OMB Watch have teamed up to send virtual 'Wanted!' signs to
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Navy takes common-sense tack
The Navy once again has proven itself to be in the forefront of the federal information technology community with its rare ability to design programs that combine innovation and pragmatism. In the latest case, the Navy has decided to make what it calls a 'sweeping shift' in information management a
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USGS to replace CIO with GIO
In what it says represents an increased departmentwide emphasis on coordinating instead of collecting geographical data, the U.S. Geological Survey plans to hire the firstever geographic information officer, a senior executive job that will replace the agency's position of chief information of
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Commerce taps 29 for small-biz IT work
In an effort to funnel more government information technology work to small businesses, the Commerce Department last week awarded the first governmentwide IT services contract specifically for small businesses. The department awarded 29 contractors pieces of the estimated $1.5 billion Commerce Info
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