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Panel proposes public info overhaul
NCLIS recommends an overhaul of the way government manages and disseminates information
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Site offers online ethics training
NIH Web site teaches researchers how to protect patients from abuses during clinical trials
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Students connected, but usage in question
More students have access to computers, but how they are using them remains a problem
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Election Reform Act raises stakes
Lawmakers want to spend more than half a billion dollars on new voting machines and create a federal commission
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DMS picks OpenView to watch network
The Defense Message System will use HP's OpenView Network Node Manager to increase its ability to pinpoint problems
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King County names first CIO
The Washington county's former information services director will take the new top technology slot
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Planning takes pain out of compliance
Education officials offer advice on buying accessible IT products and resources
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Access Idaho earns best in show
The Council of State Governments chose the Idaho Web site as the best all-around state government site
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Senate hearings span the globe
C-SPAN is starting a Webcast service of most Senate committee hearings
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DOD opens portal to civilian life
TransPortal is designed to aid departing military members in their transition to civilian life
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DOD scolded over kids' Web-surfing data
An advocacy group asked the Pentagon to stop doing business with N2H2, a firm that gathers information on how children surf the Web
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Roster Change
Alan Balutis, director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program, is leaving government after more than 25 years to join a nonprofit corporation that promotes industry-government cooperation.
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Contract to centralize visa info
The State Department awarded Orkand a $72-million IT contract for a centralized electronic visa repository
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Partnership aimed at grants management
FreeBalance and PEC Solutions want to help agencies Web enable and automate their grants management systems
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Powell promises IT tools for State
Powell told State employees that he would get them the tools they need to do their jobs, including access to the Internet
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Firm snaps up smart bus license
A system that tells when buses will arrive could soon be available to the rest of the country
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Army rolling out smart truck
The Army is preparing a new concept truck touted as having 'James Bondlike' capabilities
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Postal network may hold profit
Finding commercial uses for USPS' communications network is part of the outgoing postmaster general's strategy
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