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Seattle

Mayor Paul Schell

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Permits in store for Sunnyvale

The time-consuming process of acquiring building, electrical, plumbing and other permits can delay new construction and home improvement projects.

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Atlanta

Mayor Bill Campbell

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N.Y. libraries put training in circulation

The New York Public Library will use a private grant to create public technology training centers at several branches.

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Talk of the town

Dallas' Internet site slogan brazenly declares 'Dallas, the city that works: vibrant, diverse, progressive.'

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Q & A with a cyberwarrior

The commander of the Pentagon's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense responds to FCW questions about cyberdefense and attack

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OPM unveils IT pay-raise details

OPM has released details on the wage increases certain federal IT workers will receive in 2001

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Boston

Mayor Thomas Menino

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Turning over control

The information technology services the National Security Agency plans to outsource to a private contractor under its Project Groundbreaker contract include:

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Digital fingerprints track inmates in Texas prisons

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which oversees and operates the state's prison system, will soon get digital fingerprint scanners to log and help identify inmates.

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Experts: E-gov examples shine abroad

If the new president needs some ideas about egovernment, he ought to look at Bulgaria, a group of government experts advises

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Army portal hits milestone

Army Knowledge Online recently reached a major Information Age milestone when its 100,000th user logged on to the portal

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CIO Council readies XML portal

A CIO Council working group plans a portal to coordinate the use of XML a specification that can help organizations share data

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Stress test puts EDGAR under fire

The SEC's automated system for filing corporate and financial information is slated for a stress test in January

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Raytheon looks to leverage NMCI

Officials at Raytheon hope success with NMCI will propel them into a greater network security role with DOD

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Students' site scores State award

The State Department gave its firstever Digital Diplomacy Award to three students who created a Web site to draw attention to world hunger

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Supreme Court posts digital advances

The U.S. Supreme Court will post transcripts Friday of George W. Bush's appeal of the Florida ballot recount

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Webmasters: Link affinity and customers

FCW's DotGov Thursday column urges agency Webmasters to band together to serve users, spread information

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Agency adds smart cards, PKI

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is bolstering systems security by adding publickey infrastructure and providing smart cards to 1,500 employees

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Montana offers NIC room to operate

After hiring NIC to develop e-government applications, the state hopes to cut costs by giving the company its own space