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Washington puts weather, traffic online
After six months of testing and tweaking, Washington state has launched its real-time weather and traffic site
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Army awards C4I system to Motorola
The Army has awarded Motorola Inc. a $49.7 million contract to build the Joint Services Work Station to support surveillance and reconnaissance missions
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Dot-com makes site customizable
CivicLife.com has partnered with SilverStream Software Inc. to enable individual consumers to customize the site
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Conn. strengthens access standards
Connecticut has adopted stricter accessibility standards to serve disabled citizens wanting to access the state's page
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Want to go to jail?
Y ou can go to jail without leaving the comforts of home by logging on to the Georgia Department of Corrections' World Wide Web site and taking a virtual tour of a cell block, a dormitory and a prison kitchen.
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Intercepts
Just when I was starting to miss the good old days of listening to former Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre tell anybody who would listen that the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense is 'at war' every day of the week, along comes Rear Adm. H. Winsor Whiton
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Online bidding running in Missouri
Vendors wanting to bid on Missouri state contracts can now do so online.
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To sue or not to sue
At first glance, providing the public with the right to sue government agencies that fail to comply with Section 508 standards might seem to invite a landslide of litigation.
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Portal will link cities, businesses
As the business-to-government market continues to grow, one company is hoping to separate itself from the competition by giving the private sector access to hundreds of cities while offering auctions and procurement capabilities to local governments.
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Federal CIO, Act III
Recognizing that management of federal information technology is an issue that will last well beyond the imminent end of the 106th Congress, Rep. Tom Davis (RVa.) last month introduced a bill that would coordinate almost every aspect of federal IT, from paperwork reduction to information security.
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Washington first state to join AMS marketplace
In an effort to simplify the buying process, Washington state has joined an electronic procurement company and will soon buy its products online.
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<a name="Screen">Comparing screen readers</a>
The FCW Test Center looks as pricing, compatibility, training and system requirements for two screen readers: JAWS 3.5 for Windows and Window-Eyes 3.1
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Smaller counties less Net-driven
In a survey conducted by the National Association of Counties this spring, 22 percent of counties without World Wide Web sites said they have no plans to develop one.
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Keeping DOD on the right track
The Pentagon's Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) is an overarching initiative designed to ensure that all the services field interoperable tracking devices
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Access.gov
Spurred by the realization that time is growing short and that the task ahead is enormous, the federal government is training a small army of Web page designers to lead the coming battle against inaccessibility.
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What workers don't know
SBA joins agencies looking to fill in the gaps by assessing what skills their IT staffs lack
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Md. lists tardy taxpayers online
Maryland has posted the names of its top 50 tax delinquents online in an attempt to retrieve more than $9.7 million owed in overdue taxes, penalties and interest.
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