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Ind. lobbyists register online
A new feature on Access Indiana, the state's Web portal, enables lobbyists to register and report activities and gifts online.
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Take it slow
The California Internet Voting Task Force advises 'evolutionary rather than revolutionary change' when it comes to casting ballots online.
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Ex-deputy CIO fined $30K
Mark Boster developed a reputation as an intimidating manager when he was deputy chief information officer at the Justice Department. Now, as a businessman, Boster is paying a $30,000 fine for what Justice officials charge was using intimidation to try to continue influencing decisions at the department.
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Weather, traffic online in Wash.
After six months of testing and tweaking, Washington state has launched a realtime weather and traffic site.
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E-voting: Worth the work
Internet voting is a noshow this election season, but it looms large in our future. The reason is simple: poor voter turnout.
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Can the Net revive the vote?
In Arizona in the spring of 1996, encountering a voting Democrat was about as likely as finding a snowball in the desert.
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DLA boosts business registration
The Defense Logistics Agency has tweaked its online contractor database to allow military procurement officials to find information about their potential business partners.
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Conn. strengthens access for disabled
Connecticut has adopted stricter accessibility standards to ensure that disabled citizens can access the state's Web page. The state aims to have all its agencies in compliance by Jan. 1, 2002.
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Survey reconfirms IT staffing woes
Preliminary results from a special study of information technology salaries in the federal government show that agencies are having almost as much trouble retaining IT workers as they are recruiting them.
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FEMA unveils Web site for emergency managers
The new site is intended to make it faster and easier for officials to find information in a crisis
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Agencies find pros, cons with HR systems
A GAO report has determined that although agencies are saving money with commercial off the shelf systems, most have suffered project delays
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Partnership joins gov, customers
GovConnect Inc. has partnered with Interactive Intelligence Inc. to offer an integrated customer service platform to handle all types of communication ? from phone calls and faxes to e-mail and Web chats.
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Defending digital empires
In the early 19th century, the British Empire seemed unassailable to any and all who dared challenge it. Because of its military prowess, the 'sun never set on the British Empire.'
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Pa. borough to pilot community portal
Unisys Corp. has chosen West Chester, Pa., for a community Internet portal pilot project that aims to bring together citizens, businesses and government on one site
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Passport data on the go
A State Department program to convert passport applications into stored electronic documents could become a new tool for quickly identifying suspected terrorists and criminals attempting to enter the United States.
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The accessibility fix is in
There are 27 million federal government pages on the Internet, and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act says they must be accessible to people with disabilities by next spring or the agencies that posted them may be sued.
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GSA CIO leaving
Bill Piatt will leave later this month to lead egovernment strategy operations at BoozAllen
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Clinton passes on NMD decision
Whether to proceed with construction of missile defense program will be up to the next president
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Study: E-gov can't stop now
Forrester Research finds that governments will be putting more effort and money into online transactions because citizens and businesses won't have it any other way
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