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Cox proposes faster funding for responders
The chairman of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security introduced a bill that would speed up the process of getting first responders homeland security funds.
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Feds arrange responder priorities
State and local associations asked to develop comprehensive list of requirements
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Mass. lawmakers name Asbedian CIO
The Massachusetts legislature las month selected Val Asbedian, who had led the state's House of Representatives IT group since last fall, to become its first CIO
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Minnesota carves e-recruiting path
An online resume application accelerated hiring and cut costs for the state.
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Alaska moves documents to Web
Over the last two years, the state Recorder's Office has made its mainframe indexing system accessible over the Web and is slowly putting more documents online.
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A lesson in perseverance
Minnesota's Kelley finds lawmakers are finally catching on to the importance of tech
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Maryland tech incubator opens
The Chesapeake Innovation Center, a technology incubator for start-up firms developing homeland security technology, has 80 percent of its space filled.
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NIC offers Web-in-a-Box for state agencies
The company that runs Oklahoma's online portal wants to sell the product to other agencies.
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Maricopa upgrades storage
After evaluating several products, the county's Network Solutions Group settled on CommVault Systems' Galaxy software.
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Massachusetts updates procurement
The state government is adding more features to its Web-based purchasing system.
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Arkansas launches insurance portal
Arkansas's Employee Benefits Division is building a Web-based system that will enable active and retired state and public school employees to view, enroll in and manage their health care plans and life insurance program online
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House to consider E911 office
Before year's end, congressmen will likely decide whether to establish an office in the Commerce Department to speed implementation of emergency response systems.
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Fairfax tax cheat reports go online
Virginia's Fairfax County now has a site for people to report cars suspected of evading the vehicle tax.
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Feds give $44 million for rural broadband
The Agriculture Department announced grants for 118 projects.
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Arkansas launches insurance portal
The state is building a system to let state and public school employees go online to manage their health care and life insurance plans
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Permit site tops usage goal
In the year since a regional e-government alliance in Washington's King County launched a permit portal, online usage has exceeded the group's expectations.
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Feds award $150M for responder systems
Homeland Security and Justice department agencies administer Interoperable Communications Technology Grant program.
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Md. to buy controversial Diebolds
State officials have decided to buy electronic voting machines from Diebold Corp. despite concerns that the machines could be open to tampering or fraud.
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