Digital Government

The circuit

A Cab Ride Home: Priceless; The 'D'oh!' Approach; Critical Infrastructure Indeed; Nonstandard Standards; Model Ready to Sashay

Digital Government

Cybersecurity agency to improve patching

National Cyber Security Division officials want to improve the governmentwide computer patching service so more agencies use it, a senior official said this week

Digital Government

Fla. firefighters test geolocation

A central Florida county fire department is testing new technology that could help incident commanders track firefighters battling a blaze inside a building.

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N.Y. to train more on data warehouse

The New York State Comptroller's Office plans to expand training and usage of a data warehouse created last fall to integrate information from payroll and accounting

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Tampa drops face software

Tampa has abandoned its controversial face-matching system

Digital Government

Oklahoma, Philly roll out Web services

Oklahoma accountants can use the Web to get licenses, and Philadelphia residents can get more geographic information than ever online.

Digital Government

Coast Guard tests digital photo transmission

Coast Guard first responders may soon be able to transmit photos directly from incident scenes to command centers

People

CIO group urges crime info sharing

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers is trying to generate more interest in integrated justice systems, a concept that has been around for years but failed to produce many concrete results

Digital Government

Florida outsources truck permits

Affiliated Computer Services will get $4.7 million over five years to run the state's office for oversize/overweight commercial truck permits

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Power to the states

Officials from state and local agencies nationwide reported smooth operations during last week's blackout

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Northeast outage tests contingency plans

Many local offices manage to make do after loss of power, agencies say

People

Delaware first on EPA network

The first state in the union is now the first one on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Information Exchange Network

Digital Government

Firms partner on emergency messages

Roam Secure's messaging system will integrate WiredRed's alerts.

People

U.S., Holland team to detect nukes

The U.S. and Dutch governments will work together to detect terrorist shipments of nuclear material through Europe's busiest seaport.

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NYFD commissions radio study

iXP Corp. has been hired to look at ways to improve the New York Fire Department's radio system

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XML plan released for responders

A group has released its first draft of technical specifications for emergency and incident management communications based on XML standards.

People

NARA, GPO team for record upkeep

The agencies formalized a deal to preserve electronic information and save the trouble of duplicating physical records

Digital Government

Kansas City to host Web conference

The 2003 Government Webmaster Conference, scheduled for October, is likely the first national one sponsored by municipal users

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Oregon to unveil emergency link

The Regional Alliance for Infrastructure and Homeland Security will link emergency workers with homeland security groups

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Lightning to strike Los Alamos

Research facility receiving new cluster supercomputer