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Virginia, AOL honor educators
Teachers and librarians get awards for integrating technology into instruction
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Montana tech keeps tabs on droughts
A monitoring system provides real-time tracking of water measurements statewide
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West Virginia honors innovations
Awards recognize technology projects developed by state employees
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Health Passport on the move
Governors association maps expansion of Health Passport Project
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Arizona builds security plan
A security bill recently failed, but the state has plans to protect its information
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University to require handhelds
The University of South Dakota will provide handheld computers starting in the 2001-2002 school year
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States to share air info
The EPA will be able to receive air emissions information over a new exchange network
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Tool aids workers on the move
Sun, Isovia and Ciber develop a wireless case management solution for government employees
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States to adapt cybersecurity
Federal, Virginia officials are discussing the state and local role in protecting the nation's critical systems
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Adaytum offers budgeting tool
Governments, schools and other public entities can use tool to plan and balance their books
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California dollars go to tech projects
The state hopes to boost e-commerce in rural areas with money for small business ventures
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Pennsylvania schools add AOL
Schools will get software that includes dictionaries and reading and math resources
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Fingerprinting meets city's price and need for simplicity
Finding a better way for employees to get access to the Glendale, Calif., network became critical last year after external auditors surveyed the city's computer security schemes and found them lacking.
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Tech tracking value of school programs
Eight Kentucky schools are using technology to track youth participation in afterschool programs
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Teachers like the Internet -- if they use it
An education technology group's recent survey found that 84 percent of teachers say the Internet improves education.
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Shooting for the moon
When NASA launched the Hubble telescope in 1990, it rekindled for me a latent interest in space that dated to the last of the Apollo moon missions in the early 1970s.
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Biometrics leap not to be taken lightly
The biometrics security solution isn't for everyone, at least not yet.
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DMV busts license scams
Officials at the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles discovered that biometrics was even more useful than they originally thought.
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Skin-deep security
Passwords still predominate, but fingerprint scanners and other biometric solutions are now safeguarding systems
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