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County offers Net service to cities
Oakland County, Mich., is building a fiber-optic infrastructure and will give free access to any area municipality that wants to hook in
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Software eases grant applications
Oracle's Grants Proposal is designed to help grant writers fill out applications faster and more efficiently
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Washington boasts digital trust
The state is the first to implement a digital signature process, allowing agencies to verify the identities of those they deal with.
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VelocityHall speeds up permits
Alameda is one of about 80 municipalities to sign up for Accela's Web-based permitting solution
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School boards to create online dialogue
The National School Boards Foundation is developing a program in which district staff will interact with the community online
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New England teachers try online training
Teachers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts will join educators in other states who use WebEd's professional development curriculum
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Racing the Olympic clock
With the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games having just crossed the finish line, Olympic officials have passed the baton to the organizing team for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
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Web sites, CDs attempt to curb school violence
Some state and local government agencies are involving technology in less direct ways with the idea of making schools and communities safer.
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Can technology stop tragedy?
One morning last spring, a security officer remotely monitoring the grounds of a California high school through a video camera noticed a young man approaching the entrance.
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Going for the gold
Some of the IT logistics for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 are:
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Governments struggle with e-gov savings
In Tennessee, millions of dollars are available, without legislative approval, to state agencies that can prove that an information technology project will recoup all costs in five years.
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How IT projects add up in Iowa
Iowa attempts to take some of the mystery out of the return-on-investment evaluation process by using a scoring system to assess a project's standing in the overall information technology enterprise.
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State and local eyes focused on Iowa's test
Iowa's return-on-investment process could be the template for IT evaluation programs that other states might put together, according to Bob Glasser, president of the State Information Technology Consortium (SITC).
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How it works
The Real-Time Traffic Adaptive Control System (RT-TRACS) is made up of several modules.
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Lights years ahead
New responsive traffic-signal system aims to ease Chicago congestion
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An ounce of prevention
For schools and law enforcement agencies seeking guidance on security technologies
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TekInsight to support NYC school network
The New York City board of education picks TekInsight.com to manage and support the public school system's network infrastructure
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New Jersey toll system hacked
A security breach on the E-ZPass electronic toll system for the New Jersey Turnpike has led officials to suspend the application
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