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Enabling the disabled
W ith the emergence of the World Wide Web, a whole new world of information has opened up for people with disabilities, especially those with vision impairments who can now zip through thousands of text-laden pages with text readers.
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Citizens wield power through technology
Community organizations in several cities are looking at innovative ways to improve municipal services through technology-driven citizen involvement.
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Schools supplied
Over the past decade, the national debate about school choice, educational standards and computers in the classroom has done much to highlight the fact that public schools can no longer get by on tax dollars alone.
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A case of arrested development
A Justice Department initiative to develop a nationwide system for identifying and booking crime suspects may remain stalled in Florida by a lack of funding next year.
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Match game: Teachers, schools meet online
Teachers searching for jobs and school districts searching for teachers can now turn to the Internet to find each other
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Idaho lawmakers go to boot camp
Idaho's Information Technology Resource Management Council (ITRMC) tribal representatives and other policy-makers.
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More low-income people discovering the Net
In the United States, more underserved and economically distressed people are tapping into the Internet, according to a study by Media Metrix Inc., an Internet market research firm.
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Digging for data treasure
The Massachusetts school system knew it had valuable information locked up in the volumes of student data it collected, but there was no obvious way to get at it.
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'A nice turnaround'
With its Joint Automated Booking System, the Justice Department has hit 'a significant milestone' in a plan to set up a nationwide, cross-agency database of arrest information, according to Linda Burek, the department's deputy assistant attorney general for information resources.
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Virginia honors technology pioneers
The state chose innovative state and local projects to receive Governor's Technology Awards
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E-mail lists taking off in Wash.
Washington state has seen its subscriber base for targeted electronic communication quadruple in size since the service was introduced in April.
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Web mining: The next big thing
One aspect of business intelligence that's not a real factor now ? but certainly will be ? is Web mining.
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Hey, private sector, it takes two to partner
'We want to be your e-government partner.'
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Puerto Rico plugs in populace
In what could be one of the world's most ambitious projects to narrow the digital divide, Puerto Rico is giving its public housing population access to the World Wide Web.
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Shadowing cyberslackers
Working for the city of Phoenix, Mike Ingersoll has learned one odd fact about computers: They can make smart employees act like very dumb employees.
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W.Va. equipping elderly with computers
Government agencies in West Virginia are joining with businesses and volunteer organizations to put surplus computers into the hands of senior citizens.
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Ala. pilots virtual high school
Alabama recently unveiled a high school that may soon be open to any student in the state.
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Alaskan tribes launch Web site
In an effort to keep the public informed about negotiations between the state government and its 227 federally recognized tribes, Alaska has a launched a new Web site.
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