Digital Government

Move over infomercials

Chicago suburb takes to the airwaves in hopes of preserving its sales tax base by turning residents off to e-commerce

Digital Government

Michigan county integrating court systems

The new system should make it easier for various court departments to obtain information from one another while eliminating redundancies

Digital Government

Web site explores school funding issue

Ohio is asking for residents' help in finding solutions to the state's school funding dilemma

Digital Government

N.C. CIO leaves for private sector

Rick Webb takes a job with PricewaterhouseCoopers, joining other government executives who've recently left public service for private opportunities

Digital Government

Kentucky brings revenue system online

Rather than replace an entire system, the state chose to adapt an existing one for the Web

Digital Government

Pennsylvania gives $1.3 M for IT projects

Selected projects help individuals, businesses and schools get connected

Digital Government

HP, NetSchools join in laptop deal

Companies will work together to make durable laptops a tool for students and teachers across the country

Digital Government

Smart forms to aid Alaska dividends

Officials say electronic transactions will enable government to reduce costs and speed up service

Digital Government

Microsoft gives $1.3 million in software licenses to schools

Software will allow teachers to conduct more advanced IT classes

Digital Government

Committee calls Web shots in Hawaii

The state's new portal oversight committee will review new electronic government applications and other issues that concern Web presence

Digital Government

Va. advisers to promote development

A new commission was created to foster growth of technology business by highlighting the state's research potential

Digital Government

Virus comes from the scrap heap

The LifeChanges virus made its rounds during the week of June 19, and even though the trail is a little cold, it is instructive of the creativity with which malicious code is being churned out.

Digital Government

Governors set course for New Economy

Culminating a year-long study of the New Economy, the National Governors' Association released seven recommendations for governors

Digital Government

HTML forms getting a tune-up

The mechanisms for HTML forms will be updated this week ? seven years after the specification saw its last major overhaul

Digital Government

Hawaii hopes Web system eases teachers' workload

New system aims to help schools retain special education teachers by relieving their administrative burden

Digital Government

N.C. awards grants for IT curriculum

Thirty-six of the states poorest schools will get $13,000 to for technology education

Modernization

N.H. seeking telecom providers for state

The department will hire a marketing specialist to focus on industry initiatives and create a Telecommunications Answer Center on the Internet

Digital Government

Security means never having to say 'I love you'

New Mexico IT staff learns the hard way about what happens when security tools aren't in place

Digital Government

Study zeroes in on public/private partners

The University of Albany's Center for Technology in Government is planning a worldwide study of how organizations can collaborate on electronic government

Digital Government

Cyberspace can improve our living space

One of the more interesting paradoxes of our age is that the more we live and work in cyberspace, the more important real place becomes.