Digital Government

Ariz. Residents Have Say on State Web Site

Arizona's Government Information Technology Agency recently used online ballots to gauge what residents wanted on the state's World Wide Web site.

Digital Government

Book offers justice integration tips

The guidebook aims to help government officials raise political support and money to integrate their justice systems

Digital Government

IT center joins students, industry

Virginia's Semiconductor Manufacturing Information Technology Center should help students learn about IT, while giving a company extra manufacturing help

Digital Government

Los Angeles sending video footage during crises

A new system would allow command centers to see aerial footage shot during emergencies, improving their vantage points

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Phone system to warn Colorado county citizens

The network can make up to 2,304 calls a minute, playing a recorded message to inform people in emergency situations

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Arkansas IT employees to telecommute

The state's Department of Information Services says it's the first to allow employees to work from home

Digital Government

Indiana creates $1 million fund for high-tech training

The grants are in response to a growing need by companies for skilled technology workers

Digital Government

Electronic attendance system works, schools say

With swipe cards, schools can keep track of when students get to school, when they leave, and if they're attending the classes they're supposed to

Digital Government

Backing up Linux

As Linux continues to gain momentum in the application server arena, so does the need for robust utilities such as backup programs.

Digital Government

An office in your pocket

Small computing made a big splash at the FOSE trade show in Washington, D.C., last week.

Digital Government

ADIC fuses disk and tape

One of the downsides of using storage devices that attach directly to a network is that the data typically resides on one of the most expensive types of storage media: magnetic disk.

Digital Government

NASIRE might hire a Washington representative

The organization says it wants someone to serve as a liaison to the federal government and to be its voice in the legislative process

Digital Government

Senate committee approves $1 billion in research grants

The bill dedicates money to reduce Internet access costs in rural areas and asks the National Academy of Sciences to study the impact of geography on Internet access

Digital Government

N.C. announces IT grants for schools

Schools can get up to $10,000 in matching grants to buy hardware to establish networking programs

Digital Government

Minnesota Y2K office wins award for cooperation

A state group honors the office's Year 2000 efforts, which among other things, involved creating public service announcements, brochures, Year 2000 readiness information for the Internet, and a help line

Digital Government

Study: West Coast in digital lead

Four of the top five cities with the most-connected households in the nation are located in the West: San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and Portland, Ore.

People

GovHost.com joins e-government craze

The company allows smaller governments to offer services including online bill payment, permit applications and e-mail notices

Digital Government

Alaska school libraries going online

The new WebCat program allows a library's entire holdings, including the reference desk, to be available on the Web

Digital Government

Arizona CIO resigns

John Kelly will begin work May 1 at Intel as the company's government affairs manager.

Digital Government

N.J. increases Internet security for state agencies

State will use PKI to protect the security of workers' compensation cases within the Department of Labor