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.
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Book offers justice integration tips
The guidebook aims to help government officials raise political support and money to integrate their justice systems
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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
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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
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Indiana creates $1 million fund for high-tech training
The grants are in response to a growing need by companies for skilled technology workers
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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
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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.
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An office in your pocket
Small computing made a big splash at the FOSE trade show in Washington, D.C., last week.
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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.
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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
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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
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N.C. announces IT grants for schools
Schools can get up to $10,000 in matching grants to buy hardware to establish networking programs
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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
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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.
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GovHost.com joins e-government craze
The company allows smaller governments to offer services including online bill payment, permit applications and e-mail notices
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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
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Arizona CIO resigns
John Kelly will begin work May 1 at Intel as the company's government affairs manager.
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