Digital Government

How to Live With Standards (When You Can't Live Without Them)

Everybody loves standards. That is probably why there are so many of them. Aside from meeting the need for standards for the most minute bit of software, hardware, firmware and so on, human ingenuity has gone on to invent multiple standards for almost every last thing we do.

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Cross-Talk

Would-be fishermen who walk into the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for a license have been pleasantly surprised in recent months to find the lack of paperwork involved.

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Strength in Numbers

The Internet has long been billed as the great equalizer in business, whereby small microenterprises can go after customers and niche markets as well as any large corporation.

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Charge It

Despite the plethora of high-tech solutions for conducting electronic business, many state and local governments are finding that low-tech is the way to go ? as in plastic.

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Microsoft, Intel to Help Train 400,000 Teachers

Microsoft Corp. is donating $344 million worth of software to Intel Corp.'s Teach to the Future program, which is designed to train more than 400,000 classroom teachers to use technology.

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Massachusetts to Monitor Employees' Web Use

Massachusetts recently contracted with a company to provide agencies with the technology to monitor the Internet use of its employees.

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Nevada steps up e-government efforts

Gov. Guinn recently announced two initiatives to strengthen the online link between the state and its citizens

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Pa. Gov. Ridge proposes "tax-free PC" holiday

Ridge hopes the break will help more low-income families buy home computers

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Tucson seeks innovative tech proposals

City committee is looking for proposals that parlay grant money into long-term projects

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Congressmen introduce act to permanently ban Internet taxes

Goodlatte, Cox and Wyden join ever-increasing fray over what to do about online transactions

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Deal could help New York government databases

Metagon, UNIFIED partnership could help agencies still using older systems

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"Privacy," "private sector," are buzzwords of the future, officials say

Iowa and North Carolina officials tell forum attendees what future governments will need to be thinking about in order to go digital

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Governors continue to spar over Internet taxes

The issue of whether to tax e-commerce transactions continues to heat up, with more elected officials joining the fray

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Nebraska to talk technology education

Statewide conference will focus on how to better prepare children for workplaces of the future

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Va. official urges elimination of OSHA telecommuting regulation

A recent Labor Department advisory that would have held employers responsible for health and safety violations in employees' homes comes under fire.

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Wizard helps New Hampshire health care

Web site offers health care assistance to both state agencies and individuals.

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Palo Alto puts social services info in easy reach

City hopes program will make residents more aware of what's available

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Utah IT projects get nod from governor

Gov. Leavitt honors state technology programs that have improved the quality and efficiency of service to Utah citizens

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10 U.S. cities to share $1 million for efforts to bridge digital divide

3Com Corp. announces the winners in the first phase of its Urban Challenge program, awarding cities equipment and services to help bridge the digital divide

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Internet company donates services to displaced Seton Hall students

Students can hook into campus network from off campus