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Massachusetts awards statewide telecommunications contract
Agencies and institutions all over the state will be able to tap into $9 million network
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Alaska: Web puts kibosh on print
Governor proposes that official notices be posted exclusively online
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State of the States: IT taking bigger role in classrooms
Nationwide efforts to bring schools into the Information Age are gaining momentum, with governors pledging to bring computers to more classrooms this year and to ensure that students and teachers know how to use them.
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Seattle forum seeks measures of technology-healthy city
Seattle will hold a public forum Feb. 5 to help find ways of measuring its future information technology needs, hoping to close any existing "digital divide" and promote sustainable economic development.
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State of the States: E-Gov takes center stage
Information technology took its place along side such political staples as crime
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Colorado online campus achieves record enrollment
Money for school technology would double, community centers could tap into federal technology discounts and a national corps of volunteers would fight the "digital divide" under a plan announced Monday by a Maryland senator.
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Innovative IT projects reap honors
Some of government's best technology innovations got kudos Monday from the National League of Cities' technology division.
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Senator introduces plans for National Digital Empowerment Act
Money for school technology would double, community centers could tap into federal technology discounts and a national corps of volunteers would fight the "digital divide" under a plan announced Monday by a Maryland senator.
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Puerto Rico Web Site Clears Paperwork Hurdle
Puerto Rico's government World Wide Web site is up and running again, after a dispute with the State Election Commission shut down the site for the first three weeks of the year.
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Florida Gov. Bush unveils state's first e-budget
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's budget for fiscal 2000-2001 is the state's first ever in a World Wide Web-based, fully searchable format. The goal of the electronic budget is to give Florida residents greater access to the budget so they can see where every tax dollar is going, Bush said of his $49.8 billion plan.
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Power panel discusses ins and outs of e-elections
That's what a panel of skeptical academics, cheerleading industry leaders and enthusiastic elected officials agreed on when they met Jan. 20 at The Brookings Institution to discuss the issues involved with casting election ballots online.
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North Dakota students to go online to discuss governor's speech
North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer is asking high school students to react to his upcoming State of the State address through a special e-mail account. He'll visit classrooms that offer the best ideas for North Dakota's future.
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Ohio Gov. Announces Creation of E-Commerce Council
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft announced Wednesday the creation of a Governor's Council on Electronic Commerce to provide leadership for establishing e-commerce throughout state government.
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Microsoft, Intel Donation to Help Train 400,000 Teachers
Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday that it will donate $344 million in software to Intel Corp.'s Teach to the Future program, which is designed to train more than 400,000 classroom teachers to use technology to improve teaching and learning.
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California Latest State to Offer Online Registrations
California announced this week that this spring it will join states including Arizona, Arkansas, Virginia and Louisiana in allowing people to register vehicles online.
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Bank's Online Auction Format Being Reviewed by Treasury
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency at the U.S. Treasury is seeking comments on whether a Pennsylvania statute regulating auctioneers applies to a national bank that uses an online auction format to market and sell certificates of deposit.
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North Dakota IT Department Moving Problem Tracking Software Online
North Dakota's Information Technology Department is preparing to track the state's software problems on the World Wide Web, a move that will enable customers to keep an eye on glitches to make sure they're fixed.
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Virginia DMV First in Nation to Offer Online License Renewals
Virginia drivers with a clean record and Internet access can now renew their licenses without having to visit a customer service center.
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Federal Grants Available to Improve In-school Communications
Schools and libraries nationwide can apply for federal E-rate grants to install communications systems that deliver phone service via existing local-area networks, allowing administrators and parents to have direct telephone contact with teachers in the classroom.
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