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NASIRE Retains Mid-Year Conference Model
The National Association of State Information Resource Executives will continue its conference format of gathering state chief information officers in the spring as well as in the fall for association meetings.
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South Carolina Awards DMV Contract
South Carolina's Department of Public Safety on April 22 awarded to CACI International Inc. a $25 million contract to overhaul the state's Division of Motor Vehicles operations and establish a World Wide Web presence for the state.
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San Bruno, Calif., Launches Web Site
Bearing the dubious distinction as the last city government in the San Francisco Bay area to go online, San Bruno, Calif., this week launched its World Wide Web site at (www.ci.sanbruno.ca.us). What the city lacks in timing it hopes to make up for in collaboration because all city departments will feed content to the site.
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Transportation of the Future Unveiled
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America wrapped up its annual exposition April 22, encouraging transportation officials to push for buyin from local government officials and local political leaders to create grassroots momentum for intelligent transportation systems (ITS).
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Oregon Offers Real-Time Bus Stop Data
Oregonians waiting at bus stops in Portland soon may be able to view realtime projections of bus arrival times under the state's intelligent transportation system (ITS) plan.
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Mid-Atlantic States to Offer Personalized Transit Data
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut unveiled at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America conference a regional effort to bring personalized travel data to public transit riders.
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High-tech classrooms need boost
Teachers and students told a congressional educational panel last week that great strides have been made toward integrating technology in the classroom, but more support from policymakers and teachers will be necessary to make American classrooms truly hightech.
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National Governors' Association Reports on E-Commerce
Looking to promote the growth of electronic commerce, 44 states have passed laws or regulations that support the use of electronic signatures in digital transactions, according to a study released today by the National Governors' Association.
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Tax Receipts Available on NYC Web Site
For citizens still miffed at having to file taxes this week, New York City's Independent Budget Office (IBO) is offering an itemized look based on dollars paid to the Internal Revenue Service at how federal income tax dollars are spent on government services.
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Austin, Texas, Launches Virtual Tour of New Airport
Austin, Texas, this week launched a virtual reality tour of its new airport, which is scheduled to open May 23. Travelers are encouraged to make their first visit to the AustinBergstrom International Airport via the World Wide Web at www.ci.austin.tx.us/newairport/vrt.htm.
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FCC urged to push 'user policies'
The Federal Communications Commission should not force schools and libraries to choose a particular type of technology to keep minors out of inappropriate Internet sites but should instead urge institutions to adopt user policies, according to U.S. Commerce Department officials.
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California Procurement Project on Hold
The California Statewide Procurement Network (CSPN), which would enable desktop comparison shopping for goods and services from suppliers' online catalogs, has been put on hold while the state assesses the priority of all missioncritical and Year 2000 project efforts.
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NACo, USCM Threaten to Enjoin E-Commerce Commission
The National Association of Counties and the U.S. Conference of Mayors have threatened to file a lawsuit to prevent the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce from holding its first meeting
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'Revolving Door' of State Contracting Officials Moving
A report on ethics and accountability in state contracting by the U.S. General Accounting Office found no direct link between state employees taking jobs with privatesector contractors often referred to as the revolving door and those same contractors winning state contracts.
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Municipal Webmasters Hash Out Problems at PTI Confab
Webmasters from across the country are discovering that politics not necessarily hardware, software or technical help rules in the uncharted world of building an electronic city hall.
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Cabletron Launches $100 Million Network Equipment Giveaway
Networking equipment Cabletron Systems Inc. is giving away an estimated $100 million grab bag of network equipment to organizations in the government, education and nonprofit communities who need just a few components to get their networks up and running.
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Connecticut Legislature Launches 'CSPAN' on the Web
Connecticut's General Assembly last week began providing coverage of the state's House and Senate proceedings over the Internet.
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A Lesson From the 'Goose Egg Five'
On Dec. 29, 1998, Oregon's Statewide Year 2000 Project Office took its first Year 2000 hit. It had nothing to do with a computer malfunction. It had everything to do with a communication malfunction. That day The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy article headlined 'Year 2000 Problem Is Bearin
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California: Leveraging Resources
Audit offices always have been operational islands, cut off geographically and culturally from other state field sites.
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