Digital Government
The Mass. appeal of digital certificates
In the eyes of many public information technology officials, electronic commerce still falls into the category of 'any day now' technology.
Digital Government
Autodesk Provides Raster, Vector Mapping for the Web
State and local government agencies looking to use the Internet for sharing maps and maprelated data might take a look at Autodesk Inc.'s MapGuide Release 3.0, which hits the market this month. Release 3.0 includes a suite of tools that allow users to build and deploy a raster or vector mapdriven
Digital Government
Guarding the Data Gates With Biometrics
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the state, wrote Cardinal de Richelieu in 1641.
Digital Government
Technology Is Tough Sell for State Budget Surpluses
Colorado's Andre Pettigrew calls 1997 a year of lost opportunities for state information technology investments. As executive director of the state's Personnel and General Support Services Department, Pettigrew watched in dismay as the state government returned $139 million in excess state funds to
Modernization
The FCC: No Friend of Local Government
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 promised a new era of advanced communications services universally available at affordable prices all provided by carriers operating in a competitive environment.
Digital Government
Oregon County Clicks With Objects-Based GIS
Since their inception, geographic information systems have often sat on the periphery of traditional systems development.
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We look at three GIS packages designed with state and local users in mind
Most of the time you get what you pay for. And if somebody offers you something for free you have to figure that's probably just about what it's worth.
Digital Government
Is Your Intranet a Trojan Horse?
Intranets promise to bring elite applications to users more easily than traditional network systems.
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Indiana WIC Awards $3.5 million contract
Indiana WIC Awards $3.5 million contract
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Va. Sheriff's Office Posts Electronic Neighborhood Watch
Va. Sheriff's Office Posts Electronic Neighborhood Watch
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Bell Atlantic and Cabletron Sign Internet Pact With N.H. Schools
The New Hampshire governor's office and Education Department recently announced a $5 million pact with Bell Atlantic and Cabletron
Digital Government
Pentium Upgrades: When Do They Make Sense?
Your agency probably has many older Pentium PCs bought two or three years ago when they were the fastest systems around. Now however these PCs are finding it difficult to handle today's complex Webbased and multimedia applications.
Digital Government
Technology, Reviews and Business
During investigations police officers are likely to share information only sporadically with other jurisdictions.
Digital Government
Intergovernmental Service Protocols
Despite its harm to individual computer systems the Year 2000 date change crisis could reveal some even uglier side effects
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Minnesota Data Warehouse Furnishes Data on Demand
Imagine being in an industry in which you are a provider of services to 900 000 separate accounts.
Digital Government
Missouri Fast-Tracks Rural Networks
There has been much discussion in the past two years over who can and cannot afford access to the wonders of the World Wide Web but officials in Missouri are focusing on 'havenots' of a different breed:
Digital Government
Building Year 2000 Interfaces
You've educated your managers, drawn up your methodology.
Digital Government
Federal Program Designed to 'Nudge' GIS Development
Perhaps nowhere in the United States is there more of a need for consistent land mapping than in Alaska which is twice the size of Texas and is inhabited by an average of one person per square mile.
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