Digital Government
Philly releases Wi-Fi RFP
Philadelphia issues a request for proposals for its widely reported Wi-Fi plan.
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RFI released for cross-agency security
The request for information identifies five network security areas that could benefit from a governmentwide approach.
Cybersecurity
Security forum members to meet in May
The Chief Information Security Officers Exchange has already started working to raise the federal government’s security grade.
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Suffolk sells land records access
Up-to-date documents will be available online for about $600 a month.
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OMB unleashes architecture plan
The federal enterprise architecture’s potential remains unrealized, OMB chief architect says in a new action plan.
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Topoff 3 readies for WMD
The latest terrorism response exercise in the Top Officials series will include participants from Canada and the United Kingdom.
Modernization
Davis to Treasury: Use Networx
The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee tells John Snow that the Treasury Department should put aside Treasury Communications Enterprise.
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State bureaucracy slows grants
Hiring freezes and problems with IT upgrades also created delays in spending federal bioterrorism funds awarded to states and municipalities, GAO says.
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Center creates archiving model
The Library of Congress will distribute a toolkit to help state and territorial officials preserve digital information.
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State IT to grow, Input says
Input predicts that state and local governments will spend $70 billion annually on information technology in 2010.
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Young sees more IT consolidation
Federal agencies still spend too much on back office systems, e-gov official Tim Young said.
Modernization
Controversial group: First responders need big bucks
A new advocacy group for first responders says the federal government is shortchanging them by $100 billion.
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Selling e-gov to agencies
Common e-government solutions must be cheaper than alternatives and easy to use, says the grants.gov program manager.
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NJ aims for voter system
Covansys will develop and implement a system that will standardize and centralize the NJ voter registration process.
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