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Two superpowers grapple with IT issues
CIOs in Japan and U.S. deal with access, info-sharing and training issues
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E-voting goes (mostly) smoothly, but suspicions, critics remain
E-voting machines seemed to work well for the most part. But some problems were reported.
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Making Web data permanent
Uniform Resource Names can help users find government data no matter where it's moved online, a group says.
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Ill. homeland security group includes local execs
The Elected Officials Working Group for Homeland Security will serve as the primary link between the officials on the Illinois Terrorism Task Force and cities and towns.
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Some e-voting problems seen
New electronic voting machines appear to operate smoothly with the exception of a few glitches.
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Standardizing terror data
Officials to assign stewardship over a core set of Extensible Markup Language standards.
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E-voting smooth in Md.
Officials say except for a few hiccups, electronic voting machines seem to be working well in Maryland.
Digital Government
Group pushes informed travel
An advocacy group is pushing for a national automobile tracking system.
Modernization
Cross-Atlantic data sharing?
The U.K. and U.S. may agree to improve the sharing of technical info on communications.
Digital Government
Researchers to study international IT innovation
The University of Albany's Center for Technology in Government is expanding its research to international governance with a new grant from the National Science Foundation.
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CDC site tracks flu vaccine
State officials can use the secure Web site to follow flu vaccine shipments.
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First responder XML
Officials hope Emergency Data Exchange Language can help overcome incompatibilities among emergency response agencies' systems.
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Voting vendors submit code to NIST
Four companies that develop electronic voting machines have submitted copies of their software to the National Software Reference Library.
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Va. re-examines IT policy
The governance process that officials have been putting in place focuses on mission, strategy and value, and that requires sharing resources and services like never before, Virginia's CIO said.
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Judge dismisses Fla. e-voting suit
Judge James Cohn ruled that the federal court cannot mandate the implementation of e-voting systems that have paper trails.
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CIO Council posts application info
A solutions exchange on the council's site has descriptions of IT tools and best practices.
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Warner outlines Virginia communications plan
The proposal for interoperability sets out four high-level goals with corresponding initiatives and performance measures
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GAO suggests homeland security regional planning
Homeland security organizations should have representatives from all districts and disciplines within their regions, GAO found.
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