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New NTIA Director Focused on 'Digital Divide'
Ensuring that all Americans have equal access to information technology tops the agenda of the new administrator for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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Info superhighway to dictate which cities thrive
Like the railroad and the interstate, the information superhighway is going to dictate which cities thrive in the future, city officials attending the 1999 Congress of Cities and Exposition were told Wednesday.
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Indiana Lays Out Money for Richmond High-Tech Market
Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon (D) last week allocated $153,000 from the state's Strategic Development Fund to help bring highpaying, hightechnology jobs to the city of Richmond's telecommunications and technology zone.
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Virginia Puts 'Most Wanted' Online
As part of an online national effort to capture elusive criminals, the Virginia Department of Corrections last week placed photos of 16 of its mostwanted parole fugitives in a document available for download from its World Wide Web site, with a brief synopsis of the individuals accompanying mug shots.
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Clinton Calls for More E-Transactions
Monday, President Clinton called on the federal government to facilitate the growth of electronic transactions by identifying outdated legislation impeding electronic commerce, and invited state and local representatives to help find and revise such laws and regulations.
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Companies Test Online Voting
Two Internet companies are conducting the first national presidential primary to enable all eligible U.S. voters to register online and then vote during a sixday period beginning Dec. 3.
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Loislaw.com Expands its State Offerings
Loislaw.com, an Internet provider of primary legal research, recently expanded its offering to include case law and statutes databases from five more states, now including a total of 45 states and Washington, D.C.
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Virginia to Host National Y2K Summit
Virginia's Century Date Change Initiative (CDCI) project will host a national summit Dec. 57 on innovative business practices that emerged from efforts to fight the Year 2000 computer date glitch.
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Philadelphia Feels Sting of Y2K Bug
About 500 Philadelphia residents recently received notices for jury duty that would have been better suited for their ancestors. The requests asked them to serve in 1900, an error caused by a Year 2000 glitch in the city court computers.
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Puerto Rico's PRStar.Net Project Connects Agencies
Puerto Rico's PRStar.Net project, a network that will connect the entire island, is being used by nearly all of the 140 government agencies. Every agency will be online by Dec. 15, accordinng to an official at the Office of Management and Budget.
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Camera Trained on Kentucky Development
In Lexington, Ky., residents have the opportunity to keep an eye on a highly awaited construction project without leaving their homes.
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HomeworkNOW.com puts coursework online
Schoolteachers in more than 275 schools nationwide are posting their classroom assignments online using HomeworkNOW.com, a free World Wide Web service that enables educators to update coursework on a daily or weekly basis.
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Pennsylvania Launches Statewide Microsoft Certification Program
Pennsylvania is launching a statewide initiative to certify about 20,000 students and 1,000 teachers through the Microsoft Office User Specialist program.
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N.D. Governor Asks for Help Attracting Tech Firms
North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer recently asked a privatesector advisory committee to recommend tax, investment and public policy ideas to encourage hightech investment in the state.
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Kentucky Offers Statewide Virtual High School
Starting in January, the Kentucky Virtual High School will become the country's first statewide program offering online high school courses and will include advanced offerings in foreign languages, math and science.
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Bill Streamlines Food Stamp Transactions
The U.S. Senate has approved a bill establishing national electronic transaction standards for food stamp benefits.
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West Virginia Gov. To Address Technology Council
West Virginia Gov. Cecil Underwood is scheduled to give the keynote address during the Science and Technology Advisory Council's second annual Mountain State on the Move conference on Tuesday at the Federal Energy Technology Center in Morgantown.
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New York to Bolster High-Tech Initiatives
New York Gov. George Pataki gave high tech a shot in the arm recently by signing into law J2K," a $522 million economic development program that benefits technology research and capital investment in business growth.
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Cities offered tips on Y2K preparedness
Global Action Plan (GAP), a nonprofit environmental education organization, is offering 125,000 brochures on basic Year 2000 preparedness for free to municipalities and civic organizations.
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