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Maryland Department Weathers Paper Storm
Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulations, which is responsible for issuing occupational licenses, was lost in a paper storm including a backlog of about 30,000 renewals, according to a department official. But that all changed after it took its renewal processes online.
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Half of nation's 911 centers are Y2K-ready
Only 50 percent of the nation's 911 centers are prepared to handle the millennium date change, according to the Clinton administration's final Year 2000 report released Wednesday.
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University Teams with NASA
The president of San Jose State University and the director of NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., last week signed a memorandum pairing the entities in future research and development, technology commercialization and education partnerships.
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North Dakota Installs PKI
North Dakota recently selected Entrust Technologies Inc. to provide a publickey infrastructure for state government operations to create a secure environment for its employees to access confidential information on North Dakota residents.
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Ezgov launches nationwide portal
Ezgov.com on Tuesday unveiled a nationwide World Wide Web portal that provides direct links to government services at the federal, state and local levels, including tax information, election data and applications that enable citizens to pay parking tickets and conduct other transactions online.
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Arkansas Medicaid Program Wins Vendor State's Quality Achievement Award
Officials from numerous state Medicaid agencies Tuesday warned members of a congressional panel that more funding and revamped technology are needed to combat the billions of dollars lost every year as a result of fraud.
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Michigan school pilots Ethernet network
The nearly 7,500 students in kindergarten through 12th grade in Michigan's Rockford public schools soon will be using a converged Ethernet network that supports voice, data and video services, as part of a pilot project unveiled Tuesday at Meadow Ridge elementary school.
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Va. Gov. Gilmore Holds First Technology Outreach Symposium
Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore is hosting the first of four Technology Outreach Symposiums on Tuesday at Virginia Commonwealth University. The symposium, Technology as a Tool to Empower Individuals and Communities, is a statewide effort to raise awareness on the impact technology is having on the commonwealth's economy and educational institutions.
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Education, industry team up vs. digital divide
The Education Department on Monday joined partners from numerous nonprofit organizations and businesses, including America Online, in launching a new multimilliondollar initiative to provide less fortunate children access to information technology, and guidance on how to use it, in an effort to bridge the 'digital divide.'
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New York Education Officials Seek $12 Million for Virtual Library
New Yorkers listed a statewide electronic library card as one of their top priorities in a recent survey by the Regents Commission on Library Services, and the state's education officials took steps last week to give Big Apple residents what they want.
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New Mexico Internet Law Overturned
A New Mexico law that made it illegal to use the Internet to send sexually explicit material to juveniles was overturned last week.
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Arizona's New Remote-Controlled Traffic Lights Debut at NASCAR Event
For the first time, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is using portable, batteryoperated and remotecontrolled traffic signals to help manage the approximately 200,000 spectators expected over the weekend for NASCAR races.
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Arkansas Medicaid Program Wins Vendor State's Quality Achievement Award
Electronic Data Systems Corp., which supports the Arkansas Medicaid program, has earned the Arkansas Quality Achievement Award, an honor acknowledging the company's strategic planning, market knowledge and process management.
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Rhode Island Conducts Internet Learning Day
Bell Atlantic joined Bryant College, the Urban League of Rhode Island and the Women's Center of Rhode Island in cosponsoring a free, Internet Learning Day, part of Bell Atlantic's initiative aimed at residents in communities who do not have regular access to Internet training.
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Illinois to Post Sex Offender List on the Internet
The Illinois State Police soon will post a list of all known sex offenders in the state on its World Wide Web site. The list, which will include offenders' names, dates of birth, addresses and whether their victims were younger than 18 years old, is scheduled to be up by Nov. 15.
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Wisconsin Lands $1.12 Million Federal Grant to Prepare Students for IT Jobs
The U.S. Labor Department has awarded Wisconsin a $1.12 million grant to continue a program that helps prepare students for careers in technology and other fields.
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ISP Delays Debut of Advanced Videoconferencing Network in Central New York
The Syracuse MetroNet, an advanced videoconferencing network developed by the Community and Information Technology Institute at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, was scheduled to begin a host of pilot projects last month, but complications with the Internet service provider scheduled to support the test beds have postponed the project's launch.
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Election Day goes online with VoteHere.net
Election Day went online Tuesday when VoteHere.net provided the software and technical expertise to manage elections simultaneously in two states.
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Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., to Offer State's First Large-Scale Distance Learning Program
Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., will use a multimedia solution to broadcast voice and video to four college locations and numerous offcampus sites throughout the state.
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