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CD-ROM warns junior high kids about drugs
Under pressure to combat drug trafficking in the nation's heartland, Iowa has tapped a Fairfax, Va.based company to develop a CDROM to help educate seventh and eighthgraders in six Midwestern states about the harmful effects of illegal drugs.
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Governor declares GIS day in Kentucky
Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton last week signed a proclamation declaring Nov. 19 as Kentucky Geographic Information Systems Day, to coincide with the last day of national Geography Awareness Week.
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D.C. Mayor, FCC Chairman Help Open New Tech Center
Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams and Federal Communication Commission chairman William Kennard were on hand Monday at the grand opening of a computer training facility that will serve the nation's capital.
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N.C. Web Site Aids Floyd Cleanup
When Hurricane Floyd bore down on the North Carolina coast last month, Gov. James Hunt asked his information technology department to provide the state's citizens with a single Internet point of contact for information on the storm and its impact.
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Colorado Appoints Secretary of Technology
Colorado Gov. Bill Owens recently announced that Marc Holtzman would assume fulltime leadership of the Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT) as Secretary of Technology and relinquish his post as head of the state's International Trade Office.
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Tech Corps-DC has students manage school LAN
Tech CorpsDC, a technical support volunteer program, is unveiling an initiative that gives students at a Washington, D.C., high school the responsibility of managing and maintaining their school's localarea network.
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Iowa Internet strategy earns award
Vice President Al Gore bestowed Iowa with the Hammer award for its IOWAccess Internet strategy, which gives state residents greater access to information services and provides connections to federal, state and local governments.
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Virginia to outsource management of computers
Virginia last week became the first state to adopt a plan to outsource the management of desktop computers at all levels of government.
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WHAT'S THIS THING CALLED SEAT MANAGEMENT? After all the buzz surrounding the General Services Administration's Seat Management program, it's disheartening to realize how many people still have no idea what the concept of seat management is all about. In fact, Chris Wren, who runs GSA's program, sai
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Wireless Link Passes Test in Rural Virginia Rep. Rick Boucher (DVa.) last month helped unveil a wireless communications system in Blacksburg, Va., that reduces the costs involved in bringing broadband service the 'last mile' into rural homes and businesses. The Local Multipoint Distributed Service
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U.S. to push moratorium on global Internet tariffs
U.S. lawmakers said last week that they would push for a permanent moratorium on electronic commercerelated global Internet tariffs when the World Trade Organization meets next month in Seattle.
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LA names new leader for IT agency
The city of Los Angeles last week named Jesse Juarros as general manager of the Los Angeles Information Technology Agency. Juarros, promoted from assistant general manager, replaces John Whang, who recently left the agency to explore an opportunity in education, according to an agency spokeswoman.
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Colo. Police Department Installs Enhanced 911 Call Center
The Lakewood, Colo., Police Department has installed a new call monitoring system that automatically prioritizes calls and eliminates duplicates in its Enhanced 911 (E911) call center.
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Tauzin: E-Rate war of words
A congressional hearing on legislation that would restructure the Clinton administration's ERate program turned into a true war of words Thursday.
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NASPO Elects New President
The National Association of State Procurement Officials recently elected Jan Hamlik of Wisconsin's State Bureau of Procurement as incoming president for the 19992000.
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Groups Call for IT to Streamline Grants Programs
Congress should investigate the role of information technology as part of its effort to streamline federal grants programs, a representative of the National Conference of State Legislatures told a House panel Thursday.
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DOOR NO. 2. Believe it or not, it can be heartbreaking to read General Accounting Office protest decisions. Take the case of Integrated Support Systems Inc., which protested the award of the Commerce Department's Commerce Information Technology Services acquisition. On the day bids were due, the co
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LET'S PLAY FOLLOW THE EMAIL. A recent experience with the Air Force and General Services Administration may indicate that technology has become an integral part of the way government does business, but not much else has changed. When a reporter last week requested information on an Air Force contr
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Market Trends Automated Fingerprinting Comes of Age In Philadelphia, police officers no longer have to wait and wonder about the true identity of the person they've arrested. Using digital fingerprint systems, police can get an ID in just six minutes, so they can make speedy bookings and get back o
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