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EDS' Newstrom takes HQ post Electronic Data Systems Corp. last week confirmed that George Newstrom, president of EDS' Government Industry Group, will leave his post to run the company's global government business from its Plano, Texas, headquarters. Newstrom will be succeeded by Bill Dvoranchik,
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Hollywood, Fla., gets new IT director
John Barletta , acting director of information technology for Broward County, Fla., will become Hollywood, Fla.'s new chief information and technology director Sept. 13.
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Armstrong moves to CIT post
Anne Armstrong, editorinchief of civic.com and Federal Computer Week, was named president and chief executive officer of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology at a press conference held Monday.
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National conference to address IT gaps
U.S. Commerce Department Secretary William Daley announced last week that he will convene a national conference this fall to address information technology gaps that exist across the nation.
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Maryland studies tech to childproof handguns
Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening met with members of his Task Force on Childproof Handguns last week and called on them to develop a strategic plan to ensure that all handguns sold in the state are childproof.
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Portable electronic book readers debut in Dayton
Portable electronic book readers will make their classroom debut next week at Resurrection Catholic School in Dayton, Ohio. A pilot program calls for electronic books to be used for every subject in a fourth grade classroom for a minimum of one grading period.
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Microsoft creates Classroom Teacher Network
Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday the creation of the Classroom Teacher Network (CTN), a free, online service that will provide teachers with access to professional development tools, including software tutorials, links to Web resources and online seminars.
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Arizona releases blueprint for e-government
Arizona Gov. Jane Dee Hull (R) and chief information officer John Kelly released the state's Strategic Plan for Information Technology last week, a blueprint for making Arizona government services more accessible to citizens.
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Wisconsin spreading word on Y2K
Wisconsin's Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) launched a marketing campaign to let the state's consumers know that their financial service providers are ready for the Year 2000 date change and are on the lookout for Year 2000 scams.
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Pennsylvania Finalizes Contract for Outsourcing Agency Data Centers
Pennsylvania finalized its strategic outsourcing contract with Unisys Corp. on Wednesday, agreeing to have the company consolidate up to 20 state agencies' data centers into a single centralized data center and provide management and operational support.
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Gila County, Ariz., Saves Time and Money With New Voice/Data Integration Tool
The Gila County, Ariz., Courthouse is using a new Cisco Systems Inc. router to help connect smaller departments throughout the region. The new network system is expected to save the county money by reducing longdistance telephone charges, while the enhanced videoconferencing made possible by the system will reduce the cost of transporting prisoners.
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Grants provide teachers with tech training
Vice President Al Gore announced Tuesday that 400,000 new teachers will receive training in using classroom technology through $135 million in new grants from the Department of Education, as well as $195 million from privatesector sources.
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DOD to States: Face Y2K on Your Own
The Defense Department, expected to be the federal agency to respond to potential crises brought about by the Year 2000 problem, this month said it does not plan to react to all requests for help from state and local civilian authorities.
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Hawaii's Taxation Department Signs 'Benefits-Funded' Contract to Smooth Tax Process
Hawaii's Department of Taxation signed a fiveyear, $50 million contract with American Management Systems Inc. to field an Integrated Tax Information Management System (ITIMS) to improve taxpayer service and collection efforts.
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Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Takes Fresh Approach to Procurement
Virginia's Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is testing the final phase of a electronic forms and signature system that streamlines the data collection and authentication process for purchase ordering.
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University of Texas at Arlington Students Must Be Computer Literate to Graduate
University of Texas at Arlington officials now require students to exhibit computer literacy in five distinct areas in order to graduate from the school.
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Annual report on state networks due
The National Association of State Telecommunications Directors will release its annual report on state networks next month.
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University of Utah Human Resources Team Streamlines Payroll Process
The University of Utah is about to begin its first full academic year with a new human resources/payroll solution that combines scanning terminals, the Internet and the school's intranet to streamline the employee timekeeping process.
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Bell Atlantic wins WASP 2 Bell Atlantic Federal last week announced that it won a $125 million, 10year contract to provide telecommunications services for the Justice Department in the Washington, D.C., area. Under the Washington Area Switch Program 2 (WASP 2), Bell Atlantic will provide nearly 32
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