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Disaster recovery back in spotlight

New Mexico engineers a statewide initiative to test its plans for recovering technology infrastructure when disaster strikes

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Vast county centralizes online

Nye County, Nev., standardizes its business systems around online solutions to provide better service

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Indiana broadens online payments

All of the state's agencies can accept online electronic payments for services through the state's official site

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New Mexico ponders smart licenses

New Mexico is investigating the use of smart cards as the basis for its state driver's licenses

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Grants to bolster GIS, homeland

ESRI sets up $2.3 million grant program for small-city geographic information system initiatives

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Tech revs up ambulance services

South Dakota equips services with computers and software that enable communication, training and filing online

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Tenn. recruits teachers online

State teamed with Teachers-Teachers.com to provide its school systems access to resume database

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New Mexico ponders smart license

A smart card-based driver's license could also be used as a credit card and for other applications

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Tools of the trade

Examples of the kinds of tools the Pacific Disaster Center developed to help emergency managers

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Pa. outsources Medicaid payments

The state turned to EDS' online payment processing system

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The eye of the storm

Maui-based center shows one approach to information sharing and disaster response

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Army tests base security app

Riders in L.A. County will use smart fare cards on buses, subways and light rail.

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Breaking the tether

Wireless local-area networks could reduce costs, cut ties to the desktop

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A voice from the near future

VoiceXML makes the Internet accessible when a PC is not an option

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Data analysis: Picture this

As online data mushrooms, visualization may help make sense of it all

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County records forms online

Arizona county uses an imaging system to transfer information from online forms directly into a database

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Who cares about e-government?

It's business leaders, not citizens, who are clamoring for online services

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Portland, Ore.: Seeking common ground

The city government is set up in silos, and its Web site has followed the same pattern

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Manchester, N.H.: Help from the outside

Local business group seeds city's efforts to upgrade its Web site

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E-gov misses local connection

Strapped budgets and harried staff leave many governments with a muddled e-gov offering