Digital Government

Clinton Budget Puts IT to Work in Local Communities

President Clinton's proposed budget for fiscal 2001 earmarks $175 million for technology to help state and local governments improve the quality of life in their communities.

Digital Government

Connecticut following every dollar

New Web site enables people to track how the state uses money it borrows through bonds

Digital Government

DOJ gives go-ahead to Arizona online voting

DOJ warned that the state could still be open to lawsuits if the Internet-based polling stations make it more difficult for minorities to vote

Digital Government

Chicago office bridges the other 'digital divide'

Sometimes it's not a matter of getting to the Internet, it's knowing what to do once you get there, officials say

Digital Government

Study finds Florida should hone IT use

An IT task force suggests the state survey residents to find better ways to serve them using technology

Digital Government

E-forms come to Mardi Gras

Mobile, Ala.'s online form saves street vendors a trip to City Hall to get a license

Digital Government

Virginia DMV site attacked

An Internet-based attack forced the DMV to take down its Web site for 45 minutes

Digital Government

Illinois police seek high-tech horizon

Departments charged with finding a way to work the latest technologies into their crime-fighting efforts

Digital Government

Clinton budget puts IT to work in local communities

Fiscal 2001 budget proposal earmarks $175 million for technology to help state and local governments improve life in their communities

Digital Government

Hoosiers have say in Web site design

The state is revamping Access Indiana to make it easier for people to locate information and a growing roster of online services

Digital Government

Puerto Rico Web war resumes this week

The Commonwealth Electoral Commission is expected to hear a complaint that asserts that the government Web site violates electoral law

Digital Government

Ohio County Selects IBM for Wireless Police Network

Hamilton County, Ohio, recently tapped IBM Corp. to develop an application by which police officers will be able to file reports from the field, rather than sitting at their desks for hours a day doing paperwork.

Digital Government

Weathering Y2K Backlash

For the past two years or more, everyone associated with information technology has focused their energies on fixing the Year 2000 computer bug. At the end of it all, Jan. 1, 2000, came and went quietly, so we can put the problem behind us. Or so you would think.

Digital Government

Virginia Rule Making Hits the Internet

Virginia is turning to the Internet to get the public more involved in the commonwealth's rule-making process and to shorten the time it takes to put proposed regulations into law.

Digital Government

Web Start-Up Builds Tax Lien Auction Site

A dot-com start-up has developed an Internet-based initiative to help cities get better deals when selling off tax liens by making it easier for investors nationwide to participate in the auction.

Acquisition

N.Y. Takes New Tack on PC Procurement

As part of a new statewide PC procurement, New York has decided to get out of the business of trying to maintain listings for constantly changing PC prices and technologies.

Digital Government

Tucson seeks innovative tech proposals

City committee is looking for proposals that parlay grant money into long-term projects

Digital Government

Task force casts vote against online elections

Too many issues ? from computer viruses to security ? make e-voting too risky, they say

Digital Government

Bloomington plans high-tech incubator

City hopes technology will bloom where traditional industry has languished.

Digital Government

Palo Alto puts social services info in easy reach

City hopes program will make residents more aware of what's available