GIS keeps watch on city trees
People need trees'for oxygen, shade and enjoyment'more than trees need people. And at least 30 city governments throughout the United States are using geographic information systems to keep track of their trees.
COUNTY LINES
Michigan's Genesee County has automated its deeds, mortgages and tax lien records managed by the Register of Deeds, as well as the birth, marriage and death records administered by the county clerk.
TRAC bill is dead in the water, Davis says
MAY 10—A bill aimed at stymieing federal outsourcing stands no chance of surviving a subcommittee review, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) said today.
Demand for IT high despite slow economy
State and local government officials at this year's State of the States briefing in Falls Church, Va., were surprisingly bullish on information technology, given the gloom and doom sentiments hanging over the nation's economy.
CIO steps up to plate for e-gov
As a youngster, North Carolina chief information officer Ronald P. Hawley planned a career in Major League Baseball. But fate had other designs.
Legacy-to-Web tools put your data in place
Migrating legacy systems to the Web can be like transplanting a tree. Only when you try it do you find out how deep and in how many directions the roots run.
Vendor bets on its firewall
Complete invulnerability to hackers and viruses seems problematic, but Security Systems Pty. Ltd. of Perth, Australia, has entered the firewall market with a hardware product it guarantees to be 100 percent impenetrable.
INTERNAUT
I've noticed some trends recently that have the potential to spark big changes in agencies' information technology practices:
CIO OUTLOOK
Since South Dakota enacted the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (UETA) early last year, my agency has been drafting administrative rules for the state's use of electronic signatures. Our goal is to establish for electronic documents the legal equivalence of paper ones with pen-and-ink signatures. This would remove barriers to electronic commerce.
States, cities test Web advertising waters
Advertising on state and local Web sites is catching on'but quite slowly.
Webcams bring elephant seals to you
A crowd of sleepy bodies basks on a California beach. One of the sunbathers kicks sand onto a smaller male, who grunts and turns over. Gulls squawk overhead.
EDITORIAL
I once worked for an old-fashioned but successful publisher who loved the saying, 'Nothing happens until someone sells something.' To sell something, his argument continued, you have to advertise it.
Systat lets users draw on SAS app
Systat 10, a new re-lease of the scientific desktop application from SPSS Inc. of Chicago, has a GraphExpress mode to draw graphs within SAS 8 for Microsoft Windows statistical software from SAS Institute Inc. of Cary, N.C.
POWER USER
How often have you resorted to opening two small windows to copy data between a form or a Web page and a desktop application?
Wisconsin systems come in late, over budget
Six of seven major information technology projects in Wisconsin are over budget, behind schedule or faulty, according to a review by the state Legislative Audit Bureau.
Many states go online with income tax filing
Last month's issue of GCN/State & Local reported that nine states offer residents direct Internet personal income tax filing, according to information provided by the IRS and state officials.
Web site links state residents to jobs data
One of North Carolina's most visited Web sites is its jobs page, at <a href="http://www.ncgov.com/asp/subpages/intention.asp?P=2&I=13">www.ncgov.com/asp/subpages/intention.asp?P=2&I=13</a>.
Biometric devices improve but still need more work
Call me paranoid, but I'm in good company.
First Alert
Foot-and-mouth disease. West Nile virus. Legionnaires' disease. Words that put public health officials on the alert.
Taking apps online? Here are four ways to get there
There is more than one way to extend access to applications over Internet or intranet connections.
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