Editorial
Electronic commerce in the federal government is accelerating.
@INFO.POLICY
It's hardly news that the Privacy Act of 1974 is out of date. The obsolescence of the federal government's basic fair information practices law was well-known as far back as the late 1970s.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
The evolution of the procurement system has generated good and bad news for small businesses. One bright spot in the picture is the new HUBZone program.
Legislatures debate merits of stoplight photos
Opinions about red-light camera technology vary widely, from opponents who think it smacks of police-state tactics to supporters who fear injury at intersections.
COMMUNICATIONS NEW PRODUCTS
Perle Systems Inc. has added to its Specialix XStream family the LANstream2000 and Jetstream4000 multifunction devices for serial and LAN networking.
COUNTY LINES
Check back, Jack. The Oakland County, Mich., Community Corrections Division recently began keeping tabs on its released pretrial defendants with a kiosk check-in system that the defendants pay to maintain.
TRANSPORTATION
PHOENIX'Maricopa County residents, transit authorities, police and firefighters'anyone with access to the Web, a radio, TV, airport, shopping mall or even a truck stop'can get where they're going quickly and with a minimum of stress.
Financial Management Software
That first soft rustle of papyrus so long ago'the sound of welcome to a new level of civilization'has crackled and roared into a din of information, consuming forests of paper and mountains of our time trying to manage it.
INTERNAUT
April's school tragedy in Littleton, Colo., has renewed pressure on schools and libraries to screen Web hate sites from their computers.
Science foundation publishes its findings on how to build an electronic government
New research models and strong links between research and practice are necessary to bring state and local governments where they want to be digitally, a recent report funded by the National Science Foundation said.
Sprint's Web conferencing service targets users with Java plug-ins
Sprint Corp. has launched a multimedia Web data conferencing service for up to 500 users who have Web browsers with Java plug-ins.
MULTIMEDIA PROJECTORS
Ultraportable multimedia projectors make the light dance across a big screen without weighing you down unnecessarily.
MapInfo and Oracle team up to offer GIS products via an Internet database
A corporate partnership promises to provide enterprisewide access to spatial data via the Web through geographic information system products that work with a relational Internet database.
California city dances to the tune of Linus, Samba
The city of Garden Grove, Calif., has a history of reinventing itself.
POWER USER
Can 1 million users be wrong?
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
Jefferson County, Ala., employees can enroll for benefits at the click of a mouse or touch of a phone pad.
Enterprise Vault organizes e-mail for retrieval
Compaq Computer Corp.'s Enterprise Vault repository weeds out aging Microsoft Outlook e-mails and archives them for Web-style search and retrieval via the AltaVista search engine.
Ease of use and quality of images were key factors in rating portable projectors
The GCN Lab invited vendors to participate in a roundup review of ultraportable multimedia projectors.
Cyber-Sign software package does biometric signature write
Given the right equipment, your personal signature can sign you onto a network.
ToughBook portables take a licking and keep on processing
People love sports utility vehicles and trucks, which today account for the majority of new vehicle sales. What are the SUV equivalents in the notebook computer market?
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