Give the people what they want- February 24, 2004 I've mentioned in the past the number of people Googling to the site to find information about felony offender registries and the official Tennesse (a misspelling of Tennessee) state site. Since then, the new common search is for the Tennesse...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000140.php Search Interoperability Standards- February 24, 2004 The E-Government Act of 2002 calls for the U.S. Federal Government to enhance interoperability by adopting a common search standard. The Categorization of Government Information Workgroup has just finished the second version of their Statement of Requirements for Search Interoperability...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000139.php Do Not Call List upheld- February 19, 2004 The on again, off again Federal Do Not Cal List is now officially, and permanently, on again. Earlier this week a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FTC and FCC's registry does not violate the telephone solicitors First...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000138.php Felony offender registries- February 10, 2004 Someone came to the site looking for a Felony Offender registry. As far as I can tell the only state that has an online registry of felony offender is Tennessee. Here are two lists of links to official Megan's Law...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000135.php Excellence.Gov &8220;Top 5&8221; Award Winners- February 10, 2004 "The Industry Advisory Council&8217;s (IAC) eGov Shared Interest Group (SIG) and the Federal CIO Council, in partnership with E-Gov, today announced the Federal agency programs selected as the &8220;Top 5&8221; within the Excellence.gov awards program. These prestigious programs were selected...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000134.php Michigan Primary eVoting Test- February 10, 2004 Over the weekend the democratic party in Michigan used an eVoting system for its primary. According to their reports, things went off without a hitch. In response to reports (reported here below), about the Pentagon scrapping their eVoting initiative, a...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000133.php Federal eGov fund $92 million short- February 6, 2004 The 2005 U.S. federal budget includes just $5 million for the eGov fund. The amount requested for the year was $45 million. Last year the fund received just $3 million, which means over the last two years just $8 of...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000132.php Military eVoting Pilot Postponed- February 6, 2004 An eVoting pilot that would allow miltary staff stationed overseas to cast their ballots electronically has been postoned. The pilot program was scraped due to security concerns - concerns not just about the pilot, but the security of the Internet...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000131.php Eh, Guv'nor- February 4, 2004 The National Governors Association has created an archive of historical information about state governor's going back to colonial times. Or at least it will. Currently the archive contains information on all current governors and historical data on governors from Alabama...http://egov.cathexes.net/archives/000130.php |