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Monday, January 27, 2003

The New York Times reports that crime is soaring in cyberspace.

The Utah Attorney General is defending Utah's new internet predator law.

Bill Gates is seeking cures for the world's ailments.

Simon Moores discusses information security in the eGov Monitor.

The recent Senate funding package includes $728,000 for the Intermountain Region Digital Image Archive and Processing Center at Utah State University and $291,300 for a wilderness mapping initiative.  According to Senator Bennett:

Currently no centralized Geologic Information System (GIS) database of wilderness inventories for the USFS or BLM exists. This program would involve the compilation, analysis and integration of GIS related information into a user-friendly package that could be accessed by public and private entities for the purposes of land use planning. The state of Utah will receive the funds from the BLM and distribute them to the appropriate counties in the state.


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A big attack on the internet (did it originate in Asia?), including damage to the Bank of America ATM network and security news over the weekend.  OASIS has formed a committee to develop a global technical framework for the searching and sharing of suspected criminal and terrorist evidence by law enforcement agencies.

From the press release:

"As the ability for criminals and terrorists to access technology increases, the challenge for law enforcement to detect, comply with legal process, and implement evidence discovery tools also grows," noted Anthony M. Rutkowski of VeriSign, chair of the OASIS LegalXML LI-XML Technical Committee. "Government agencies as well as providers of electronic communication services worldwide will benefit from uniform XML schema that facilitates fully electronic receipt, authentication, and implementation of lawful process."

I need to have our development team check out XMLBeans to see if it is something we want to use.

Ted Ritzer is regularly pointing out interesting stuff like SimHoustona suite of powerful Web-enabled office productivity tools available to all Houstonians for FREE.

Bill Gratsch discusses the potential for RSS and blogs in government.


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