The Center for Digital Government and Government Technology announced their 2002 Digital Legislatures Awards. The top honor went to the Arizona State Legislature web site.
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Daily Archives: September 14, 2002
California Assembly Kills Financial Privacy Bill
The California Senate, in a 25-13 vote on August 31, 2002, killed the Financial Information Privacy Act (SB 773), “which would require a financial institution, as defined, to provide a specified written form to a consumer relative to the sharing of the consumer’s confidential consumer before the financial institution could share the confidential consumer information… Continue Reading
California State Prisoners and the Internet
A U.S. District Judge ruled that the California Department of Corrections must allow prisoners, who have no Internet access, to receive printed copies of documents and materials obtained through the Web. Continue Reading
Making a Case for Local E-Government
This report provides a New York state perspective on the value of e-government initiatives and examples of successful programs. Continue Reading
South Dakota Makes All Forms Available Online
Via the new South Dakota Service Direct Portal, the state has made available over 1,100 forms, by service or category. Users may search for forms and download them, or fill them out online and submit them electronically. Continue Reading
State Department Web Site Links to Republican National Committee
The State Department web site had apparently been providing a link to the Republican National Committee web site, in violation of federal laws prohibiting the use of government resources to promote partisan causes. According to an article in the New York Times, the link was removed on September 12. Continue Reading
