Movable Type Upgrades
Six Apart released Movable Type v. 2.661 this week as a stopgap to help administrators deal with comment flooding spam before they release comment registration in Movable Type 3.0.
View ArticleFree Software for Section 508 Compliance
The General Services Administration is now offering at their Section 508 site their free STEP508 software to help government agencies...
View ArticleNew Forums Based eDG Site
ITS has recently polled State agency developers for their ideas for a more collaborative eDG site that will better serve...
View ArticleOCLC Research Will Harvest DSpace Metadata
Craig Neilson and Ray Matthews recently returned from North Carolina to learn about using DSpace, ePrints, and LOCKSS-Docs for providing permanent public access to state publications. OCLC has...
View ArticleeDG Becomes a Community Site
The eDG Website is nearing another milestone. In a past meeting, we polled members to learn what improvements could make The eDG more useful. All present expressed interest in having a more...
View ArticleNominations Sought for 2004 Governor's Medal
Governor Olene Walker has announced that the Utah State Advisory Council on Science and Technology is accepting nominations for the 2004 annual Governor's Medal for Science and Technology Award. The...
View ArticleUtah 2004 CIO Awards
Gov. Olene Walker recently recognized the state's 2004 Governor's Chief Information Officer Award winners for outstanding accomplishments in e-government initiatives by state agencies, local...
View ArticleTough Choice: Apple Expo or Republican Gala
Forgoing watching Arnold at the RNC last night, I tuned in instead to the streaming video keynote from the Apple Expo 2004 in Paris. It was the first public demonstration of the Tiger OS and several...
View ArticleNew Utah State Archives Location
The Utah State Archives has moved to its newly completed building next to the Rio Grande. Dedication is planned for October in conjunction with Utah Archives Month.
View ArticleFederal Info Standards Under Review
A federal interagency committee on government information has drafted "Requirements for Enabling the Identification, Categorization, and Consistent Retrieval of Government Information." This document...
View ArticleLibrary of Congress Audio Archives Program
Michael Taft and Marcia Segal from the American Folk Life Center, Library of Congress will be in Utah on October 13, 2004 to discuss the The Save Our Sounds project and related digital issues. This...
View ArticleWasatch Front Webloggers to Meet
You may remember Gilbert Lee when he was a web designer for Utah.gov. He left us to design for Northrop Grumman and now has his own successful firm PlainSimple Design, LLC at www.plainsimple.org....
View ArticleWebcontent.gov Web Standards
FCW.com reports today that Webcontent.gov wil be unveiled on September 29. This site will help federal agencies put up more uniform content and adhere to laws and best practices for information...
View ArticleFed Trends in Restricting Information Access
Congress enacts open government legislation in three main areas: (1) laws that provide public access to federal records; (2) laws that allow the government to restrict public access to federal...
View ArticleBecome a Power News Consumer
Anyone can become a power news consumer by taking advantage of the wealth information being published via RSS newsfeeds. You just need to learn where to find the feeds and how to read them. Bloglines,...
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