What's Inside

OPINION

• Winners and losers in the changing government game.

HYPERTEXT

• Our a la carte menu of hot news, predictions and amusements.

INSIDE WASHINGTON

• A new White House policy is expected to accelerate the growth of online commerce.

• High-tech companies join to create an intelligence center for information on hacker attacks.

TECH BUSINESS

• Unisys breaks the mold with its new online, one-stop shopping forum for open-market government buyers.

• CDSI launches its new strategy for growth with a recent acquisition.

• WALL STREET REVIEW

• The British Standards Institute increases its presence in the United States.

• CHANNEL NEWS

• INTERNET 201
  A free program can test your PC for year 2000 compliance.

• CONTRACTS

• INFOTECH and THE LAW
  High-tech start-ups should remember an important strategy for receiving financing from an investor - protect your intellectual property.

• Biometrics companies see the next big market in state and local governments as welfare fraud prevention.

• Several state government computer networks that will be used to track down deadbeat parents are behind schedule and over budget.

• New Jersey gets a $14.6 million loan from the AFL-CIO to build a facility to support emerging technology companies.

• High-tech executives press Virginia's gubernatorial candidates to boost spending on education and transportation.

• Digex gets swallowed up by a telecom giant.

• The latest venture capital survey shows that Internet and infotech companies still have what it takes to get VC funding.

• CALENDAR

CORRECTION
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