Dallas-Fort
Worth Uses Technology
to Link Waiting Kids with
Adoptive Parents
 Public
servants and their partners in Dallas-Fort Worth -- in an effort
to reform the adoption system for waiting foster children --
created and placed "electronic adoption kiosks" in the lobbies
of two federal buildings. Telephone calls to public adoption
agencies increased from 20 a month to more than a hundred an
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Pay
DOT Fees Online
 The
Department of Transportation's new "Do It Yourself" site allows
customers to pay fees for registrations, pipeline assessments,
certificate payments, training, and many other services DOT
offers. Customers fill out forms and pay by credit card -- all
online. |
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 Safe
Online Shopping
Working
from a "war room," Consumer Product Safety Commission investigators
surf commercial sites and news groups to find recalled, illegal,
and potentially dangerous products that are being sold on
the Internet, reports The Washington Post's Consummate Consumer
Don Oldenburg.
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Furniture
for Government Online
 Many
government agencies and contractors buy furniture and other
products from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. They save time,
save money, and reduce paperwork by shopping from UNICOR's Electronic
Catalog. |
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In This Issue
Adoption
Technology
DOT
Fees Online
Safe
Online Shopping
Furniture
for Government Online
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