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This
Is NOT Your Father's 4-H Club
 The
Department of Agriculture's 4-H program is embracing technology
at full speed on the rural information superhighway. And an
intergenerational partnership -- Teens Teaching Seniors --
brings 4-H teenagers and senior citizens together for fun
and funny tutorials on how-to-surf-the-net.
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Youth
Violence Prevention
 With
the homicide rate for youth under the age of 19 averaging
9 deaths a day, the Centers for Disease Control's National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control announces the release
of the new 216-page publication, Best Practices of Youth
Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action.
You may order the book or download it.
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Buyers.gov
Has Procurement
Tools To Save Agencies Money
 The
first auction under the General Services Administration's Buyers.gov
program saved its government customer -- the Defense Finance
and Accounting Agency -- $2 million. This site has tools to
help agencies buy what they need at the best price -- private
reverse auctions, volume aggregated purchasing (called eFAST),
and Quick Quotes. If you buy for the government, or sell to
the government, take a look. |
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United
Kingdom Online
 E-Gov
is taking off in the UK. "There is one economy, all of it
being transformed by information technology," said Prime Minister
Tony Blair at the recent launch of UK Online.
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