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.

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.

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.

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.