The site can also send the information to media outlets and other states. The department has also purchased field-reporting software and plans to outfit patrol cars with mobile data computers in the future. The state will allow residents to renew their driver's licenses via the Internet by the end of the year. The groundwork is mostly complete for using the Net to renew drivers' licenses, and the state plans to make all 733 of its licenses and permits renewable online. At the career centers, former inmates and those on probation can research jobs and search for openings on Internet-ready computers.
Computers allow users to write resumes and cover letters.
Florida The Internet gateway to Broward County's Web site went offline from Dec. 31 to Jan. 2, and the Florida Department of Corporations restricted access to its site over New Year's weekend due to risk from computer viruses and malicious activity. The Department of Administrative Services' Rapid Copy Services now has a Web site that allows state agencies, departments, colleges and universities under the Board of Regents and local governments to submit orders and check the status of their orders online. Hawaii The state plans to have an enterprise-wide government portal launched by early spring. The Access Hawaii portal is being developed by a private company. The Gates Library Initiative was scheduled to begin working with Idaho public libraries in January to bring access to computers, the Internet and digital information to patrons in low-income communities through local public libraries.