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Boston to integrate health data

The city chooses TekInsight.com to create a Web-enabled system that will enable employees to tap information from about 30 health programs

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NIST guides civilian infosec buys

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its final guidelines on civilian agency procurement of information security products

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Commerce mulls share-in-savings

The Commerce Department is considering a shareinsavings approach to consolidate its multiple data centers without having to provide any upfront funding.

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The fiction of a 23% decline

The plural of anecdote, social scientists are fond of saying, is data.

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Government invests in security

DARPA has awarded an $11 million grant to Network Associates Inc. to develop technologies for information system security

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E-procurement hub connects gov buyers

PartnershipAmerica.com was recently launched to connect government technology buyers on the federal, state and local levels with solutions providers in the private sector.

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Service agreements smooth San Diego outsourcing effort

If there's one lesson that stands out in San Diego County's $644 million, seven-year outsourcing agreement with the Pennant Alliance, the consortium of IT vendors led by Computer Sciences Corp., it may well be a twist on the old adage,

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Pennsylvania seeking a bigger bang for its IT buck

With publicsector information technology purchasing, having a multitude of good ideas is often more of a problem than having a lack of them.

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Coast Guard updating search and rescue

Lockheed Martin, Motorola and Science Applications International were chosen for a $25 million contract to modernize a national distress system

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Commerce taps more firms for IT contract

Today, Commerce is expected to announce more awards under the $1.5 billion Commits program designed for small businesses

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Defining government

Get ready for Government Inc. It's coming a lot sooner than you think. That's the gist of a memo sent out last month by Dan Porter, the Navy's chief information officer.

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Groups push FedBiz site for buying

The government issued a proposed rule last week that would designate the FedBizOpps Web site as the single online point of access to governmentwide business opportunities.

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Jury: AMS breached Mississippi contract

The state said that more than five years after signing a deal with AMS, not one aspect of its automated tax system was working

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Governments 'piggyback' for IT savings

Cities and counties could save up to $50 million on collective technology purchases through a program announced Thursday

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Compaq to deliver explosive power

The Energy Department has awarded Compaq Computer Corp. a $200 million contract to build the largest supercomputer in the world

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Single face to vendors advances

As expected, the government issued a proposed rule on Monday that would designate the FedBizOpps Web site as the single online point of access to governmentwide business opportunities.

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Retooling the federal desktop

The federal government's love affair with the personal computer is cooling. PC manufacturers and resellers in the federal market are seeing an end to the era of largescale computer purchases

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SSA can't afford the wait

Four years ago, the Social Security Administration began a sixyear process of setting up 56,000 employees in field offices with personal computers.

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$450M deal boosts air traffic control

The FAA awards a 10year, $450 million contract to support modernization of air traffic control and management systems

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Bargaining at a union shop

Companies that bid to provide services to government agencies generally know they will be required to pay their employees the 'prevailing wages' for the area in which the work is performed