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Small-business advocates release bundling rules
Revised federal purchasing rules took effect Monday to limit contract bundling, a practice that smallbusiness operators claim keeps them from winning more contracts from the nation's largest buyer the federal government.
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Information Key in Washington State
Like other cities and states across the country, Washington will operate a Year 2000 Coordination Center from Dec. 28 through Jan. 4 at the headquarters of the state's Emergency Operations Center.
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Library of Congress to digitize recordings
Soon, campaign speeches of President Warren Harding from 1920, Marines' abstracts of battles of World War II and TV shows from the 1960s may be available in digital form from the Library of Congress.
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Powers that be Ready in Albuquerque
On Dec. 30 the city of Albuquerque will open its emergency operations center to ring in the New Year.
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In Chicago, Emergency Preparation is Old Hat
With its history of extreme weather, volatile politics and NBA championships, Chicago has more experience than most cities in directing unpredictable situations.
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Ohio's New CIO Outlines Top Priorities
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft last week named Gregory Jackson chief information officer and assistant director of the Department of Administrative Services effective Jan. 10. The new CIO has already established his top three priorities: electronic government, IT work force recruitment and improving the state's procurement process.
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No Room for Mistakes in Las Vegas
With Barbra Streisand ringing in the New Year in Las Vegas along with thousands of other glitterati, the city of Las Vegas isn't taking any chances with Year 2000 glitches.
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Air Force taps five vendors for LAN/WAN deal
The Air Force Standard Systems Group on Wednesday awarded $140 million in blanket purchase agreements to five network products suppliers.
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Va. City Hooks into Federal Network
The digital communications system that serves the Defense Supply Center in Richmond, and the U.S. Army's Fort Lee and Tidewater area Naval facilities, will soon begin serving the city of Hopewell, Va., the first local jurisdiction to join the federal network.
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Commission seeks answers to IT worker shortage
Providing technology training that prepares workers for new jobs in information technology may be one way to ease the growing shortage of IT workers, said the director of a federal commission created to help find solutions to the worker shortage.
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Madison, Wis., School District Saves $25,000 with Free Internet Filtering
Madison, Wis., is the largest school district in the nation to sign up for free Internet filtering through Phoenix, Ariz.based Dotsafe Inc., in a move that will save the district more than $25,000 per year.
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Coast Guard gets tough on IT acquisition policies
More software monitoring systems and formal guidance are needed to keep the U.S. Coast Guard's Fleet Logistics System and other information technology projects in line, on time and on budget, according to recommendations delivered to the agency's chief information officer this week.
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Report: Pentagon's IT funding skewed
Despite consistent pleas by the Defense Department's top brass for more money to beef up significant shortfalls in modernization and readiness, the department in its fiscal 2000 budget used $1.2 billion from its operations and maintenance account to fund information technology systems development.
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Internet-based initiative to help cities get better deals developed
A .com startup has developed an Internetbased initiative to help cities get better deals when selling off tax liens by making it easier for investors nationwide to participate in the auction.
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Joseph Leo appointed Agriculture CIO
Joseph Leo has been named the new chief information officer at the Agriculture Department, replacing Anne Reed, who plans to retire from government in February.
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Pentagon issues final Y2K alert to commanders
With just eight days left before the longawaited Year 2000 date change, the Defense Department has issued a final alert to local commanders to ensure that they are prepared and has advised units overseas to be prepared for local disruptions, opportunistic computer network attacks and attacks by hostile forces.
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Industry profile: Keydata delivers
When the Food and Drug Administration announced that it needed 600 preconfigured notebooks with portable scanners and printers delivered to field investigators in five regions across the country by the end of November, a small Virginiabased firm jumped into action.
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Charlotte Eyes New Airport Security Tool
The Charlotte/Douglas International Airport will work with Spring Technologies Inc. to use iris recognition tools to control access to restricted airport areas.
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Corel sues Labor Department
Corel Corp. has sued the Labor Department, claiming that the agency violated the Federal Acquisition Regulation by awarding a threeyear, $8 million contract for office software to another company without conducting a full competition.
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