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Commerical imagery prompts NIMA doubts
The launch last week of the world's highest resolution commercial imaging satellite offers the National Imagery and Mapping Agency an unprecedented opportunity to expand its coverage. But experts are split on whether it jeopardizes the future of the controversial agency. With the successful launch
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Army deals offer DOD price breaks
The Army Small Computer Program last month closed out the fiscal year by signing two enterprise licensing agreements, offering Defense Department customers significant price breaks on key management software packages. The new licensing agreements, the latest in a series of such deals with major sof
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Satellite resolutions spark interest
Space Imaging Inc. last week released the first commercial highresolution images taken from space, introducing to federal agencies a new tool for monitoring the world's real estate. The blackandwhite images taken by the company's Ikonos satellite focus on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., a
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Practical knowledge
Information technology is profoundly changing the way the Air Force functions, from communicating to purchasing supplies and equipment. Robert Frye, executive director of the Air Force's Standard Systems Group, is there to put those changes into perspective. Frye has come a long way from his hometo
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A helping hand across the digital divide
One of the highlights of this year's government/industry confab that the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) hosts every October in Richmond, Va., was an awards ceremony of a distinctly different sort. The award winner was not a senior executive in industry or government. It was Isabel Hinojosa, who is
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Procurement reform's pitfalls
At first glance, recent reports of a slow start to the FTS 2001 telecommunications program might be surprising. After all, the General Services Administration launched FTS 2001 nine months ago with much fanfare, promising that increased competition would bring agencies quick access to new technolog
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Calif. Inaugurates Digital Signatures
Yesterday California officially authorized Verisign Inc. to begin issuing digital signature certificates to secure communications between state agencies and between the state and its citizens, ushering in a new era of electronic services delivery.
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FCC Broadband Report Backs Hands-Off Approach
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday appeared to favor a handsoff approach in the broadband access debate when its Cable Services Bureau recommended that the FCC continue to monitor developments in the broadband industry and resist pressure to regulate it.
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Justice taps Burek for senior IT post
Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today appointed Linda Burek to head the Justice Department's information resources program.
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Washington Gov. Gary Locke designated this week as Washington State Year 2000
Awareness Week to help the state's agencies and residents make preparations for the transition to the millenium.
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Technology gap threatens NATO alliance, Cohen says
Defense Secretary William Cohen today warned lawmakers that the air war in Kosovo revealed a growing gap in hightech command, control, communications and intelligence technologies between the United States and its NATO allies that could threaten the alliance's ability to respond to future crises.
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NIH is first to move on ACES
The General Services Administration today announced that the National Institutes of Health has started development work on a task order under a governmentwide contract covering publickey infrastructure and security services.
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Congress cuts funds for life-saving radio
ongress slashed $20 million from the Pentagon's budget for a radio designed to help downed pilots stranded behind enemies lines call for help as well as automatically pinpoint their position and relay that information to rescue aircraft.
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Panel explains gridlock at the nation's airports
A panel of aviation experts agreed today that air traffic delays are getting worse, but testimony differed sharply when it came to assessing blame.
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New tool advances the art of screen captures
Running on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95/98 or Windows NT operating systems, CaptureEze Pro provides effective image editing tools. CaptureEze does not, however, deliver the breadth of tools found in Adobe Systems Inc.'s Photoshop, but it does offer a set of tools well-chosen for quick image manipulation.
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Miami-Dade CIO Formulates Countywide IT Vision
Randy Witt, who in July became MiamiDade County, Fla.'s firstever chief information officer, has made it his first priority to make electronic government technically feasible.
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OFPP upholds GSA policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy today overruled a protest by an association of government contractors that sought to abolish the General Services Administration's policy of allowing agencies to conduct audits after a contract is awarded and demand price adjustments.
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Maryland Center Hosts IT Town Hall Meetings
A Maryland technology training center (TTC) is hosting two technology seminars in the cities of Seat Pleasant and Glenarden that will feature demonstrations from industry giants Microsoft Corp., IBM and Bell Atlantic.
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California Senator Defends Vetoed Bill
The sponsor of a California bill that would have made it illegal for employers to covertly monitor the email of their employees said such a measure remains a necessity, despite a veto on Sunday.
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