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Delaware Council Holds Y2K Community Outreach Meetings
The Delaware Year 2000 Contingency Planning and Coordinating Council is conducting information sessions across the state until year's end to help state residents learn more about the Year 2000 problem and its potential impact.
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Commerce Awards $17.6 Million in Grants for Network Projects
President Clinton earlier this week joined U.S Department of Commerce Secretary William Daley to announce more than $17 million in matching funds awards to 43 nonprofit and governmental organizations to help fund advanced networking technology projects.
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OMB sets goals for small-business contracting
In an effort to promote the use of small businesses in federal contracting, the Office of Management and Budget today issued final guidance that sets federal prime and subcontracting goals for different categories of small businesses.
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Lack of systems security skills reaching critical mass for feds
A leading national security expert on Wednesday told Congress that the shortage of skilled information systems security personnel throughout the government has reached crisis proportions and has contributed to the recent spate of intrusions into federal networks.
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Va. Democrats and Republicans Buy Into Web Campaign Software
Representatives in Virginia's Democratic and Republican parties have purchased the an integrated campaign software package for use in this year's state elections.
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Senate to feds: Move quicker on infrastructure protection
Faced with a growing number of threats to the nation's critical infrastructure, Senate leaders on Wednesday said they would start demanding results from government and privatesector attempts to protect critical information systems, including urging the Clinton administration to make funding such initiatives a high priority.
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Angering controllers, Congress considers privatizing parts of air traffic management
Congress edged closer to turning over the operation of a key portion of the nation's air traffic control system from the Federal Aviation Administration to a private entity, a move sharply questioned by the air traffic controllers union.
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USDA: Georgia, Maryland Push Y2K Fixes to the Edge
Georgia and Maryland have pushed the completion date for making some nutrition programs Year 2000compliant all the way until December, leaving little room for error and, in one case, requiring federal assistance, according the U.S. Agriculture Department.
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HHS Identifies State Health Care Programs at 'High Risk' for Y2K Failures
Health care programs in six states and Washington, D.C., remain high risks for Year 2000 failures because system fixes and testing are running behind schedule, according to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Security weaknesses prevalent at Treasury's FMS
Systematic security weaknesses at the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service could leave the billions of dollars collected and paid out by the organization open to fraud, according to the General Accounting Office.
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D.C. Mayor, FCC Chairman Help Open New Tech Center
Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams and Federal Communication Commission chairman William Kennard were on hand Monday at the grand opening of a computer training facility that will serve the nation's capital.
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Governor declares GIS day in Kentucky
Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton last week signed a proclamation declaring Nov. 19 as Kentucky Geographic Information Systems Day, to coincide with the last day of national Geography Awareness Week.
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Bill enhances DOE security
President Clinton on Tuesday signed into law a bill that calls for sweeping changes to the security posture of the Energy Department, including a provision to create a new cybersecurity red team to conduct realtime evaluations of DOE computer networks.
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Congress eliminates funding for new civilian GPS signal
Despite objections by the Clinton administration, Congress this week passed a Transportation Department spending bill that eliminates all funding for a new highprecision satellite signal for use by civilian users of the Global Positioning System.
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Panel: Future attacks on U.S. info systems likely
Leaders of a federal commission told the House Armed Services Committee yesterday that attacks on United States information systems by small terrorist groups are likely to threaten the country's national interests in the next 25 years.
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11th Signal Brigade to provide comm support in East Timor
The Army Signal Command, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., will deploy 120 soldiers from its 11th Signal Brigade to provide communications support to U.N. forces operating in East Timor, with the first contingent leaving today at 1 p.m. MDT.
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CD-ROM warns junior high kids about drugs
Under pressure to combat drug trafficking in the nation's heartland, Iowa has tapped a Fairfax, Va.based company to develop a CDROM to help educate seventh and eighthgraders in six Midwestern states about the harmful effects of illegal drugs.
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DLA plans to release RFQ for outsourcing
The Defense Logistics Agency next week plans to release a request for quotations on a desktop outsourcing solution for the agency.
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Tech Corps-DC has students manage school LAN
Tech CorpsDC, a technical support volunteer program, is unveiling an initiative that gives students at a Washington, D.C., high school the responsibility of managing and maintaining their school's localarea network.
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