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Fedwire Briefs
CIA forms IT firm The CIA last week announced the creation of a commercial firm to conduct cuttingedge research on how information technologies can transform the way the intelligence community operates. The new firm, InQIt, will act as a bridge between the intelligence community and the IT indus
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Harris pursues FAA telecom biz
San Diego Harris Corp. announced last week at the annual convention of the Air Traffic Control Association that it would lead a team of Baby Bells and other companies in pursuit of the Federal Aviation Administration's expected contract for integrating its telecommunications systems, which has a
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WebLogic Server ideal for Web apps
Two of the major issues facing agencies considering application server deployments are the integration of the application server within an existing infrastructure and the degree to which distributed applications can grow over time. There also are other challenges inherent in these types of projects
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DOD boosts IT security role
The Marines have long been known as the nation's '911' force, ready to respond to any crisis, anywhere in the world. But the advent of crises in cyberspace has given rise to a new 911 force, with the Pentagon giving computer defense a more important role in military strategy. The Joint Task Force f
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Internet takes new role in organ donor program
As part of a national program to increase the number of people registering to be organ donors, the Department of Health and Human Services last month awarded a $900,000 grant to a Michiganbased health organization to take a 4yearold World Wide Web site that provides background information about
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IT-rich USS Belleau Wood heads to East Timor
The Navy's 7th Fleet has deployed the USS Belleau Wood, a flatdecked amphibious assault ship equipped with one of the service's most advanced shipboard information technology systems, to support U.S. forces assisting U.N. peacekeeping operations in East Timor.
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Communities
Texas Speeders Pay Fines Via Net Texas traffic offenders are racing to use ECourt Inc.'s new online court payment system
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Navy, Marines ring in Year 2000
Sailors and Marines from the U.S. 7th Fleet and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) last week threw an early New Year's party festooned with streamers and balloons to celebrate the successful completion of a 10day test to validate that all of its computer code is free from Year 2000 bugs. The
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In for the long haul
Pete Fridman, a telecommunications manager at the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, had been at the forefront of federal telecom long before the word 'competition' entered the vocabulary of those buying phone service. Fridman was involved in the evaluation of GSA's FTS 2
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MUSE shows off air traffic tech
San Diego A package of software and workstations designed to help air traffic controllers better visualize the flow of airplanes near airports highlighted the annual Air Traffic Controllers Association meeting here last week. The software, developed by Albuquerque, N.M.based MUSE Technologies I
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Three hot technologies for the millennium
What are the most important new technologies for federal agencies? After more than a year of intensive research and analysis, the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service has come up with three answers: 1. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and services. These powerful s
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Smart Pay, SmarTrip
When it comes to metropolitan rail systems, the Washington, D.C., Metro ranks as a relative newcomer, having arrived on the Capitol City scene about 20 years ago. But that hasn't stopped it from grabbing the lead in the race with other urban areas to find better and faster ways to move passengers t
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CryptCard: Tight security for the mobile work force
Specifically designed for government agencies intent on combating unauthorized access to sensitive and confidential data for its mobile users, Global Technologies Group Inc.'s CryptCard is a standard PC Card that slides into any PCMCIA slot on a notebook computer. Unlike some smart card security so
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Linux takes NOAA by storm
In what may be the first competitive government contract involving the Linux operating system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last month tagged a Reston, Va.based company to provide a Linuxbased supercomputer that promises drastic improvements in the ability to forecast dang
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What rules govern agency publicity?
A reader asked the following question: Are there any limits on agencies' advertising campaigns to promote their contracting capabilities? What rules govern agency publicity and advertising efforts? Advertising of the sort discussed in this question has become rampant in recent years. Many people th
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Notebook Class of '99 Earns High Honors
You couldn't ask for much more from the notebook computer industry. Since the Test Center's annual notebook roundup last fall, vendors have improved nearly every aspect of their systems, from processor speeds and hard drive capacity to system weight and battery lifeall while dropping the average p
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Securing the Link
To meet a federal mandate to reduce welfare rolls, the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security needed to find a way to transmit data securely with new privatesector partners while allowing them access to internal databases.
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Clean up GSA service schedule procedures
I yield to nobody in my admiration for the changes in the General Services Administration's information technology contracting operations since 1993. The agency has transformed itself from dinosaur to space warrior. Under the leadership of Roger Johnson and David Barram and in a world where defense
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GSA selects second digital certificate vendor
The General Services Administration on Wednesday announced the second award for digital certificate technology under its governmentwide publickey infrastructure program.
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