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NASPO Elects New President
The National Association of State Procurement Officials recently elected Jan Hamlik of Wisconsin's State Bureau of Procurement as incoming president for the 19992000.
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Tauzin: E-Rate war of words
A congressional hearing on legislation that would restructure the Clinton administration's ERate program turned into a true war of words Thursday.
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Colo. Police Department Installs Enhanced 911 Call Center
The Lakewood, Colo., Police Department has installed a new call monitoring system that automatically prioritizes calls and eliminates duplicates in its Enhanced 911 (E911) call center.
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Draft documents signal kickoff for N/MCI
The Navy intends to outsource almost all of its information technology infrastructure for Navy and Marine Corps units and bases in a mammoth undertaking that industry sources value at more than $2 billion.
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Law is only part of better computer security, Congress told
Federal agencies would benefit greatly from a proposed enhancement to a 12yearold computer security law, but legislation alone cannot solve some underlying information security problems, federal and industry experts told Congress today.
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North Carolina universities will have a direct connection to Abilene
The five North Carolina universities involved in the North Carolina Networking Initiative soon will have a direct connection to Abilene, the backbone of Internet2
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Gore Asks Congress to Fully Fund Community Technology Centers
Vice President Al Gore urged Congress to provide the full $65 million funding request for Community Technology Centers (CTC) on Wednesday, after the House and Senate last week approved only $10 million for fiscal 2000.
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NTIA Administrator to Launch Two Private-Sector Ventures
Larry Irving, outgoing administrator of the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA), announced yesterday his intentions to launch an Internet startup company, in addition to his own consulting firm.
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FAA: International airports, airlines still have Y2K work to do
Although the Federal Aviation Administration says it has successfully fixed Year 2000 bugs in the U.S. air traffic control system, airports and airlines still have some work to do before they will be ready for the endoftheyear rollover, according to information released today by the FAA.
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DOD tech goes to state and local agencies
The Defense Department donated or sold hundreds of thousands of computers, medical devices and other electronic equipment to state and local agencies, hospitals and other public institutions that could fail to operate because of Year 2000 problems.
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Firms partner to offer government a standard PKI
Public Technology Inc. (PTI) and Digital Signature Trust Co. (DST) have partnered to provide city, county and state governments with a standard publickey infrastructure (PKI), a vital component to conducting business via the Internet, the companies announced this week at the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) annual conference in Portland, Ore.
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NLC back taxation of Internet-based commerce
Taxation of Internetbased commerce will provide vital revenue for local governments, according to the National League of Cities (NLC).
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Congress denies DOE computer security funds
The Defense Department donated or sold hundreds of thousands of computers, medical devices and other electronic equipment to state and local agencies, hospitals and other public institutions that could fail to operate because of Year 2000 problems.
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DOT releases Y2K resource guide
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released a Year 2000 resource guide last week to help state and local governments develop plans to ensure that their transportation systems keep running when the new year begins.
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Study: D.C. is most Internet-accessible city
Washington, D.C. is the most Internetaccessible city in the nation, according to a recently released study from Ohio State University.
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Navy, Marines throw early Y2K New Year's party
Sailors and Marines from the U.S. 7th Fleet and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 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.
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Medicare still faces Y2K obstacles
Several Year 2000related problems remain for the Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees the nation's Medicare program, even though the agency has repaired all of its internal computer systems for the computer glitch, federal officials told Congress Monday.
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NASPO honors innovative procurement programs
The National Association of State Procurement Officials honored innovative state procurement programs in Ohio, Texas and New York with its Cronin Club Innovation Awards earlier this month.
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DOD resold non-Y2K compliant computers, medical devices
The Defense Department donated or sold hundreds of thousands of computers, medical devices and other electronic equipment to state and local agencies, hospitals and other public institutions that could fail to operate because of Year 2000 problems.
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