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Getting the message
Unified messaging systems are rapidly evolving from curiosity to necessity as more users recognize the benefits of a centralized system for retrieving and managing all types of messages. Although federal customers who have dabbled with the technology report substantial bumps in the road to unified
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Congress tying up loose ends of tech bills
When Congress returned from its summer break last week, in addition to incomplete appropriations business, lawmakers faced a stack of unfinished technologyrelated bills. Information technology bills on lawmakers' agendas include proposals to bolster federal information security and a plan for elim
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Roster
Ed McManus, project director of the Thrift Savings Plan system conversion at the Agriculture Department's National Finance Center, recently was promoted to Senior Executive Service. McManus also is the Year 2000 project manager at the NFC. Ginny Caldwell, previously the financial manager for the Of
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AF lab taps two under Answer
The Air Force Research Laboratory at WrightPatterson Air Force Base, Ohio, last month tapped two vendors for a broad range of information technology support services, replacing older contract vehicles with services available under a General Services Administration contract. With the signing of the
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Kocher, Ballmer chart IT's future
The combination of the Internet and other technological innovations, such as advanced speech recognition, electronic paper and software that enables computers to see and learn, will fuel a dramatic shift in the next five years in the way the government and the commercial sector do business, accordi
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Linux grabbing more federal biz
Linux, the opensource operating system that for the past few years has been quietly gaining ground throughout the commercial world, has established a beachhead in the federal market and is poised to take over responsibility for some government missioncritical applications, according to industry a
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FGIPC looks for change
James Buckner, president of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils, said a FGIPC task force this month began work on a project to determine how the organization can change to improve the way it achieves its goals, particularly in the area of IT education. 'I don't see any broa
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Performing a critical duty
Two weeks into his new job, John Tritak faced something that most government employees spend a lifetime avoiding: a congressional committee demanding answers. Tritak became the new director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office in July, just as a national newspaper reported that the CIAO'
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GSA awards first PKI pact
The General Services Administration last week awarded the first in a series of contracts for publickey infrastructure services and products that will provide a way for all federal agencies to conduct business securely via the Internet. GSA awarded Digital Signature Trust Co. a contract under the A
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Delano e-business tool makes e-mail a solid development platform
When you think of building a World Wide Web application, chances are you don't think about building it around email. Nevertheless, Delano Technology Corp.'s eBusiness Interaction Suite takes the reliable infrastructure of email and turns it into a fullfledged applicationdevelopment platform. A
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Administration gets B-minus for Y2K
Despite the progress the Clinton administration has made in fixing computers for the Year 2000 date change problem, the federal government is critically behind in ensuring that federal services administered on the state level will continue uninterrupted next year, Rep. Stephen Horn (RCalif.) said
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Texas names new chief for TIERS
Donna Geller has been named the new director of the Lone Star state's Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System, effective today.
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Wireless system targeted at 'last mile'
Rep. Rick Boucher (DVa.) helped unveil a wireless communications system in Blacksburg, Va., on Wednesday that reduces the costs involved in bringing broadband service the last mile into rural homes and businesses.
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Denver schools overhauling tech infrastructure
Denver's public school system is overhauling its maintenance and work management processes, as well as reengineering its existing technology infrastructure to ensure Year 2000compliance, through a contract that is scheduled for completion in December.
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Horn: Fed Y2K efforts lagging in key service programs
Despite the progress the Clinton administration has made with its Year 2000 efforts, the federal government remains critically behind in ensuring that federal services administered on the statelevel will go uninterrupted next year.
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Y2K bug still poses risk to air travel
Although the Federal Aviation Administration has made progress in making its systems Year 2000compliant, the millennium bug still threatens other computers in the U.S. and international air traffic systems.
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Okla. libraries getting $2.5 million in Gates grants
Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating announced Tuesday that the state's public libraries are receiving $2.5 million in grants and services through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Library Initiative.
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Senator says Y2K compliance is not risk free
me=abstract content=In his second appearance last week at the National Press Club, Sen. Robert Bennett (RUtah) said yesterday that American businesses and the federal government, even if they believe their computer systems are Year 2000compliant, should still cross their fingers.
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Pa. plates bear Web address
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge launched the state's first license plate recall since 1976 on Tuesday, as plates bearing the state's World Wide Web address across the bottom went into the mail.
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