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Cold War certificates available via Web
Anyone who served the government in the armed forces or as a federal civilian employee between Sept. 2, 1945, and Dec. 26, 1991, is eligible for a Cold War Recognition Certificate, which is available via an Army World Wide Web site. The certificate reads: 'In recognition of your service during
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IT may help unlock medical mysteries
The Defense Department, having spent years trying to trace the cause of Gulf War illnesses, this month released a report concluding that information technology could be a key ingredient in managing and studying the causes of future maladies. Study of Gulf War illnesses characterized by symptoms i
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Try procurement reform, you'll like it
One of the amazing perks of being an academic is the long summer vacation, starting in early June and ending after Labor Day. The day after graduation, faculty jackets and ties come off, and polo shirts and jeans even shorts appear. A professor who so chooses can proceed to spend three months l
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Symantec enters handheld faxing market
WinFax has long been the slickest, easiesttouse fax program for Windows desktops. Now Symantec Corp. has moved to capture the handheld faxing market as well with its recent release of Mobile WinFax 1.0. Mobile WinFax works with virtually all of 3Com Corp.'s Palm series of handhelds, as long as th
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Payne leads fed Qwest
The resignation last week of Jim Payne from his job as Sprint's assistant vice president for FTS 2001 and his reemergence as chief of the federal division at Qwest Communications International Inc. signals the beginning of a significant change in the federal telecommunications market, observers sa
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Intercepts
N/MCI UPDATE. After a month out of the office, the first thing I decided to check after firing up the PC was the status of the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet and the presolicitation conference promised after July's Industry Day. But a quick check of the N/MCI World Wide Web site (c4iweb.spawar.navy.mi
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Industry Watch
GTE, Infodata partner GTE Government Systems Corp. has incorporated document management software from Infodata Systems Inc. into its InfoWorkSpace collaboration tool. InfoWorkSpace enables World Wide Webbased audio and videoconferencing, online presentations and the use of electronic white boards
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WebTrends' Security Analyzer finds network flaws
Maintaining the security of a network is critical, no matter how seemingly uninteresting the data it carries. By exploiting security holes in your systems and network infrastructure, an attacker can gain unauthorized access to data, commandeer system resources for nefarious purposes such as send
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HCFA revamps Medicare site
The Heath Care Financing Administration has beefed up its World Wide Web site for Medicare recipients by adding information that will enable beneficiaries to shop for the best health care plans and nursing homes throughout the United States. Medicare.gov, which made its debut in March 1998, was des
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CACI builds on recent successes
CACI International Inc. closed the books on the company's bestever fourth quarter and fiscal year earlier this summer, counting two large information technology contract recompete wins and other federal business among the reasons for its recent success. But before the Arlington, Va.based systems
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New tool turns attention to telecom security risks
SecureLogix Corp. this month announced the release of a product that is designed to assess the security of telecommunications networks. TeleSweep Secure, the company's first product, scans telecom networks for unsecured modem, fax and phone lines that could provide hackers with a backdoor into an a
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Federal Bytes
WATEREDDOWN ADVICE? According to a group called Y2KNewswire, Sen. Robert Bennett (RUtah) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (DConn.) missed the mark when, in a letter to advice columnist Ann Landers, they called the sale of water treatment kits a Year 2000related 'scam' that Landers readers ought to avo
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Van Dyke, Wang finding common bonds
Although it would have been easy to get lost in the vast enterprise that is Wang Global, the merger of security firm J.G. Van Dyke ?#038; Amp; Associates Inc. and Wang Government Services so far has been a case of a complementary meeting of minds. While Wang mainly has been focused on delivering highassuran
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NIH division completes gradual VAX phaseout
When the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences turned off its Vaxcluster last spring, not many people noticed. The institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, had gradually migrated most of its software applications to a set of 44 Microsoft Corp. Windows NT and Unix servers
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Federal Web sites should be more like these
Recently, the Center for Democracy and Technology and OMB Watch released a list of the '10 Most Wanted' government documents. The initiative was a response to the failure of many federal agencies to place government information online, where it would be readily accessible to members of the public,
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Smart card helps parents filter Web
PubliCard Inc. unveiled a smart card and Webfiltering solution that lets parents choose filtering levels for their children.
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NRC site offers nuclear plant info; online licensing
If you have ever passed a nuclear power plant and watched puffy clouds of steam rise into the sky, you may have thought with some trepidation 'How safe is this place?' Now you may be able to use the Internet to find out. This year, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission changed the way it goes a
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2325 HDI Expo 1999. Sheraton Mesa Hotel. Mesa, Ariz. The High Density Interconnect Expo is one of the leading events for semiconductor packagers, manufacturers and related substrate technology professionals. For information, call Les Kruger, (415) 9052132; Web, www.hdiexpo.com. 2326 Eighth Secur
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Texans using online court payment system
Texas scofflaws are racing to use ECourt Inc.'s new online court payment system that enables people to pay their traffic tickets and court fines online with a credit card or electronic check and avoid having to go back to the location where the ticket was issued.
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