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TASC Inc. to Produce Digital Image Maps of Hawaiian Islands
Officials in the Hawaiian Islands soon will have color infrared digital image maps at their disposal to help manage the state's land resources, thanks to a contract awarded to a subsidiary of TASC Inc.
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Boston signs deal for cable, phone, Net service
Boston recently signed a 15year agreement with Residential Communications Networks Corp., a Princeton, N.J.based broadband network provider, that will give city residents another choice for cable TV, telephone and Internet services.
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Smart Training Center Opens for Oakland Low-Income Residents
Residents of Oakland, Calif.'s Acorn Smart Housing Center will begin moving into their newly wired apartments this week, and computer training will start immediately to provide them with the skills needed for placement in the hightech work force.
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Congress renews call for Y2K center
With more than 6,000 Russian nuclear weapons aimed at the United States and only 154 days left until the Year 2000, lawmakers yesterday urged Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin to renew efforts to form a joint nuclear Year 2000 early warning center.
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Feds see lasting benefits from Y2K crisis
The country will benefit from its extensive efforts to respond to the Year 2000 computer problem long after the Jan.1 deadline has passed, federal officials told Congress today.
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Citing privacy concerns, Senate asks for input into information infrastructure protection plan
The Senate today urged federal officials to brief Congress on a Clinton administration plan to protect the federal information infrastructure from cyberattacks. The request followed stories this week in the general press that inaccurately reported that the draft plan would have the FBI monitor interactions with government computers.
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SSA rethinks disability claims processing
After earmarking $71 million to develop an automated system for processing disability claims, the Social Security Administration has decided to scrap its original program and salvage half the funding to field a scaled back project, SSA commissioner Kenneth Apfel said today.
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Study Says 'Disconnected Dozen' States Lack Broadband Internet Access
Millions of Americans across the country, particularly those in rural and poor communities, do not have access to broadband Internet service, according to a study released earlier this week by the iAdvance Coalition.
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CDW-G captures Air Force pact
The Air Force last week awarded Computer Discount WarehouseGovernment Inc., Chantilly, Va., an $83 million blanket purchase agreement covering desktop, portable and server systems, completing the first phase of a major acquisition strategy.
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Online gamblers subject to gaming laws
The New York State Supreme Court has ruled that online gamblers in the state are subject to gaming laws regardless of where the gambling company is based.
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NASIRE awards state IT programs
Washington received three awardsmore than any other statefrom the National Association of State Information Resource Executives (NASIRE) in its annual honors for information technology projects that improve state government operations.
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Michigan Sex Offender Online Registry Adding New Search Feature
A name search function soon will be added to the Michigan State Police Sex Offender Registry, which currently provides users with a search of all sexual offenders living within a specified ZIP code.
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S.F. Board Approves Watered-Down Open Access
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has rejected a proposal to force AT&T to open its cable networks to rival Internet service providers (ISPs) if the city of Portland, Ore., succeeds in its own attempts to open access.
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Social Security Administration chooses MCI for FTS 2001 service
The Social Security Administration today announced it has selected MCI WorldCom to provide its voice, data, Internet and conferencing services through the General Services Administration's FTS 2001 network. MCI estimated the eightyear deal to be worth $250 million.
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Chemical Safety Board Warns States of Y2K Hazardous-Materials Problems
The Chemical Safety Board has urged the nation's governors to make sure that they have taken suitable Year 2000 precautions for potential problems related to industrial chemical safety.
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Carpool commuters find each other with Ridequest.com
Redmond, Wash., commuters now can tap Ridequest.com, the nation's first selfservice, online ridesharing system, to match themselves instantly with other motorists traveling to and from businesses in the same areas.
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NASA JPL hooks into SuperNet
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will be the first organization outside the San Francisco Bay area to hook up to a new network that is being touted as the forerunner of the Next Generation Internet. Federal officials announced last week that JPL would connect to the National Tran
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Fedwire Briefs
DOD claims victory over Year 2000 Defense Secretary William Cohen last week reassured the public that the Year 2000 computer glitch will not hamstring the Defense Department's ability to go to war and said efforts are under way to jumpstart a proposed Russia/United States Year 2000 warning center
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Nashville OKs incentive for Dell plant
Nashville, Tenn., officials approved a $46 million incentive package last week for a Dell Computer Corp. plant that will employ at least 3,000 people in a move to make the city a player in the hightech industry, according to the city's mayor.
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