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COMPAQ MAKES A SPLASH. Anyone who has attended an IT trade show knows that vendors try to attract customers by offering all types of freebies. Of course, most experienced trade show attendees already have drawers full of Tshirts and enough pens to last until retirement. So what's a company to do?
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IBM ups e-commerce offerings, partnerships
IBM Corp. last week announced new industry partnerships and enhancements to its Net.Commerce electroniccommerce server and catalog tool offerings that include increased scalability and performance. The announcements should help users prepare for the anticipated increase in the use of ecommerce, a
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PC maker targets government market Atec Group Inc., which owns PC technology originally developed and marketed by Nexar Technologies, has created a new division that will target highend government, corporate, educational and consumer markets. Atec, based in Hauppage, N.Y., will manufacture PCs an
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Intelligence bill grants feds new computer security powers
The Senate this week voted unanimously to pass the fiscal 2000 Intelligence Authorization Act, which would provide federal law enforcement officials new authority to search government computers belonging to individuals who have access to classified information.
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Americorps plans $2.2 million in tech projects
The Corporation for National Service plans to spend some $2,225,000 to support information technology initiatives through its Americorps programs in selected cities.
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Supercomputer sale draws fire from Congress
The Energy Department on Wednesday was forced to buy back a supercomputer it had sold to a Californiabased company after officials realized that one of the company's principal employees was a Chinese citizen.
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Massachusetts and California Lead States in Study of 'New Economy'
Massachusetts and California were ranked first and second respectively in a new study by the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) that rated states on a variety of economic factors in the new economy.
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Center for Technology in Government Begins Second Round of UIG Program With Four Projects in New York
The Center for Technology in Government will begin the second round of its Using Information in Government program by undertaking projects in three New York state agencies as well as New York City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT).
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Telecommute Bill Targets Nation's Five Most Gridlocked Cities
Companies in the most trafficcongested regions of the country would receive pollution credits for allowing their employees to work from home, under legislation proposed earlier this week.
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Utah's CIO Updates E-Utah Project and PlanIT Program
Utah's electronic gateway initiative, which will provide an online portal for citizen access to government services, is underway after the selection of a vendor in May, according to Dave Moon, Utah's chief information officer.
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Southern Californians Form Open Access Alliance
Community, business and consumer leaders from the Los Angeles area recently formed the Southern California Open Access Alliance (SCOAA) in support of giving area consumers unrestricted choice to highspeed Internet service providers.
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GSA adds cellular, paging services to IT sked
The General Services Administration announced yesterday it is adding cellular and paging services to the Federal Supply Service's information technology schedule.
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DOD: Some nuclear systems not ready for Year 2000
With just 162 days remaining until Jan. 1, 2000, the Defense Department still needs to fix Year 2000 problems in two missioncritical strategic nuclear command and control systems, according to senior Pentagon officials.
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Congress targets exported encryption tech
The House Armed Services Committee Wednesday voted in favor of giving the president the power to ban the export of certain types of powerful encryption technology that some experts say poses a threat to U.S. national security.
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FAA: All systems Y2K-compliant
The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that all of its computer systems are Year 2000compliant, including air traffic control systems.
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Philadelphia Contracts With Motorola for New Citywide Radio System
The City of Brotherly Love soon will have a $51 million radio communications system that links its police and fire departments and other agencies to each other and a common network infrastructure.
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NACo addresses telecom, Internet regulation
The National Association of Counties on Tuesday adopted NACo's annual policy platform, agreeing to resolutions that strengthen the role of local government in the way new telecommunications and Internet services are regulated.
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Baltimore County Picks EDS for Red-Light Camera Project
Baltimore County, Md., has picked Electronic Data Systems Corp. to provide a 40camera system to catch drivers who run red lights in the county.
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Survey Finds Local Agencies Hit Hard by Viruses; Not Worried About Hacking
An overwhelming majority of local, county and state agencies have been the victims of computer viruses, but few are worried about being hacked, according to a recent survey by the Emergency Response and Research Institute, a public safety consulting group.
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