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North Carolina and Arkansas Link with ACN to Improve Web Presence
Economic development officials in Arkansas and North Carolina recently linked up with the American Community Network in an effort to give their states a heightened online presence.
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California Pulls Plug on Project to Link Welfare Networks
California recently terminated its Statewide Automated Welfare SystemTechnical Architecture (SAWSTA) project after funds for the project ran out, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
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PC Connection buys ComTeq Fed
The recent acquisition of ComTeq Federal Inc. by PC Connection Inc., a direct marketer of brandname personal computers through catalogs and the World Wide Web, gives ComTeq Federal a prime opportunity to build its own Web sales, company officials said. PC Connection announced its purchase of ComTe
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JULY 1999 1214 Third Usenix Windows NT Symposium. Seattle. Visit www.usenix.org/events/usenixnt99. 13 Evaluating Complex Technical Risks. Tycon Courthouse Building. Vienna, Va. The July meeting of the International Council on Systems Engineering's Washington, D.C., metropolitanarea chapter will
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Axent unites products, services
Axent Technologies Inc. this month unveiled a strategy that integrates its security services and products to help federal agencies make electronic commerce and electronic business a reality on the Internet. The company's new Smart Security Architecture brings together all of Axent's security produc
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Info blackout won't stop terrorists
Our congressmen continue to insist that they can control what they see as a newfangled technology called the Internet. The Senate, in its latest attempt to dictate what agencies can or cannot post on the Internet, wants to prevent the public from using the Freedom of Information Act to obtain Envi
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NASPO Announces First-Ever Supplier Forum
The National Association of State Procurement Officials will hold the NASPO Supplier Forum on Best Value Procurement on Sept. 8 in Madison, Wis.
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GSA: Buy for office on Net
The General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service last week announced that it is closing down its last eight office supply and distribution centers and will transition all that business to the Internet. The stock program offers a range of commonly ordered office supplies, paper products
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OPM proposes Y2K leave carry-over law
The Office of Personnel Management has proposed a rule that will make it easier for federal managers to restore leave forfeited by personnel working on the Year 2000 problem. Although federal employees are allowed to carry over no more than 240 hours of annual leave to the next year, the law stipul
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INCONVENIENT TECHNOLOGY. Here's good news for the U.S. Postal Service. In a variation on the story of the tortoise and the hare, a survey by Pitney Bowes Mailing Systems has determined that most U.S. consumers with email access find that retrieving their regular mail is faster and more convenient
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BOEING CLOSE CALL. DISA 'seriously considered' not exercising its options beyond the second year of the twoyear $2 billion DISN Support ServicesGlobal (DSSG) contract held by Boeing Information Services, a top agency official told the Interceptor. The contract was awarded in 1996. The official a
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SI buys WPI
SI International Inc. today announced the purchase of WPI Inc., an information technology support company in Rockville, Md., for an undisclosed amount.
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NLC Survey Finds Most Cities Will Have Critical Systems Ready for Y2K
In a National League of Cities survey of 400 cities, 92 percent said all of their critical computer systems will be Year 2000compliant by Jan. 1.
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Public good not always second to politics
Especially outside the Washington, D.C., Beltway, most Americans believe that the idealistic rhetoric appearing in the statements and speeches of senior government officials, filled with concern for the public good, is for public consumption only. Peel the onion, most people assume, and you will re
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Library of Congress reopens digital library center
The Library of Congress has reopened the National Digital Library Learning Center, which after being renovated and upgraded thanks to a $388,000 gift from Microsoft Corp., will be used to train teachers in classroom use of the library's American Memory historical collections.
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CDW-G ramps up with Mint pact
After 10 months building a base for its new government business, CDW Government Inc. (CDWG) , a division of the giant computer retailer CDW Computer Centers Inc., is preparing to reap the rewards of its first major federal contract. The company is rolling out a fiveyear, $30 million pact with the
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Federal market drives booming security biz
Security vendors are converging on the federal market because the government is one of the driving forces behind the worldwide movement to protect computer systems and networks. Computer security is the hot topic of the day as the Year 2000 problem approaches its deadline. But according to the top
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GSA preps three new business lines
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service is gearing up to enter three new business areas, selling agencies technology tools for distance learning, call centers and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Marcella Banks, FTS' assistant regional administrator in GSA's Fort Worth,
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Army signs back-to-back software deals
With the Air Force bogged down studying policy options for buying enterprise management software, the Army recently closed a deal with Telos Corp. for a slew of enterprise management products and also has negotiated an agreement with Informix Software Inc. for unlimited use of the company's databas
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