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House member suggests regular network security reports
Federal agencies may soon be required to submit regular reports to Congress on the security status of their networks, much as they now report their Year 2000 compliance.
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Pennsylvania Awards Radio Contracts for Statewide Public Safety Net
Pennsylvania awarded contracts to several vendors to develop portions of a statewide radio system that will link state agencies and offer citizens enhanced emergency communications features.
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Republicans Announce 'e-Contract'
House Majority Leader Dick Armey today unveiled the eContract, a pact by a group of Republican lawmakers to support technology innovation and remove what they said were barriers to growth in the hightech industry.
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Pennsylvania Releases Year 2000 Consumer Guide
The chairman of Pennsylvania's Pa2K project announced the availability of the Consumer Guide to the Year 2000, which provides commonsense tips for preparing for the millennium bug.
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CIO Council urges action to save IT work force
Competition for workers with information technology skills is intense, and the federal government must take immediate action if it wants to maintain a worldclass hightech work force, according to a study released by the federal CIO Council.
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Comtech wins Army battlefield communications contract
The Army awarded Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. a $418 million contract today that will provide commanders the ability to precisely locate and communicate with battlefield support vehicles, such as ammunition and fuel trucks, anywhere in the world.
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Electronic Commerce Commission Lays Foundation for Sales Tax Solution
With just 10 months left before it must submit a report to Congress on whether and how to apply state and local sales taxes to online purchases, the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce finally got off to a slow but solid start during its inaugural twoday meeting in Williamsburg, Va., this week.
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OMB wants sooner cutoff on state/local Y2K buying
House committee members and administration officials today said they generally support a proposed bill that will allow state and local governments to buy Year 2000 products and services off General Services Administration federal supply schedules, but they do not agree on the end date.
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HHS taps CCD for Y2K verification
The Department of Health and Human Services has selected CCD Online Systems Inc. to provide Year 2000 verification tools to the Health Care Financing Administration, which administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Government vulnerable to loss of top ranks
The federal government is in danger of losing droves of talented executives to private industry because pay for senior employees in government pales in comparison to salaries offered by private companies, according to a study released today by the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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GSA seeks tools, services to monitor government nets
The General Services Administration is seeking vendors qualified to set up and manage hardware and software to monitor civilian agency networks for security breaches, the agency announced today.
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Minnesota Contract to Monitor Children's Programs and Mental Health Services
Beginning July 1, Minnesota's Human Services Department will know exactly how well its managed care children's programs and mental health services are performing, thanks to a series of new studies commissioned this week.
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'New Millennium Classrooms Act' Introduced
A group of House legislators introduced a bill yesterday that expands tax incentives to encourage businesses to donate computers with multimedia capabilities to schools and libraries.
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NIST's AutoBid Automates Police Patrol Car Shopping
The state of Maine and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have formed a partnership that will serve as a pilot for strengthening ties between the federal technology research agency and state organizations.
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Government group honors EPA, DOJ projects
The Federation of Government Information Processing Councils today awarded the Environmental Protection Agency's EnviroMapper project and the Justice Department's Bulletproof Vest Partnership program with the 1999 Intergovernmental Open Systems Solutions awards for work in intergovernmental service delivery to citizens.
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Nevada Gives Human Resources/Payroll System a Facelift
The state of Nevada launched a new human resources/payroll system this week. State officials expect the system, developed by American Management Systems Inc., to improve service to Nevada's 14,000 state employees and personnel managers.
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Missing agency plans hinder Y2K cost projections
Although under pressure to estimate the total cost of the Year 2000 computer problem, the Office of Management and Budget cannot determine if additional funding is needed because most federal agencies did not submit their contingency plans with cost estimates on time, the OMB director said today.
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Traffic System in Virginia Automatically Responds to Emergencies
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has installed in the Tidewater region a traffic control system that monitors traffic flow and automatically can detect and report traffic emergencies to traffic control operators.
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Senators aim to put DOE security measures into law
In the wake of the recent alleged spy case involving nuclear weapons information, a group of senators said today they would put into law the recommendations laid out by an advisory panel this month aimed at improving security problems at the Energy Department.
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