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DOD boosts telecom, computers in Balkans
The Defense Department has started to beef up its computer and communications assets to support tactical and humanitarian operations in and around Albania, Macedonia and Yugoslavia, with planning for even more extensive networks under way to support ground operations in Kosovo, FCW has learned. Def
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Secure Computing weds password token, smart card
Secure Computing Corp. this week will introduce a card product designed to serve as a 'token' for security applications, but it also can serve as a tool for other applications. The e.ID (electronic identity) 'multicard' is intended to be used to authenticate a user's identification, either by gener
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Vendor builds security hub
Network Associates Inc. last week announced a new security solution that is designed to make it easier for organizations to integrate information generated by products from different vendors. The company also announced several key partnerships to bring the solution to the federal market. The initi
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IRS center pilots imaging system
The Internal Revenue Service is using new imaging software to instantly store and retrieve complex files that involve negotiations and settlements with taxpayers who are unable to pay their debts in full. The new technology, being piloted at the IRS service center in Austin, Texas, is designed to r
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Iraq-bound pilots make do with old technology
ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK Pilots of strike aircraft aboard this aircraft carrier, which recently headed toward the Persian Gulf for air operations over Iraq, routinely rely on commercial handheld Global Positioning System receivers to help navigate their older 'Tomcat' fighters not equipped with
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DFAS preps outsourcing pact
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service, which is responsible for managing up to $24 billion worth of financial transactions for the Defense Department, may put up for bid the information technology support services for four major payroll accounts. It is a move that could set the stage for anoth
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Norton 2000 stamps out elusive Y2K bugs
Are all the applications on your desktop Year 2000compliant? Are any hidden Year 2000 bugs lurking in the spreadsheet and database data files on your desktop PC? Merely doing a visual check through your files is unlikely to uncover all the subtle date bugs that could afflict your system. That's wh
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GSA reopens financial schedule
The General Services Administration last month reopened its schedule for auditing and financial management services in what agency officials hope is a move that will fill a growing gap at agencies experiencing shrinking staffs and growing auditing troubles. Several federal regulations and mandates
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Managers should not be paid overtime
Congress recently introduced legislation that would allow most federal managers below the GS15 level to begin to receive 'time and a half' for each overtime hour they work. This legislation, the Federal Employees Overtime Pay Act of 1998 (H.R. 582), would amend existing legislation to increase the
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'Melissa' tests DOD procedures
When the fastspreading Melissa virus began wreaking havoc on computer systems across the country last month, the Defense Department relied on what may become the model for designing an integrated, enterprisewide approach to information security. To battle Melissa, DOD put into motion a clearly def
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STARS delayed again; FAA seeks tech patch
One of the Federal Aviation Administration's largest modernization projects appears to be on the rocks, with the agency scrambling to field interim systems as delays mount and a new report indicates significant performance problems. The $1 billion Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (ST
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Interior kills ALMRS
After spending more than $400 million, the Bureau of Land Management has killed a longrunning modernization program because of ongoing problems, delays and a fastapproaching deadline for resolving its Year 2000 computer problem. Interior Department officials decided in January to allow the Automa
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Feds shine during 'Melissa' scare
The outbreak of the 'Melissa' email virus that first appeared as certain disaster for public and private networks alike instead emerged as an invaluable test of federal agencies' readiness to handle the dangers inherent in a networked world. Melissa spread quietly and rapidly through a number of a
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I-Studio lowers bar for video streaming
Video networking company FVC.COM last month launched a product that delivers a wide range of streaming video applications over any Internet protocol network and is designed for easy installation. The company's IStudio streaming video product accepts video from cameras or other devices and delivers
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Space tech makes good show
Five months after blastoff of its Deep Space 1 unmanned aircraft, NASA last week reported seeing good results from tests being conducted with cuttingedge technology. Deep Space 1 is designed to test 12 cuttingedge technologies that NASA believes will enable the agency to build spacecraft that are
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Municipal Webmasters Hash Out Problems at PTI Confab
Webmasters from across the country are discovering that politics not necessarily hardware, software or technical help rules in the uncharted world of building an electronic city hall.
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Letters to the Editor
A thin veil unveiled Each week Federal Computer Week publishes an article by Steven Kelman and identifies him as a Weatherhead Professor of Public Management at Harvard. While this is true, it is also incomplete. Kelman is also a member of the board of directors of Government Technology Services I
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Industry Watch
Electric Press gets GSA sked Electric Press Inc. last week announced it had been awarded a General Services Administration schedule contract for the its eFed World Wide Webbased procurement solution. The schedule includes all of the eFed products and services, including licensing, software mainte
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DIA taps 8 for IT products, support
The Defense Intelligence Agency today awarded blanket purchase agreements worth a total of $200 million to eight vendors for information technology products and services.
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