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Entevo unveils tools for directory migration
Startup company Entevo Corp. last week unveiled additions to its product suite designed to help users migrate to Microsoft Corp.'s Active Directory product and simplify crossplatform directory management. Entevo's DirectManage product suite is aimed at easing the shift toward directorycentric co
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HUD expands kiosk program
Less than a year after setting up its first computerbased kiosks to provide information to the public, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has decided to expand the project nationwide. Just as automated teller machines allow people to withdraw cash at all hours, the HUD kiosks, with a
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BMC acquires New Dimension
BMC Software Inc. today announced plans to buy New Dimension Software Inc
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EPA to create central IT modernization fund
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to establish a central information technology fund that eventually will provide $30 million a year for systems modernization projects.
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Letters to the Editor
Making the rules In reference to Steven Kelman's OpEd piece 'Silence of protestors' bark signals new era' [FCW, Feb. 22], just because two large companies have not protested awards to other companies does not mean that procurement changes are a success. The federal government not only sets the rul
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How We Tested: Benchmarking SQL Server
Or sister company, InfoWorld Consulting Services, ran the benchmark tests on SQL Server 7.0 using InfoWorld's enterprise database model. The database contained about 20G of data and 38 tables. The tests consisted of online transaction processing (OLTP) and Decision Support System (DSS) tasks. We tested at three workloads: light, moderate and heavy.
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Why can't agencies buy on credit?
In my latest column on shareinsavings contracts [FCW, Feb. 22], I referenced the prohibition on government contracting in advance of appropriations. The following questions are related to that topic: What is a contract in advance of appropriations? Why is it prohibited? Why can't government agenc
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Gondola trial highlights role of cockpit IT
The highprofile trial of the Marine Corps pilot whose jet clipped a ski lift cable in the Italian Alps has ignited a debate on Capitol Hill about information technology failures in the jet's cockpit that many experts believe played a key role in the accident, which killed 20 people.
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IG slams FAA data link costs, sked
Another key component of the Federal Aviation Administration's program to modernize air traffic control is off track, according to a Transportation Department inspector general's report released late last month. The inspector general projects that Controller/Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC),
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U.S., Russia form Y2K nuke center
The Pentagon has reached an agreement to set up a joint warning center with Russia to help avoid an accidental launch of nuclear weapons that could result from system malfunctions caused by Year 2000related computer problems. The Defense Department intends to provide Russians working in that facil
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Online budget benefits from Starr report
The Government Printing Office has updated its GPO Access World Wide Web site with the president's proposed $1.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2000, carrying on a tradition that began in 1995. But thanks to last year's online release of the Starr report, GPO has put more computing power behind the sit
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Commerce Commits to small biz
In a move aimed at diverting more federal information technology contracts to small businesses, the Commerce Department last week released a solicitation worth as much as $1.5 billion for a governmentwide information technology support services contract for small businesses. Commerce unveiled late
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Protests protect procurement system (Part 1)
About five years ago, I enjoyed attending several functions that featured Steven Kelman, then the administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Kelman had an uncanny ability to listen to everyone in the acquisition community and to provide progressive leadership for them. His contribut
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Industry Watch
Storage Technology Corp. this month plans to ship new software for archiving email that aims to make it easier to capture, index and retrieve messages. The first version of MessageVault is designed for Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange, but the company plans to release a Lotus Development Corp. Notes version shortly.
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Fedwire Briefs
DeSeve leaving OMB for private sector G. Edward DeSeve, whose nomination as deputy director of management in the Office of Management and Budget was never confirmed by the Senate, has announced plans to leave government at the end of the month for a job with the consulting company KPMG LLP. DeSeve
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Advanced hacks sting Pentagon
The Defense Department confirmed late Friday that a major cyberattack against its critical information systems has been under way for the past several months, propelling the newly formed Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense into its first realworld test. 'There appears to be something new
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Protests protect procurement system (Part 2)
In 'Silence of protestors' bark signals new era' [FCW, Feb. 22], Steven Kelman revels in the 'changing nature of the relationship between the government and IT vendors.' He is glad nobody protested two recent IT procurements. He applauds contractors that voluntarily relinquished their due process r
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House blasts DOD over savings claims
A bipartisan group of lawmakers last week assailed Defense Department outsourcing and privatization initiatives, labeling DOD an inept financial planner and questioning the department's savings from reform efforts. Rep. Herbert Bateman (R-Va.), who presided over a meeting of the House Military Read
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Travel time can count as overtime
During my federal career, I often wondered why I was not paid overtime when traveling on government business during nonbusiness hours. A recent case submitted to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) for arbitration sheds some light on this issue. The FLRA recently adjudicated a dispute (54
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