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Can a subcontractor submit federal claims?
A company representative raised the following issue: Can a subcontractor on a government contract submit a claim directly against the U.S. government? If so, what are the procedures? Claims against the federal government that are based in contract are governed primarily by the Contract Disputes Act
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DOD agency sheds the paper trail
Just 15 months before Defense Department agencies must comply with a departmentwide paperless contracting mandate, last week the Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) announced it was the first DOD agency to complete the conversion. The achievement represents the first tested enterprisewide
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Federal Bytes
INEVITABLE CLINTON JOKES, PART I. Everyone weighs in on President Clinton these days, even the desktop computer. Users of newer versions of Word, Microsoft Corp.'s word processing software, recently have discovered that if they ask the Word Thesaurus for a synonymous phrase for 'I want President Cl
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NASA to test info tech in deep space
As part of an upcoming mission into the distant reaches of the solar system, NASA will shift its focus from carrying out science experiments to testing cuttingedge technology as it sets the stage for future space exploration. The unmanned Deep Space 1, the first mission in NASA's New Millennium Pr
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DISA DOSIDO. Although Army Lt. Gen. Dave Kelley theoretically has a year to go in his tour as Defense Information Systems Agency director, I've picked up signals that Army Lt. Gen. William Campbell, currently the Army widget and communications chief, will succeed Kelley at Courthouse Road and s
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Novell delivers with NetWare 5.0
With the official release of NetWare 5.0 earlier this month, Novell Inc. delivered on its promise of a totally revamped network operating system, which government information technology shops longtime NetWare mainstays will find a worthwhile upgrade. Like its competitors, Novell has found a ne
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ATM over satellite: A bandwidth boon
Some of the many agencies that have adopted highspeed Asynchronous Transfer Mode as their backbone network technology of choice are now pushing to the next level with ATMoversatellite communications. For the Defense Department, this technology promises to provide remote users such as those on
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Fedwire
DOD awards D/SIDDOMS II pacts The Defense Department's Health Affairs branch last week awarded three contracts as part of a $4 billion systems modernization program. DOD awarded the contracts to SRA International Inc., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Sherikon Inc. The contracts represent one lot of DOD'
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EDS sets precedent for Y2K info sharing
With the Clinton administration pushing for hightech vendors to share more information on the status of their products, Electronic Data Systems Corp. this month announced the creation of what the company described as the world's largest database of Year 2000compliance information. The Vendor 2000
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Raosoft energizes survey wares
Raosoft Inc. next month will release the first Microsoft Corp. Windowsbased version of its EZReport data analysis package, along with an enhanced version of SurveyWin, its survey automation software. The statistical report writer, EZReport 4.0., will be available for the first time with a graphica
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Excalibur digitizes GSA pay info
The General Services Administration has purchased a searchandretrieval engine from Excalibur Technologies Corp. that will make it possible to automate the distribution of payroll information and, eventually, customer billing on the World Wide Web. Excalibur's RetrievalWare, like other Internet se
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GTE software fosters virtual intell community
The Defense Intelligence Agency last week awarded a contract for a key piece of an estimated $200 million project that will give intelligence analysts across the globe an unprecedented capability to work together on information, collaborating in real time. Under the $18 million contract, GTE Govern
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Feds ask court for relief on storing electronic docs
The government asked last week for a reprieve from a court order requiring federal agencies to account for their electronic records. In a motion filed in U.S. District Court, the Justice Department asked Judge Paul Friedman to 'partially stay,' or at least modify, an order that demands agencies sta
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FCW, AFCEA team on IT conference
FCW Media Group Inc. and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International last week agreed to produce a joint conference and exhibition series to showcase information technology products and services for the federal government. The GovTechNet International C
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Testing for Year 2000 compliance
Although most federal agencies are now well on their way with replacement or remediation of Year 2000 code problems, there may still be issues with PCs and office applications. Two recently updated packages from BindView Development Corp. and WRQ are designed to help agencies test for Year 2000 com
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DOD's tough balancing act
The Defense Department has run smack dab into the Internet paradox: How does DOD provide online the kind of information that helps its agencies and the services run more efficiently while keeping offline information that terrorists could use to attack military installations and employees? Pentagon
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TAXi delivers teen-friendly tax info
The Internal Revenue Service and the American Bar Association this summer unveiled a World Wide Web site to help novice taxpayers learn about the tax system and understand their financial obligations as members of the work force. The IRS describes TAXinteractive (TAXi), at www.irs.gov/taxi, as an e
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Industry Watch
NetWare 5.0 now shipping Novell Inc. this month started shipping the latest version of its network operating system, which is designed to connect networks directly to the Internet and other Internet Protocolbased networks. NetWare 5 is compatible with earlier versions of NetWare, which use Novell'
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GAO: Public info open to hackers
Hackers can gain access to sensitive medical and financial information on nearly every American because of widespread security weaknesses in agency computer systems, officials told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee last week. The General Accounting Office told the committee that significant
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