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Roster
Roster Fernando Fernandez was appointed last week as the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He previously served as president and chairman of the board at AETC Inc., a small applied research organization that specializes in advanced processing technologies that improve the d
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Pentagon plans expansion of cyberthreat alert system
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is crafting a plan to require all military commands to create a new alert system that will track cyberthreats to Defense Department information systems. Similar to the wellknown Defense Conditions, or DEFCONs, that mark the military's status in response to traditional for
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Year 2000 bug nets $2.25B funding boost
The Senate Appropriations Committee on May 14 created a $2.25 billion emergency reserve fund that agencies will be able to tap during fiscal 1999 to fix Year 2000 conversion problems in critical federal information systems.
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GAO: USDA 'unlikely' to meet Y2K deadline
The U.S. Coast Guard already has experienced computer systems failures as a result of the Year 2000 bug and in at least one instance has not yet fixed the problem.
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Rand joins Lucent
The Defense Department today announced a series of nominations to fill some of its top information technology management slots.
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DOD announces reorg of C3I office
The Defense Department today announced a restructuring of its command, control, communications and intelligence office that streamlines oversight functions, but not as dramatically as once expected.
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GTSI elects Young as chairman
Government Technology Services Inc. today announced that Lawrence J. Shoenberg resigned as the company's chairman of the board on Monday and that the board had elected Dendy Young, GTSI's president and chief information officer, as his replacement.
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House considers taking the 'M' out of OMB
Members of a House subcommittee today began exploring the possibility of spinning out a special Office of Management from the Office of Management and Budget.
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Henderson named new Postmaster General
William J. Henderson today was named Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service. He replaces Marvin Runyon, who resigned earlier this year to return to the private sector. .
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DOD picks four officers to fill top IT posts
The Defense Department today announced a series of nominations to fill some of its top information technology management slots.
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Year 2000 problems sink Coast Guard systems
The U.S. Coast Guard already has experienced computer systems failures as a result of the Year 2000 bug and in at least one instance has not yet fixed the problem.
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Agencies team to beef up online CBD
Trying to succeed where others have failed, the Commerce Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have joined forces to create a single online entry point for industry to access governmentwide procurement opportunities. The initiative builds on the existing Commerce Business Daily
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Training system to improve security
In an effort to tighten aviation security, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to install a standard computerbased training (CBT) system to better prepare personnel who operate security screening equipment at airports. The FAA recently awarded an estimated $11 million contract to Safe Passag
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Flat-panel display market prepares to take off
After years on the market fringe, flatpanel displays quickly are becoming an affordable option for PC buyers who are tired of dedicating half their desk space to their monitors. Until recently, buyers who demanded the small, lightweight screens paid a hefty price. LCD monitors cost 10 times as muc
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Litton/PRC piles up contracts with CIO Inbox strategy
Litton/PRC Inc.'s William James, formerly a staff member of the Air Force chief information office, has crafted a services strategy that has helped his company win four Defense Department services contracts potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars. James, Litton/PRC's vice president of com
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Bill puts digital transactions on par with paper
An amendment to the Internal Revenue Service restructuring bill created, for the first time in federal law, a requirement that agencies treat electronic transactions between the government and the public the same way as they treat traditional signed paper documents. An amendment to the Senate's ref
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Raosoft boosts support for World Wide Web-based surveys
Raosoft Inc. has released the second version of its EZSurvey software, a datacollection program used by several government agencies to conduct surveys and analyze the results.
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EDITORIAL
Set a place at the table for CIOs The federal government's struggle to integrate the chief information officer position into the daytoday business of an agency is well documented. So the Information Technology Association of America's latest report showing that many CIOs still feel left out of th
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