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Navy consolidates human resources systems with PeopleSoft
The Navy has selected software from PeopleSoft Inc. to manage human resources information for more than 800,000 retired, active and reserve sailors. Under the $7.4 million contract, PeopleSoft's human resources software will be deployed throughout the Navy at more than 800 locations, including shor
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GAO report hits DOD Y2K efforts
The General Accounting Office last week warned that the failure of at least some Defense Department missioncritical systems and the operations they support is 'almost certain' unless DOD takes corrective action in its Year 2000 program soon. In a report released late last week, GAO officials said
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Group submits draft policies on e-mail use
An interagency working group last month released draft policies aimed at encouraging agencies to reduce the size and to determine the appropriate use of email messages. The Federal Email Postmasters Council (Fedpost), which was formed by the Chief Information Officers Council's Interoperability C
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Industry Watch
DOD buys from Dakota Imaging The Defense Department plans to spend up to $60 million for imaging systems from Dakota Imaging Inc., Columbia, Md. Under a contract signed April 24 with Dulles Networking Associates, Dulles, Va., DOD may buy up to 200 installations of Dakota's Transform software for di
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INS awards $400M pact to SAIC
The Immigration and Naturalization Service on Friday awarded a $400 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to oversee the continued development of the agency's farflung information systems. Under the contract the first of five to spin out of the agency's $1.2 billion Servic
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GAO says Interior faces possible Y2K meltdown
The Interior Department, one of the least information technologyintensive federal agencies, faces a potentially crippling Year 2000 problem that could prevent it from managing millions of acres of land, according to the General Accounting Office. 'The department's core business process could fail
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Gains, losses alter benefits of disabled
A federal employee who retires with a disability may seek to reduce his reported earnings in order to continue receiving benefit payments. But a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should serve as a warning that retirees cannot reduce gains from one type of employment
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Federal Bytes
Timesavers, part one Sen. Robert Bennett (RUtah), chairman of the new Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, is apparently learning that hightech jargon involves a lot of acronyms. Bennett said at a press conference last week that he has been using the term 'Y2K' at home, thereby
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No need for 'duck and cover' on this DOD site
if you grew up in the 1950s, you probably remember 'duckandcover' drills in school. The practice of ducking under a desk to mitigate the effects of a potential nuclear blast remains a core memory of childhood. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War all but ended nuclear brin
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From data management to knowledge management
Reengineering in federal agencies has taught information technology managers that their burgeoning data sources are worth more to users when linked together. Now the search has begun for software that can help them turn databases, World Wide Web sites, library materials, policy memos even data a
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AmEx to dump federal travel, purchase card biz
American Express Co. last week said it plans to drop out of the competition to supply agencies with the next generation of charge cards, which will test innovative services such as smart cards and electronic commerce applications.
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EPA unveils new public-access site
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a World Wide Web site that pulls together regulatory compliance data from five major manufacturing industries into a searchable public database.
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4 get high ranks in pre-bid evaluation for $430M FBI pact
Using pastperformance evaluations, a General Services Administration contract office has identified four out of more than a dozen potential prime contractors that have the best chance of winning a $430 million systems integration deal at the FBI.
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Forest Service reforms financial management
American Express Co. last week said it plans to drop out of the competition to supply agencies with the next generation of charge cards, which will test innovative services such as smart cards and electronic commerce applications.
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INS awards $400M pact to SAIC
The Immigration and Naturalization Service on Friday awarded a $400 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to oversee the continued development of the agency's far-flung information systems.
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Administration may rely on National Security Council telecom systems if Year 2000 shutdowns occur
John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, told industry today that the Defense Department will allow the administration to use DOD's telecommunications systems to coordinate disaster relief if massive system shutdowns occur when the Year 2000 arrives.
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SSA's Pianalto named Trail Boss of the Year
Vincent Pianalto, program manager for the Social Security Administration's $1.2 billion Cooperative Processing Initiative, won Trail Boss of the Year honors yesterday at the annual meeting of graduates of the General Services Administration's training program for project managers of complex government programs.
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NSA chooses an alternate to Fortezza card
The Federal Reserve will spend about $100 million to fix its computer systems for the Year 2000, a Federal Reserve official told Congress today.
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Y2K to cost Federal Reserve $100M, slow economic growth
Intelligent Decisions announced today it would begin reselling Netscape Communications Corp. products and consulting services to the federal government via the General Services Administration schedule.
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