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Letters to the Editor
Refining a Definition A gross error was included in the response provided by Carl Peckinpaugh in 'A Legal View' column 'How are mapping services acquired?' [FCW, March 30]. It has caused great concern among several agency officials; thus this clarification is important. In his response, Peckinpaugh
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Group says feds ignoring electronic information law
For Russell Powell, the freedom of information officer with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, putting together a World Wide Web site to comply with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act has not been easy. The act, which Congress passed in 1996, required agencies to provide by November 1997 onl
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Kentucky's $150 Million PC Bid Hits Street Soon
Kentucky's $150 Million PC Bid Hits Street Soon
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MSA concept unproven in federal sector
Congress introduced in February the Federal Employees Health Care Freedom of Choice Act (H.R. 3116), which would amend provisions of the law that relate to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and would provide medical savings accounts (MSAs) for federal workers. Employees who elec
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Vendors display new ISDN-based products, distance-learning products
Philips Electronics announced its entry into the videoconferencing market earlier this month with a series of new products that will be available on the General Services Administration schedule. The company demonstrated the products at the TeleCon East 1998 conference in Washington, D.C. Other anno
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GSA extends FTS 2000 phase-out to one year
The General Services Administration this month notified AT&T and Sprint of the government's intention to extend the period for phasing out the FTS 2000 contract from 180 days after the contract expires to 12 months. The FTS 2000 contract is slated to expire in December, no more than four months aft
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Defense site keeps pace on IT industry fast track
For those government technology users who like to stay on the cutting edge of an industry that moves seemingly at the speed of light, point your browser to the Defense Department's Technology Navigator at www.dtic.mil/technav. This World Wide Web site recently began offering several new features si
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Packet Engines unwraps Gigabit Ethernet wares
Packet Engines Inc. this week introduced a line of Gigabit Ethernet routing switches designed to increase bandwidth on the network backbone and to provide highspeed connections to data centers. The PowerRail family of routing switches includes three models: the 1000, designed for the edge of the n
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IT as vital to military as ships, tanks
SALT LAKE CITY Top Defense Department information officers believe that information technology and computerized weapons will determine winners and losers of future battles, making software as much a component of national defense as the newest ship, fighter or tank. Information officers gathered h
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GSA tailors tool suite for mobile work force
The General Services Administration plans to unveil this summer a new 'product line' of information technology equipment and services specifically designed for mobile government workers and telecommuters. The offering, dubbed Anywhere Office, includes a range of computing and communications equipme
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Federal Bytes
Vividata products added to SEWP II Vividata Inc.'s printing, scanning and faxing solutions for Unix platforms are now being offered by Baltimorebased reseller ECS Technologies Inc. on NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement II contract. PostShop, which Vividata said is widely dep
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GTSI fixes PC, server shipment for Y2K
Government Technology Services Inc. this month will provide the State Department with software patches to correct thousands of newly purchased PCs and more than a hundred servers that cannot properly process dates beyond 1999. The products division of BTG Inc., which was purchased this year by GTSI
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Intercepts
Navy IT food fight. My oldtown San Diego mobile unit has picked up strong signals that Rear Adm. John Gauss, the new Spawar commander, has ambitious plans to corral most if not all of the Navy's IT budget. This plan, I'm told, includes Spawar absorbing the Naval Computer and Telecommunications
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Money, incompatibility seen as roadblocks to service delivery
Lack of funding, incompatible computer systems and mistrust among federal, state and local officials are major barriers to using information technology to integrate delivery of government services to the public, according to a set of studies presented April 23 to an intergovernmental committee that
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Where does a software product originate?
A contractor raised the following topic: How do the countryoforigin rules that cover government contracting apply to computer software? In government procurements, the determination of a product's 'country of origin' is very important. Under the Buy American Act, agencies give preference to items
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NOAA, FAA software improves forecasts
New weather forecasting software developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with support from the Federal Aviation Administration, is providing more accurate weather forecasts and improving safety for aviation. The new modeling software, which went live earlier this month, wi
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Feds eye private forensics help
Faced with understaffed offices and a growing case backlog, federal agencies sifting through computers for evidence of crime may find relief with the opening last week of what observers believe to be the first privatesector computer forensics laboratory. Many agencies, from the FBI to the U.S. Pos
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Upson likely choice for Va. Cabinet
Virginia Gov. James Gilmore is reportedly close to announcing his choice of a candidate to fill a revamped Cabinetlevel position on technology.
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Report finds Y2K problems pull CIOs from procurement reform efforts
Federal chief information officers are finding that the Year 2000 crisis coupled with a shrinking work force trying to handle rapidly advancing technology challenges may be hampering their efforts to meet recent procurement reform legislation requirements, according to a report released today.
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