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Members of the President's Councilon Year 2000 Conversion
Members of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion
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CFO defends DOD accounting systems
The deputy chief financial officer of the Defense Department told members of a House subcommittee today that his agency has firm control of its equipment including its information technology systems despite reports citing widespread information mismanagement at DOD.
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State to announce electronic buying pilot
The State Department plans to announce next month a limited electronic contracting initiative with the Army Communications and Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, N.J., as part of its plan to automate the purchase of goods and services for U.S. embassies and posts around the world.
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Navy christens new Network Operations Center
The Navy stands a good chance of obtaining the budget it needs to complete an enormous shiptoshore automation project about five years ahead of schedule.
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IRS' tab for Year 2000 fix to total nearly $1 billion
On the last day of the tax filing season, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service said the agency will spend nearly a billion dollars to fix its computers for the millennium bug.
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DOD awards seven contracts for $2.5 billion to build health network
The Defense Department today awarded contracts to seven vendors as part of a $2.5 billion program that should help make military patient records accessible electronically from anywhere in the world.
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Raines leaving as OMB director
Franklin Raines announced today that he will step down from his post as director of the Office of Management and Budget. President Clinton, in a statement given today at the White House, said he intended to nominate OMB Deputy Director Jack Lew as the new OMB director.
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Nonprofit group says NSA report shows weaknesses of key recovery
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is expected to issue its response tomorrow to a National Security Agency (NSA) report that documents the potential risks posed by the encryption technology that has been at the center of a raging debate between the Clinton administration and industry.
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IT central to FAA safety program
The Federal Aviation Administration unveiled a safety initiative today that it hopes will reduce the number of fatal aviation accidents fivefold by relying heavily on new technology.
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DOD awards $50 million to industry, universities for Next Generation Internet
The Defense Department today announced it would spend $50 million over the next three years to fund privatesector research into technology that will support the government's Next Generation Internet initiative.
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Navy's IT-21 project could get accelerated funding
The Navy stands a good chance of obtaining the budget it needs to complete an enormous shiptoshore automation project about five years ahead of schedule.
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Industry watch
DOT agency buys WordPerfect Suite licenses Corel Corp. has signed a deal with the Transportation Department's Federal Highway Administration to provide 3,500 licenses of WordPerfect Suite 8, which includes the WordPerfect 8 word processor, Quattro Pro 8 spreadsheet, Presentations 8 and the Central
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Rehiring buyout recipients doesn't make sense
Does it make sense to pay people incentives to leave their jobs, only to hire them back a few years later? According to a recent General Accounting Office review ('Federal Downsizing: Controls Needed to Ensure Compliance With Buyout Repayment Provisions,' GAO/GGD9812, January 1998), the federal g
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Federal Bytes
I'm CEO, and you're not William Owens, a retired admiral and former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a man of his word. When he joined Science Applications International Corp. in March 1996, he said his goal was to rise to the level of chief executive officer within two years. He didn
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Internet High School
San Francisco's Thurgood Marshall Academic High School is situated in one of the city's toughest neighborhoods.
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Arming Beat Cops With GIS Weapons
The use of geographic information systems (GIS) and smart maps to combat crime traditionally has been a luxury that only big city police units could afford. But now the Justice Department wants to give average beat cops in smaller, less technically savvy departments access to the same technology we
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GSA awards $222M support services pact
The General Services Administration last month awarded a $222 million contract to STG Inc. of Fairfax, Va., for information technology and communications support services. The services will be available mainly to agencies operating within GSA's midAtlantic region, which covers Delaware, Maryland,
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Agenda
April 1314 NCMA Contracting Technology 2000 Business Fair. Ramada Inn. Williamsburg, Va. For information, call Charlene Cowman, (804) 9157281. 1317 IPIC '98: Pathways to Info 2000. Fairmont Hotel. New Orleans. For information, call (504) 5297111; Web, www.gitec.org/ipic/meet98/index.htm. 14 Air
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GSA promises faster payment if vendors go electronic
To encourage more vendors to use electronic commerce, the General Services Administration last month said that for some contracts, the agency will pay vendors 20 days sooner if they agree to process orders and invoices electronically. Under the interim rule published in the Federal Register, GSA wi
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