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Applicants sought for IT scholarships
The Federation of Government Information Processing Councils has begun its annual search for scholarship candidates to support continued education in the field of information technology. As in previous years, FGIPC will award $1,000 scholarships in three categories: public service employees working
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DOD adopts COTS wares to protect supercomputers
The Defense Department's highperformance computing program office is finalizing plans for a security policy using commercial hardware and software security products to control access of more than 4,000 users of supercomputers nationwide. The DOD HighPerformance Computing Modernization Program (HP
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Call it Ma Bell's final bequest. In a twist on the telephone industry's historic obligation to provide 'universal (telephone) service' to even the most out-of-the-way Americans
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Editorial: OPM innovation promises dividends
The Office of Personnel Management, a new player in the unfolding millennium drama, has given a muchneeded boost to the government's Year 2000 fix by crafting an innovative policy to help agencies attract and retain computer programmers.
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Round Two
In the March 30 FCW supplement 'Mission Accomplished,' Boeing Information Services is identified as a manufacturer of Global Positioning System satellites. This is incorrect; Boeing North American Inc. is the manufacturer. In the same supplement, FCW identified the current satellite communications
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Porting tools ease migration to Windows NT
Although far from a cureall, application porting tools have emerged as a salve for some of the pains that agencies develop when managing mixed Unix and Windows NT environments. Porting tools help users either integrate offtheshelf Windows NT software with Unix platforms or migrate Unix applicati
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SEI tapped for Bureau of Indian Affairs financial system
Interior Department officials last week announced they had chosen SEI Investments to replace a beleaguered inhouse system that the agency has used for decades to manage billions of trust dollars for American Indians. The department maintains almost 350,000 trust accounts for American Indians and I
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Pitfalls of Public Safety Integration
Public safety may be the highest civic priority within local government, but the technology used to support such services often lags behind the times. While getting the job done, many 911, computeraided dispatch (CAD) and radio systems are outdated and splintered among police, fire and other city
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SAIC joins growing roster of NATO suppliers
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) this month announced it had joined a group of about 30 information technology vendors that have enlisted to provide products and services to all member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. SAIC officials described the NATO program, whi
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Intercepts
* DMRD The Pentagon ran a pricey, displaytype classified ad in the Wall Street Journal April 8 for what it called an 'executive opportunity'' for a job as director, Defense Reform Initiative, 'who reports directly to the Secretary of Defense...and functions as the principal adviser for all matter
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Lost in space? Click here to find Mars
For space junkies still mourning the loss of communications six months ago from the rover on the Mars Pathfinder mission, take heart and point your browser to the Mars Global Surveyor home page at mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/index.html. Here you can take a peek at the newest images from the Red Planet. N
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Education puts docs on agency intranet
Education Department officials have launched a new service on the agency's intranet that they hope will help Education employees provide better customer service. The feature, called The Learning Network, is a series of training and human resources development documents that department officials beg
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Software helps pilots avoid trouble
Two new commercial software packages developed with help from NASA will help pilots of small planes avoid dangerous terrain and pinpoint their location on a map while in flight. The PCbased software combines Global Positioning System satellite data with highresolution topographical maps to give p
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Silanis captures new federal customers
Silanis Technology Inc. has landed several recent federal government clients with its software product that is designed to eliminate paper by digitally capturing handwritten signatures and securing those signatures using authentication technology. ApproveIT is designed to enable users to electronic
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Fingerprint scan brings access control to Windows
I/O Software Inc. late last month introduced an application that lets PC users log on to their workstations using their fingerprints. The new application, called SecureStart 98, is designed to block unauthorized access to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems. The product, w
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A Legal View: What is the impact of filing for bankruptcy?
A company official asked the following question: Because of cash flow issues, our company is considering filing for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize our business.
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Microsoft ups software accessibility
In response to demand from disabled workers who rely heavily on computers to do their jobs, Microsoft Corp. has begun promoting its plans for making its operating system and applications software more widely accessible. The plans include new features in the Windows 98 operating system tailored for
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Feds, states consider Army training network
Prompted by a congressional mandate and generous funding to pursue distance learning, the National Guard Bureau has established a network to better train its soldiers, and it is close to signing on federal and state agencies. The 367,000 soldiers who make up the Army National Guard will use the
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Chicago Police Cast a Wide Web
The Chicago Police Department is wellknown as an early and ardent adopter of community policing, so it's no surprise the department's presence on the World Wide Web stresses community as well.
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