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SCO introduces 64-bit version of Intel Unix
Two years after taking over development of Novell Inc.'s Unix operating system, The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. (SCO) last week introduced UnixWare 7, which integrates technology from both companies and sets the stage for Intel Corp.'s move to 64bit processors. UnixWare 7 is designed as a common pla
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CyberMedia unveils beefed-up Repair Engine for Workgroups
CyberMedia Inc. earlier this month introduced a significantly enhanced version of Repair Engine for Workgroups, a tool that provides centralized remote diagnostics and troubleshooting of networked computers. Repair Engine for Workgroups lets administrators troubleshoot PCs not only from their man
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LOC seeks more funds
The increasing popularity of the Library of Congress' THOMAS World Wide Web site and the organization's expanding effort to digitize historical documents in its collection have required the Library to request an additional $5.2 million for its fiscal 1999 information technology budget. Librarian of
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OMB responds to Year 2000 criticism
In response to a recent General Accounting Office draft report that criticized the Clinton administration's management of Year 2000, the Office of Management and Budget last week reiterated its Year 2000 strategy. OMB responded to a draft report GAO released this month recommending that the recentl
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Telecom fee rankles cash-strapped agencies
ATLANTA The General Services Administration and the Defense Department are at odds with AT&T and Sprint over a new 4.9 percent 'universal service fee' that the companies have tacked onto FTS 2000 longdistance bills that will require agencies to pay millions of dollars more each month for telecom
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Toshiba gives new look to Equium line
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. this week released the second generation of its Equium desktop PC line for the corporate and government markets, touting new design features and a builtin help system. The Equium 7000S and 7000D run the latest Intel Corp. Pentium II processors, but company
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Roster
The Commerce Department last week named retired Air Force Brig. Gen. John J. Kelly director of the National Weather Service. Kelly is the former head of the Air Force Air Weather Service, which provides operational weather support for the Army and the Air Force. Kelly began work at his new job Feb.
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Latest data refutes FAA claims on Year 2000
While the Federal Aviation Administration contends that it will meet its Year 2000 conversion deadline, the latest data the agency submitted to the Office of Management and Budget shows that it will have less than 40 percent of its systems operational by Jan. 1, 2000, a source familiar with the dat
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Novell preps Net-friendly release of NetWare
Novell Inc. next month will introduce the next version of its network operating system, due out later this year, as well as a new tool to centrally manage PCs on a network. NetWare 5 is Novell's first 'pure' Internet Protocol network operating system that is designed to connect networks directly to
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End GPO's print monopoly
The article 'A reformed federal printing law soon? Don't hold your breath' [FCW, Feb. 16] by J. Timothy Sprehe is an excellent summary of the present Government Printing Office/ agency situation. I am glad you have maintained a continued interest over the years in GPO's monopoly over federal agency
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Don't compromise spectrum stake
Recent proposals that would reduce the amount of radio spectrum available to federal agencies are not just a concern for the Pentagon and other pockets of spectrum users but a matter of national interest. Of course, the economic pressures from private industry are great. The European Community hope
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Court asked to save feds' digital files
Plaintiffs suing the government over its failure to preserve electronic records went back to court last week, charging that agencies have ignored a judge's ruling that they must save their digital files. In a motion filed Feb. 25 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the consumeradvocacy gro
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Cybercenter will trace net intrusions
Attorney General Janet Reno last week announced an interagency effort to track and analyze electronic threats to the nation's critical infrastructure, such as the private computer systems used to manage the financial, electrical and transportation industries. The new National Infrastructure Protect
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GSA releases local phone service RFP amid congressional concerns
The General Services Administration last week issued a request for proposals for the first of a series of procurements under the auspices of its controversial Metropolitan Area Acquisition program, even as members of Congress and industry expressed concern about the program. The RFP covers interage
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GTSI begins assimilating BTG product business, employees
Government Technology Services Inc., armed with 166 new BTG employees and BTG contracts, believes it is ready to pursue the high volume of sales that are needed to make a profit in the fiercely competitive government reseller market. The tumult of the past two months behind it, GTSI now is focusing
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Agencies must use return on investment to judge IT buys
Once upon a time, an agency's empowerment to contract depended on a delegation of procurement authority (DPA) from the General Services Administration. But no more. ~The ClingerCohen Act returned contracting authority to agencies and changed the rules of the game. DPAs were out, and return on inve
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Hazzard links users without wire
In the late 1960s, while many teens were heeding acid guru Timothy Leary's advice of 'tune in, turn on, drop out,' a fresh Army draftee named Larry Hazzard was tuning in to his own message. Hazzard outgoing program manager of the General Services Administration's Federal Wireless Telecommunicatio
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FAA requests $388M to test advanced air traffic control
Despite concerns about its broader modernization program, the Federal Aviation Administration last week underscored to Congress the importance of funding a $388 million program to test how a revolutionary method of air traffic management works in real life.
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