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Autodesk Provides Raster, Vector Mapping for the Web
State and local government agencies looking to use the Internet for sharing maps and maprelated data might take a look at Autodesk Inc.'s MapGuide Release 3.0, which hits the market this month. Release 3.0 includes a suite of tools that allow users to build and deploy a raster or vector mapdriven
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The Mass. appeal of digital certificates
In the eyes of many public information technology officials, electronic commerce still falls into the category of 'any day now' technology.
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EBT Solutions
Electronic benefits transfer is 15 years old, and for much of that time it's been a perpetual bridesmaid: full of promise but always a step or two short of its ultimate goal of bringing speed and economy to the welfare delivery system.
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Volume-Licensing Service Keeps Software Police at Bay
If you are having difficulty keeping track of your agency's software licenses, you might want to take a look at a service from ASAP Software Express, Buffalo Grove, Ill., which is designed to make it easier to identify, track and audit large software inventories.
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The Planning Imperative
Tucked away in my files is a small newspaper clipping that states that Sony Corp. updates its 250year plan annually. I have never taken the time to verify the report. After all, who would make up something so preposterous! Instead, when hotshots around me castigate planning as impractical, I take
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Tax Filing Teamwork
Last year the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a Washington, D.C.based think tank, ranked the state of Washington first among equals in its use of information technology to serve the public interest.
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Eastman Software nabs imaging workflow pact
The Social Security Administration has awarded Eastman Software a $5.1 million contract for imaging workflow and computeroutputtolaserdisc (COLD) software that ranks the buy among the largest federal or commercial installations of the technology. SSA plans to deploy the software to 11 000 users
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Whistle-blowers: Beware of ruling in recent case
A court decision last November strikes a serious blow at the protection afforded federal employees by the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA). The case involved Mel Gores director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Medical Center in Bath N.Y. Gores supervised David Goblet the chief personnel off
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MCI presents Navy with high-bandwidth option
SAN DIEGO MCI Government Markets believes it has developed a turnkey commercial solution that exceeds the Navy's requirements for sending highbandwidth voice video and data to ships at sea. The requirements are part of the Navy's highprofile Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT21) p
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Federal Bytes
Adjusting to automation Getting used to a new boss is never easy. But Sandy Bates second in command at the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service has found the management style of her new boss almost completely different from that of her former boss. For one thing Dennis Fisch
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Taking advantage of the hidden gold in the new FAR 15
The new Federal Acquisition Regulation Part l5 which deals with large fullandopen competition procurements went into effect New Year's Day. A number of changes included in the FAR 15 rewrite already have received considerable attention such as the more aggressive standard for eliminating proposal
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Plans axed for central federal role
In a longawaited report the Department of Health and Human Services has backed off its intention to recommend to Congress a federally managed computer system to track welfare recipients. Over the holidays and with little fanfare HHS delivered to the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommitte
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Bill to require posting CRS reports online
Sen. John McCain (RAriz.) is expected this month to introduce a bill that would require Congress to post on the World Wide Web hundreds of repo rts that its members use for studying a range of issues including abortion foreign policy public contracting and telecom munications. But leaders of the
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Pentium MMX wares lead new-product parade
Intel Corp.'s extension of its powersaving line of Pentium MMX processors for portable PCs has spurred another round of product offerings from major notebook vendors. Federal users should see the new machines quickly showing up on refreshed contracts and on the schedule offerings of major manufact
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SGI/Cray supers to improve weapons equipment design
The Army late last month brought online a pair of new Silicon Graphics Inc./Cray Research supercomputers that will provide Defense Department scientists with the processing power necessary to develop new weapons and equipment that immediately performs as expected according to DOD researchers. The A
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INDUSTRY WATCH
Navy taps WheelGroup for intrusiondetection products The Navy has selected WheelGroup Corp.'s NetRanger intrusiondetection and security management system to protect its networks worldwide. As part of its global network security strategy the Navy will deploy NetRanger systems in selected land and
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DLA updates online mall with new products ordering procedures
The Defense Logistics Agency is beefing up its Internetbased electronic mall which is already one of the largest in the government by adding new products as well as making it easier to place and track orders and pay for products. This month DLA's EMall will offer registration product ordering and
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Critics: Clinton training plan falls short
A Clinton administration initiative to spend millions to remedy the nationwide shortage of information technology workers may not help the technical manpower problem in the federal government according to observers of the federal IT arena. Administration officials Jan. 12 announced plans to invGMT
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How do share-in-savings contracts work?
A government official raised the following topic: I have heard a lot about 'shareinsavings' provisions in government contracts. What are these and how do they work? For several years a number of commentators have been promoting the idea that a government agency and a contractor should share the s
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