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Anderson tapped as Marine Corps CIO The Marine Corps has named Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Anderson as its assistant chief of staff for command control communications computers and intelligence and chief information officer. Anderson formerly the vice commander of the Naval Air Systems Command replaces Maj
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Fed agencies construct electronic reading rooms both lavish, sparse
Spurred on by amendments to the Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA) agencies have begun to construct a mixed bag of 'electronic reading rooms' to enhance public availability of their records. All federal agencies and departments are required to use information technology to deploy their
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Going beyond the obvious
Project management software today provides far more functionality than its name presupposes. Secondary gains include using the technology for integrating or standardizing systems as a platform for administrating change management and as Internet connections grow for document collaboration. The conv
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MCI wins protest against AT&T
The General Accounting Office last month handed MCI a longdenied victory issuing a protest decision that confirmed the longdistance carrier's assertion that a proposed modification to the General Services Administration's FTS 2000 contract went beyond the scope of the contract. The protest filed
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Roster
Joe Thompson chief information officer at the General Services Administration announced this month he will retire from federal service in December. Thompson said in a statement he will be 'returning to private life.' GSA has not announced Thompson's replacement. Don Venneberg deputy CIO at GSA also
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GSA, Navy to test security of smart card applications
The General Services Administration and the Navy joined forces this month to develop new protocols for using smart cards. The agreement slated to be the first of several between GSA and other federal agencies is designed to test whether a single smart card a plastic card equipped with computer ch
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Round Two
Federal Computer Week incorrectly reported in the Sept. 22 issue the agency that developed the EnviroFacts World Wide Web page. The Environmental Protection Agency developed the site. Due to a copy editing error statements in the last three paragraphs of the article 'GSA: Regional offices mismanage
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Commission urges cooperation between government, industry
In addition to quadrupling spending on current infrastructureassurance research and development efforts a presidential commission will recommend that the private sector forge relationships with the federal government through partnerships such as a joint information warning and analysis center to s
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Cameras, GPS integrated to fight illegal immigration
The Immigration and Naturalization Service next month will begin adding cameras to an automated system that electronically monitors illegal immigration across U.S. borders. During the next year the INS plans to install dozens of remotely operated cameras along the U.S./Mexico border. The cameras wh
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GAO claims OMB's plan falls short
The Office of Management and Budget assigned the task of overseeing agencies' finances and managerial efforts has fallen short in developing its own strategy to track and improve its managerial capabilities General Accounting Office officials told Congress this month. OMB like other agencies is req
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GSA, vendors work to form Seat Management bid teams
Vendors were still scrambling last week to strike teaming arrangements to respond to the General Services Administration's $9 billion Seat Management solicitation a program to outsource the management of agencies' desktop systems. Representatives from more than 100 companies met last week with GSA
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CIO: Tax bill hampers IRS' millennium fix
The chief information officer for the Internal Revenue Service last week said the taxcollection agency's schedule to make its computers Year 2000compliant will be disrupted by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. Arthur Gross speaking at a Year 2000 seminar held by the Information Technology Associat
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EPA awards first pact to upgrade systems
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a fiveyear $259 million contract for telecommunications and computer support to Lockheed Martin Information Support Services the first of five contracts the agency plans to let during the next two years to maintain and upgrade its computing infrastru
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OPM takes over compensation, leave claims
The Office of Personnel Management this year began settling claims involving federal employees' compensation and leave. The effect this change will have on federal employees remains to be seen. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1996 transferred most of the claims settlement functions pre
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Continuous improvement and procurement reform
Since returning to academia I actually have been able to read books again in a serious way. One of the first books I read was a new collection of essays put together by The Brookings Institution titled Innovation in American Government: Challenges Opportunities and Dilemmas. The book contains paper
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Missouri Schools Activate EC 'Buy Board'
Missouri Schools Activate EC 'Buy Board'
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GSA: Regional offices mismanaged FAST
Highlevel officials at the General Services Administration's Federal Telecommunications Service last month criticized the way some of their regional offices are handling the Federal Acquisition Services for Technology (FAST) program directing most of their criticism at the Kansas City Mo. office.
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Set-Asides
Bundling language debated When House and Senate conferees meet to resolve their differences on a bill to reauthorize Small Business Administration programs they will discuss whether to include language designed to curtail "bundling" of purchases into procurements for which only large firms can co
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