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Firms air fed piracy complaints
An industry group asserted that federal agencies are stealing software and this month asked congressional leaders to help stop the theft. The Software Publishers Association (SPA) testifying before the House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property on Sept. 11 called for a congressional res
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Agencies sign pledge to award improved IT acquisition
In an effort to improve the way agencies purchase information technology representatives from more than 20 agencies last week signed a pact to offer incentives to employees who come up with innovative procurement ideas that save money or improve business practices. The Office of Federal Procurement
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Awards
Cordev Inc. A $2.3 million award for ATS Anniston/ Redstone administrative telephone services. Army CommunicationsElectronics Command (Cecom) Acquisition Center Fort Huachuca Ariz. Versa Management Systems Inc. A $978 130 award for a software modification for the Year 2000. Social Security Adminis
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Digital doc advice tops new agenda
The National Archives and Records Administration plans to reorganize its Office of Records Services and focus more attention on helping agencies to manage their electronic records. "We're trying to figure out the best way to get electronic records to permeate everything we do " said Michael Mille
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CBD Watch
Air Force. Geo Light Imaging National Testbed (GLINT). Sol. F296019740152. (CBD Sept. 8) Agreement No. F296019740152. The objective of the GLINT program is to design fabricate and test a prototype optical test bed that provides images of satellites in geostationary (geo) orbit. The images wil
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Cecom site moving to all-Internet acquisition system
The Army's CommunicationElectronics Command (Cecom) Acquisition Center which researches develops and acquires warfighting systems has launched a World Wide Webbased electronic interchange that is designed to eventually allow its entire procurement process to be completed via the Internet. Poi
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Exchange gets Air Force nod
The Air Force has selected Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange as its preferred Defense Message System (DMS) solution and will back that decision with centralized financing and support including a purchase of 105 000 copies of the Exchange client software and 800 copies of the server software valued at $11
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Air Force flies paperless with Peacock
As part of its effort to reduce paper manuals the Air Force Reserve Command recently completed a proofofconcept demonstration of a paperless electronic aircraft cockpit (Peacock).Begun as a way to collect technical orders for older aircraft and distribute them electronically to flight crews the p
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Cabletron modules to integrate fiber optics directly into switches
Cabletron Systems Inc. next month will begin shipping a family of modules for its SmartSwitch 6000 that will allow users to integrate fiber optics directly into their Cabletron switches.The company last month introduced four new 24port 10BaseFL Ethernet SmartSwitches designed specifically for its
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Embedded technology develops robust commercial flavor
Embedded systems have until now been the poor cousins of the information technology world toiling in obscurity while their more glamorous PC relatives primp and preen in the spotlight. But a new generation of 32bit chips with 64bit processors just on the horizon are set to drive embedded technolo
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Computer wizards on display
The Computer Museum of Boston in conjunction with Goldman Sachs & Co. and the Association for Computing Machinery are cosponsoring next month a portrait exhibit of computer 'wizards ' including a few subjects who made their mark working for the federal government. Rep. Ed Markey (DMass.) the only
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Draft SOW outlines advanced traffic-control system for ships
The Coast Guard released a draft statement of work last month for a new system that is designed to reduce the number of vessel accidents in ports and busy waterways by providing ships with uptotheminute data on traffic conditions on the water. The Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS) would
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CACI maneuvers to buy networking-services company
CACI International Inc. is negotiating to acquire Government Systems Inc. a Chantilly Va. networkingservices firm that could become CACI's largest purchase in terms of revenue. CACI an Arlington Va. information technology services firm disclosed the acquisition discussions last week but the compan
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Court approves DT V pact; two share small-biz portion
After a yearlong legal dispute the Air Force opened the smallbusiness Desktop V contract held by International Data Products Corp. but also awarded a contract to Dynamic Decisions Inc. The Air Force originally awarded the contract to IDP only but DDI filed a protest that started at the Small Busi
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Acquisition reform: Some progress, more to be done
President Clinton and Congress ushered in a new era in federal contracting last year by fundamentally revamping the way the government buys goods and services. The legislation shepherded by exSenator and current Defense Secretary William Cohen (RMe.) and former Rep. William Clinger (RPa.) promis
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Bay upgrades network management product
Bay Networks Inc. tomorrow will launch the latest version of its enterprise network management system which includes technology designed to ease the deployment of advanced networks. Optivity Network Management System 8.0 is a Unixbased product made for largescale networks. Among the product's new
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Minolta signs reseller pact with BTG
Just months after shipping its first brandname line of laser printers Minolta Corp. late last month signed BTG Inc. to sell its products on the National Institutes of Health's Electronic Computer Store contract. Minolta also is in the final stages of adding its printer line to the General Services
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Madge unveils LAN-based videoconferencing switch
Madge Networks Inc. introduced today a switch that will let users connect localarea networkbased videoconferencing systems with Integrated Services Digital Networkbased infrastructures. Called the Madge LAN Video Gateway the product is a stackable switch that translates a H.323 LAN packet into a
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INS to issue digital green cards
As part of its widescale effort to rebuff illegal immigration the Immigration and Naturalization Service this month plans to replace the 'green card ' which legal immigrants use for identification and employment purposes with what agency officials hope will be a more secure card bearing encoded dig
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