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HP debuts tech models
HewlettPackard Co. this week will unveil a slew of models for its technical computer line many of which are powered by new 3D graphics subsystems based on the popular OpenGL graphics standard. Although this week's announcements primarily cover HP's Unix product line which uses HP's reduced instru
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Agenda
SEPTEMBER 810 CPP '97 Conference. Chicago Sheraton Hotel and Towers. Chicago.The theme of the conference is 'Harnessing the Power of Scalable Computing.'Call Jennifer Castro at (212) 7048288. 811 DVC '97 East: Desktop Video Communications Conference and Exhibition. Omni Shoreham Hotel. Washingto
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Federal Bytes
ODIN infection NASA achieved a fairly rare accomplishment two weeks ago by meeting its deadline to the day for the release of a draft request for proposals for the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA contract which could be worth as much as $1 billion. However eager contractors accessing th
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BPAs blitz to top of the charts (Part 1)
The Defense Department which has been a leading advocate for large indefinitedelivery indefinitequantity procurements now appears ready to abandon the "onesizefitsall" approach in favor of smaller more flexible blanket purchase agreements based on the General Services Administration's multip
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Awards
Innovative PBX Services. A $3.4 million award to upgrade the Nortel Meridian SL1 option 61 telephone system. Acquisition & Material Management Service Department of Veterans Affairs White City Ore. Unisys Corp. Federal Systems Division. A $449 216 award for cable plant and localarea network. Milit
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AF opens IT show to onsite, virtual visitors
If you can't make it to Montgomery Ala. for this week's Air Force Information Technology Conference (AFITC) then check out the World Wide Web site set up by the Standard Systems Group host of the conference. The SSG Web site (www.ssg.gunter.af.mil) designed to serve virtual and onsite visitors ser
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Fedwire
White House to tap Kammer for NIST role As expected the White House said last week it will nominate Ray Kammer as the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Kammer currently deputy director of NIST is also serving on an acting basis as the chief financial officer the assist
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Industry Watch
Intel debuts new chip Intel Corp. this week will debut its Tillamook Pentium chip designed for portable machines and IBM Corp. and the NEC Computer Systems Division will be among the vendors backing the new microprocessor. IBM will announce the ThinkPad 770 notebook line running 200 MHz and 233 MHz
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Letters to the Editor
Services sector backs FAR Part 15 rewrite The Professional Services Council (PSC) takes strong exception to the implication of a recent article on the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 [FCW Aug. 11]. The article 'Industry surrenders to rewrite of Part 15 ' creates the absolutely erroneous impr
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IBM offers leasing through GSA
The General Services Administration late last month awarded a leasing contract to IBM Corp. that will allow federal users to lease the company's equipment through schedule contracts held by IBM or any of its resellers. Chris Stergiou manager of GSA marketing at IBM Global Government Industry said t
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Anteon Corp. launches acquisition campaign, buys Vector
Anteon Corp. has embarked on an acquisition strategy that the company believes will make the Fairfax Va.based integrator a $500 million company in less than three years. Anteon launched its acquisition foray two weeks ago purchasing Vector Data Systems Inc. a $30 million Alexandria Va.based compa
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Proposed changes to FEHBP miss the mark
The Office of Personnel Management recently issued new regulations designed to simplify enrollment or amend coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. To enroll in the FEHBP or to amend or cancel coverage one must follow a procedure prescribed by OPM and make an appropriate reque
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GSA, DOD mull joint telecom deals
HERSHEY Pa. Officials from the Defense Department and the General Services Administration said last week they may cooperate on local telecommunications service contracts in at least three cities to obtain greater volume discounts and avoid duplicating each other's efforts. Speaking at GSA's IRMCO
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NEC seeks new markets for ID tech
Reaching a sales plateau with buyers of law enforcement technology NEC Technologies has begun targeting new markets for the company's fingerprint identification technology. The primary target of the new market thrust for NEC is commercial operations such as hotels that could use fingerprint technol
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Novell offers licensing program on GSA sked
Novell Inc. has launched a software licensing program through the General Services Administration schedule that offers federal buyers discounts of at least 42 percent on volume purchases. Novell's Master License Agreement (MLA) program has been available in the commercial market and on such indefin
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Group says few fed sites protect privacy
While a growing number of agencies are collecting personal information such as Social Security numbers from visitors to federal World Wide Web sites few have policies or mechanisms to guard against the data falling into the wrong hands according to a report released last week by OMB Watch. The nonp
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Plan afoot to allow credit for GSA schedule purchases
The General Services Administration the Small Business Administration and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are working together on a plan that would allow agencies to obtain credit toward their smallbusiness goals by purchasing from Federal Supply Service schedule contracts. Currently agen
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V-Squared opens configuration center
V Squared recently opened a PC configuration center in Dulles Va. The company now has the capacity to build 1 500 PCs a day during three shifts. The company manufactures its own line of PCs servers Redundant Array of Independent Disks subsystems and CDROM towers. VSquared is a subsidiary of Deci
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Atlantic Fleet prepares ship-to-shore network
NORFOLK Va. The Navy's Atlantic Fleet (LANTFLT) which is headquartered here has embraced the Pacific Fleet's Information Technology for the 21st Century project which will provide a seamless shiptoshore computing system. LANTFLT has developed a coordinated plan to use IT21 to upgrade its entir
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