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CBD Watch
Department of Veterans Affairs. Interactive multimedia kiosk system. Sol. 5067297 (CBD Aug. 26) The VA Medical Center Ann Arbor Mich. is seeking a contractor to develop and install a computerbased interactive multimedia kiosk system. The multimedia information will be developed using audio video
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Air Force purchase will challenge bidders
HANSCOM AFB Mass. The Air Force Electronic Systems Center which is putting together a large procurement for information technology support services said last week that its decision to award blanket purchase agreements rather than standard contracts would affect everything from how prospective bid
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Skeds loom large in IT 'open season'
Heading into the final weeks of the fiscal yearend buying season federal agencies appear to be making use of the full range of vehicles available to them for information technology products and services according to vendors. The coming weeks especially the last two weeks of September are expec
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Report on Web site hack: This is what not to do
The privately funded Intranet Institute late last month released a lessonslearned report based on an incident involving hackers breaking into a Justice Department World Wide Web site a year ago last month. Intruders broke in electronically to DOJ's Web site Aug. 16 1996 and supplanted Attorney Gen
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HCFA cancels pact; rethinks MTS program
After spending $43 million over the past three years to design a new system to process medical bills for the Medicare program, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) last month suspended a prime contracting arrangement with GTE Government Systems Corp. and acknowledged it is not sure how t
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USPS taps Lockheed for $700M scanner buy
The U.S. Postal Service last week awarded Lockheed Martin Federal Systems a contract potentially worth $700 million to purchase handheld scanners for tracking packages a technology Postal officials hope will help the agency compete with private delivery companies. The sixyear Mobile Data Collectio
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Saving money with credit cards
Credit cards have been nothing short of revolutionary as far as federal information technology procurement is concerned. They save time and money. They reduce frustration and empower end users. They allow agencies to manage cash better to keep more precise budget data and to automate much of the ad
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Project Management Software Demystified
The devil as the adage goes is in the details.
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PeopleSoft to announce 5-year deal for applications suite
PeopleSoft Inc. this week is expected to announce a fiveyear deal with the U.S. Mint for its suite of manufacturing distribution and financial applications in a contract valued at about $11 million. The Mint selected PeopleSoft after reviewing other vendors including Baan Oracle Corp. and SAP Amer
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Installing an Electronic Town Crier
As a child missing in your community? A criminal suspect on the run? Neighborhood meeting coming up?
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DOJ proposes rules under information act
The Justice Department last week became the latest agency to propose regulations carrying out the Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA) Amendments a 1996 law that requires among other provisions that agencies publish online indexes of documents the public requests. The proposed regulation
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Fedwire
NASA unveils outsourcing draft RFP NASA last week released the draft request for proposals for its Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA (ODIN) which will turn over the selection and design of its information systems to private contractors. Now each NASA center is responsible for selecting system
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Employees at HUD lose background-check case
A number of employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development recently challenged the agency when officials there attempted to perform background investigations on them. Before delving into the case I will offer some information on the issues involved. Regulations issued years ago by the
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FEMA mulls offering electronic maps
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced last month that it is exploring whether to distribute electronic maps showing areas prone to floods so that the public and state and local governments can have quicker access to information before building houses or creating zoning ordinances. With
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Agenda
SEPTEMBER 25 OSS '97 Sixth Annual International Conference and Exhibit. Marriott Crystal Gateway. Washington D.C.This is the Global Conference Dedicated to Open Source Intelligence.Call (703) 2421700 Web www.oss.net. 35 TelcoCable IX: The Ninth Annual Conference on the Battle for the Digital
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Intercepts
* Deca's DISN dismay. The Defense Commissary Agency asked DISA more than a year ago for a waiver from requirements to use DISN and delays in the rollout of the domestic longhaul network have only solidified the agency's desire to jump from the DISN ship according to signals picked up at my Fort Le
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Open GIS Consortium ratifies software interface standards
The Open GIS Consortium Inc. last month ratified software interface standards that will pave the way for products that could allow agencies to share mapping data more easily. Vendors in coming months are expected to incorporate the new standards written for simple geographic features in the OLE/C
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Awards
Sensor Systems Inc. A $7.7 million award for enhancements to a multimodality radiological image processing system. Navy Fleet Industrial and Supply Center Detachment Washington 901 M St. S.E. Washington Navy Yard Building 2004 Washington D.C. 20374. Suncoast Scientific Inc. An $857 404 award for d
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Can contract proposals be released under the Freedom of Information Act?
A reader asked the following question: To what extent is an agency allowed to release an offeror's proposal under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)? This is another of those seemingly simple questions to which the answer is surprisingly complex. As set forth in FOIA Exemption 4 the act does not
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