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Four integrators awarded services BPAs worth $100M
The Army last week awarded servicewide blanket purchase agreements to four systems integrators to provide services ranging from business process reengineering to outsourcing. Computer Sciences Corp. Electronic Data Systems Corp. IBM Corp. and Unisys Corp. were awarded the BPAs known collectively
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NASA pulls Hughes' $148 million contract
NASA's Ames Research Center has withdrawn a $148 million software support award from Hughes STX Corp. amid a protest that accused the agency of wrongly judging the past performance of the incumbent contractor.
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Date-conversion biz lags for vendors
Although the government predicts it will spend billions of dollars fixing potential Year 2000 problems in its software programs most of the activity to date has been done within agencies with little business surfacing for product and service vendors. Federal agencies now have less than 30 months to
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Pentagon searches for COTS tech
Gesturing to the PCs and workstations crammed into the already tight spaces in the control room of the attack submarine USS Atlanta Fire Control Technician 1 Richard Parks summed up the essence of Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) '97.
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Langston conducts IT-21 ensemble
Marv Langston the Navy's chief information officer likes his jazz smooth and mellow not loud or brassy.
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Joint Chiefs revisit DMS; COTS likely
The Pentagon Joint Staff has launched a sweeping study of the Defense Message System FCW has learned including a reevaluation of requirements set almost a decade ago and the technology solutions offered by DMS contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
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FEC system to track money electronically
The Federal Election Commission recently released a request for proposals to begin automating its receipt of campaign finance disclosures. Unlike other electronic transactions which woo end users with promises of gained efficiencies the FEC's initiative is more politically charged by the uncertaint
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EPA buy to unite diverse databases
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to purchase new database technology that would allow users to obtain uptotheminute geographic information from disparate applications. Among other functions the software would give users access to multiple geospatial databases with a single query includi
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House panel buries co-op buying plans
Proponents of cooperative purchasing suffered yet another defeat last week when a proposal to allow state and local governments to buy information technology products and services from General Services Administration schedule contracts was defeated during a markup by the House Appropriations Commit
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Awards
Calibre Systems Inc. A $10 million award for a training management and resource system. National Guard Bureau Acquisition Contracting Division Falls Church Va. SRA International Inc. A $1.1 million award to support information and data management systems for the Office of Mobile Sources Environment
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CyberMedia launches fed sales push
CyberMedia Inc. last week launched a federal marketing campaign that includes the appointment of a federal sales executive and the creation of a federally focused PC utility bundle. CyberMedia Santa Monica Calif. markets automatic service and support products for PC users. The company began explori
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FMS' new purchase card expands electronic commerce
The Treasury Department's Financial Management Service plans to allow federal buyers to purchase electronically goods and services from other agencies a decision that extends electronic commerce (EC) to as much as $3 billion in interagency transactions. Procurement officials and other federal emplo
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Agencies grapple with complexities of disaster recovery efforts
Disaster recovery plans once were simple: Back up the mainframes' data overnight onto magnetic tapes and toss the tapes into a closet. That might have sufficed 20 years ago but not today.Although disaster recovery has been around for decades the job has changed over the last few years. What is cons
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FAA warms up $400M free-flight demo plans
The Federal Aviation Administration last week unveiled the first details of a $400 million program called Flight 2000 that will test how a revolutionary method of air traffic management works in reallife operations. Flight 2000 is a crucial step toward the freeflight concept which would allow pil
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Sysorex upgrades PC-2, may lure DT V buyers
Sysorex Information Systems Inc. has added Intel Corp. Pentium II PCs to its Army PC2 pact anticipating that the offering will not only appeal to Army buyers but also siphon some business away from the Air Force's Desktop V program. On PC2 Sysorex is providing a 233 MHz Pentium II bundle from IBM
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Federal Bytes
Federico Pun Energy Secretary Federico Pena lightened up a recent press conference by conjuring up images of Vice President Al Gore in his dancing shoes. Pena was talking up the development of new algorithms to help boost supercomputing speeds. He emphasized that these particular algo
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GAO: INS not following procedures
In a report released last month the General Accounting Office charged that the Immigration and Naturalization Service failed to follow proper analytical procedures for developing a new financial management system. 'INS selected a new financial management system without focusing first on conducting
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Roster
Bruce Vladeck resigned from his post as administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration last month to pursue a career in teaching and consulting. His resignation is effective Sept. 13. NancyAnn Min DeParle currently deputy administrator of HCFA has been nominated to replace Vladeck who o
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Keep tabs on IT with DOD's Tech Navigator
Government users who feel overwhelmed by attempts to keep up with developments in information technology should point their browsers to the Defense Department's new Technology Navigator World Wide Web site.
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