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Wage-determination software goes on-line
Before putting out a solicitation for a construction project or for other services the Army Corps of Engineers is required by law to contact the Labor Department for the minimum acceptable wages the Corps must pay for the services. This decadesold practice ensures that privatesector workers are n
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NIMA's Web site: Too stealthy for casual surfer
Web sites bear the stamp of their host organizations and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's site is no exception. NIMA's austere opening section for the public portion of its site (www.nima.mil) is an online reflection of the 'black' world of its two parents the Central Intelligence Agency
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Roster
Army Maj. Gen. Paul J. Kern has been nominated for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and the assignment as military deputy director of the Army Acquisition Corps Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research Development and Acquisition) Washington D.C. Since June 1996 Kern ha
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Vendors demonstrate electronic solutions to FOIA requests
Urging federal Freedom of Information Act specialists to trade thick black markers and Exacto knives for technology four companies last week demonstrated solutions designed to ready the government for a Sept. 30 deadline by which agencies must respond electronically to some FOIA requests. BTG Inc.
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SCO to release Tarantella for Internet applications
The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. this month is releasing the beta version of Tarantella a suite of software products designed to ease the process of deploying applications over the Internet. Tarantella running on top of SCO's OpenServer Unix operating system makes it possible to give Javaenabled clie
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Pilot to test government digital-check transactions
The Financial Management Service the Defense Department and a consortium of banks and technology companies are preparing to test the feasibility of using electronic checks to automate transactions between the government and vendors or individuals. The digitalcheck program would be the first major
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FalconView draws rave reviews
The Air Force Reserve received recognition throughout the PC industry this month for a lowcost Windowsbased software program it developed to help Air Force Navy and Air Force One pilots plan their flights. The program called FalconView was one of five finalists at the Windows World conference in
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Agenda
JUNE 1618 North American ISDN Users' Forum. Concourse Convention Center. San Diego.This forum draws ISDN users and industry stakeholders together to develop implementation agreements discuss and resolve issues and provide tutorials and updates on ISDN.Call (800) 8502484 email niuf@nist.gov Web w
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GAO ducks SSA's Internet security issue
For just less than 10 years the Social Security Administration has been providing a Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement (PEBES) to any individual requesting it. The statement previously provided by mail includes a yearly record of earnings estimates of Social Security taxes paid and ex
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GSA to merge IT skeds into one-stop shop
The General Services Administration announced last week that it will merge its five automated data processing schedules contracts into one large single schedule called the Federal Supply Service Information Technology Schedule. The new category of schedule contracts will encompass products and serv
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Motorola taps Entex for GSA push
In an effort to attract new business for the federal state and local governments Motorola Inc.'s networking unit plans to offer its complete product line on Entex Information Services' General Services Administration schedule. "This will be the beginning of a change for us " said Scott Merriman d
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FEDWIRE
Koskinen to leave OMB John Koskinen deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget plans to leave the government sometime within the next few weeks according to a Clinton administration official. Koskinen who was appointed to the position in 1994 has not announced his future
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Micron agrees to buy NetFrame
Micron Electronics Inc. last week agreed to acquire NetFrame Systems Inc. a move that would bring together a direct PC manufacturer and an enterprise server vendor. Micron Nampa Idaho markets notebooks PCs and lowend servers. NetFrame Milpitas Calif. sells highend multiprocessor servers with cont
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CBD Watch
Army. Software engineering and technical support services. Sol. DAAB0797R0017. (CBD June 10) (Site Code DAAB07) This is a modification to presolicitation notices published Aug. 28 1996 and March 27 1997 for a software engineering and technical support services solicitation (formerly DAEA3296R
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GAO pushes DOD for better financial software processes
As part of its review of the Defense Department's financial management systems the General Accounting Office is pushing the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to improve software development processes at its Indianapolis facility. DOD has been under scrutiny for several years because of
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Hughes STX wins $148M pact
The NASA Ames Research Center last week awarded Hughes STX Corp. a $148 million contract to support the use of information technology in its vast array of research activities which range from testing new highspeed aircraft in a massive wind tunnel to searching the universe for other life forms. Un
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Intercepts
CIO confusion. SecDef William Cohen who should have more insight than anyone into the ClingerCohen Act of 1996 (except for Clinger) waited until June 2 one business day after Emmett Paige Jr. departed the building as ASD/C3I to send out a policy memo designating the ASD/C3I as the DOD CIO. Thi
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Agriculture hit by hacker attack
The Agriculture Department's Foreign Agricultural Service last week fell victim to a new computer attack which was planted by an unauthorized user taking control of the agency's system. A hacker broke into the service's system on June 9 and began sending out a deluge of messages to an undetermined
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EDS to capture $26M DEIS II task order
Electronic Data Systems Corp. is on the brink of capturing the largest task order to be awarded under the Defense Enterprise Integration Services II pact: an estimated $26 million job to develop an ammunition inventory system for all the services. The Defense Information Systems Agency which manage
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