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Macs hang on in fed market, but future remains uncertain
Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh is not dead in the federal market but the platform's future prospects are uncertain. That is the analysis of industry executives and analysts who have been following the company. On the one hand they report that agencies so far are not scrapping their Macs in favor o
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DIA works on strategy for advanced analysis capabilities
The Defense Intelligence Agency last week disclosed it is putting together a technology and acquisition strategy to develop advanced capabilities for analyzing large volumes of intelligence data. The strategy focuses on a concept called the Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture (JIVA) which will
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EVP's success boosts Clinton's record
The Immigration and Naturalization Service's yearold Employment Verification Pilot (EVP) has successfully thwarted thousands of illegal immigrants from taking jobs at American companies that have volunteered to test the new system INS officials said. The success of the program which the INS will o
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Oracle chief touts network computer
If Larry Ellison has his way there will be a network computer in every American home. And these small easytouse systems costing about $500 will be the primary means of communication between government agencies and citizens. Ellison chief executive officer of Oracle Corp. is a proponent of a new c
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Navy to award more BPAs
The Naval Information Systems Management Center is soon expected to award one or more blanket purchasing agreements for desktop computers. NISMC earlier this summer awarded BPAs for notebook computers to Ameridata Federal Systems and McBride and Associates Inc. The notebook deals each worth up to
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Reports slam Cyberfile award
The Internal Revenue Service admitted last week that it mishandled development of its Cyberfile system agreeing with a General Accounting Office report that said the agency had not properly managed the $22 million project. Meanwhile the Commerce Department's inspector general in a separate report r
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NTIS uses vendors to help agencies create sites
The National Technical Information Service will issue a solicitation within the next few weeks to create a pool of vendors that will provide agencies with World Wide Web development services necessary to build quality Web sites. The Web services solicitation will become a vehicle for a series of ba
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Opportunities blossom as HR moves out of the back room
Human resources is not exactly a glamorous occupation and that's been reflected in the dearth of software vendors who have catered to this niche federal market. But in the new reality of cutbacks and doing more with less automated HR systems have suddenly been thrust into the spotlight. With a numb
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Hewlett-Packard announces D-class, K-class 64-bit servers
HewlettPackard Co. this week will clear the way for HP9000 Unix server customers to migrate to a 64bit hardware platform which according to industry analysts has the potential to nearly double system performance. This week's announcements include new Dclass and Kclass servers based on HP's 64
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Justice joins fray with ITSS award
The Justice Department last week pitched its hat into the rapidly expanding market for governmentwide contracts selecting eight vendors to provide a wide range of support services to the department and other agencies under its fiveyear Information Technology Support Services (ITSS) 2001 contract.
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Intercepts
Live from Montgomery Ala.: We airlifted the Interceptor mobile unit here to report on the Air Force Information Technology Conference hosted by the Standard Systems Group (SSG). Here's the best from the bit stream. * Prodigals welcome. DISA director Lt. Gen. Al Edmonds seems unfazed that the Treasu
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Oracle to offer Java applet for deploying Internet apps
Oracle Corp. which is staking a large part of its future on the network computing market plans to provide its application development tool users with a Java applet for deploying applications on the Internet. Slated for release in late fall Web Forms will allow users to take an application developed
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JetForm buys Delrina's electronic forms business
JetForm Corp. last week acquired Delrina Group's electronics forms business in a pooling of the federal government's major electronic forms vendors. JetForm Ottawa has acquired full ownership and rights to Delrina's electronic forms products and will bring on 65 people from Torontobased Delrina. J
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INDUSTRY WATCH
SAIC Pinkerton's enter security alliance S cience Applications International Corp. and Pinkerton's Inc. last week announced an alliance to provide security services for government and commercial customers. The companies will provide a range of services including risk assessment security planning an
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Census embraces the Internet
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau has released a solicitation for an interactive system to permit employees and the general public to request access and manipulate census data over the Internet.~ ~This is one of the first major efforts by a "large government information producer to reengine
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Litton/PRC chosen for imaging contract
The Federal Aviation Administration looking to do its part in U.S. drug interdiction programs has selected Litton/PRC Inc. to build a document management and imaging system to handle more than 1 million aircraft and pilot registration documents. The Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) cont
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Agencies cite challenges in franchising
Agencies are achieving mixed results in their efforts to offer franchise services to other agencies citing problems such as inexperience with marketing and pricing as potential obstacles to success. ~~The Office of Management and Budget earlier this year selected six agencies to establish pilot pro
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Strong, independent management crucial to large IT programs
Federal agencies have a long history of struggling with large information technology programs. The recent experience of the Internal Revenue Service with its Tax Systems Modernization (TSM) only underscores how important program management can be to the success of any effort. Until recently the fed
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Federal Bytes
Invading NASA's privacy In the tireless government scramble to ensure that Defense systems and military secrets remain safe from electronic intrusions even the slightest technological snafu generates a healthy chuckle.Afterhours callers to NASA's Washington headquarters one day last week heard the
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