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DEIS II task-order procedures could move governmentwide
The Defense Information Systems Agency has crafted a set of procedures for competing task orders under multipleaward contracts that the agency will use on the newly awarded DEIS II program and that also could be applied to governmentwide bestpractices guidelines that are being compiled. DISA's "
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AT&T captures $430 million DOD contract
AT&T last week won a $430 million contract to provide highspeed network connectivity for the Defense Department's HighPerformance Computing Modernization Program. The fiveyear Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) Intersites Services Contract (DISC) will support a highly distributed DO
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Explosive changes loom as Independence Day nears
For many federal agencies, Independence Day this year comes on Aug. 8 the day the Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA) goes into effect, bringing with it significant reforms in government procurement and management. In this new world, the government has been stripped of its centra
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Feds turn to OLAP as reporting tool
With budget cuts and staff downsizings, the federal government is wrestling with many of the same issues as private industry. Like Fortune 1000 companies, federal agencies are competing with fewer resources and greater degrees of accountability for performance. In this climate, online analytical p
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AWARDS
ACS Systems & Engineering Inc. A $2.98 million award for technical/logistics support services for electronic equipment as required by the Technical Data Center, Norfolk, Va. Navy, NISE East Charleston, Contracts Division, 4600 N. Marriott Drive, Charleston, S.C. 294066504. GTE Government Systems C
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INTERCEPTS
DISA rumor du jour. The crystalball gazers now have DISA director Lt. Gen. Al Edmonds retiring this fall to take over as ASD/C3I from Emmett Paige Jr., who has made very clear his intention to retire after the elections. Hard to figure this one out because the last time the Interceptor encountered
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Vendors want input into ITMRA
A coalition of vendors wants to help the Office of Management and Budget develop new policies to carry out the Information Technology Management Reform Act. The Industry Coalition on Information Technology (ICIT), composed of five IT trade associations, wrote to OMB deputy director for management J
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Civilian nets face most security risks
IDG NEWS SERVICE LONDON Despite the threat to military targets from information warfare, it is actually commercial civilian networks that are at the greatest risk, according to a recent study. 'There is more uncertainty and more potential for disruption in the domestic and economic spheres than i
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Hughes, Zenith detail DTV wares
With the $1 billion Air Force Desktop V program about to open for business contractors Hughes Data Systems Inc. and Zenith Data Systems last week announced pricing and configurations for their major product offerings. Vendors expect their Desktop V lineups which feature 133 MHz and 166 MHz deskto
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DISA moves NIPRNET to Sprint
The Defense Information Systems Agency later this year plans to move a substantial portion of its key nonclassified data network to a new system that uses advanced switching technology capable of data rates of up to 622 megabit/sec. The action sparked immediate industry reaction in the highly compe
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AWARDS
Planned Systems International. A $29.1 million award for support services for NADOC. Officer in Charge, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Detachment Washington, Washington Navy Yard, Building 200, 901 M St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Computer Sciences Corp. A $13.9 million award for ADP syste
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DISA taps Netscape Navigator for DII
Planning to make World Wide Web technology a key component of the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII), the Defense Information Systems Agency last week announced it has purchased 180,000 copies of Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator 2.0 browser. DISA purchased the browsers for $3.3 milli
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Lotus previews Notes product strategy
Lotus Development Corp. in recent weeks has previewed its Notes product strategy, which includes Notesbased productivity applications and a new release of Notes. Federal resellers are planning to carry the upcoming products. At the June PC Expo conference in New York, Lotus unveiled Lotus Componen
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Flexibility is prescription for GSA
In an era in which both Congress and the executive branch hold fast to the mantra that government should act more like a business, David Barram may be just what the doctor ordered for the General Services Administration. The ailing agency long has suffered the slings and arrows of outraged federal
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DOE leads outsourcing trend
A draft solicitation for a fiveyear, $600 million telecommunications contract at the Energy Department, one of the first examples of a developing outsourcing trend, was published at the end of June. The Telecommunications Integrator Services (Telis) contract will provide complete integration servi
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Microsoft Exchange stumbles on Army's tactical networks
The Army has experienced serious problems sending Microsoft Exchange messages over its Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) Tactical Packet Network (TPN) during recent exercises in Europe. Lt. Col. John Ylinen, chief of automation for V Corps before his transfer to the Pentagon last month, complained
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DOD seeks projects to employ BPR funds
The Defense Department, in a new phase of its Corporate Information Management initiative, is soliciting proposals to take advantage of $37.7 million in matching funds set aside in the fiscal 1997 budget for business process reengineering (BPR) projects. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD
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Infrastructures, encryption and education on the World Wide Web
The draft of the Government Services Information Infrastructure (GSII) Plan, developed by a working group of the Government Information Technology Services Board (GITSB), is online at http//www.er.doe.gov/production/octr/mics/gsiiplan.html. The plan, open for comment from government and nongover
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Round Two
In a story on the National Institutes of Health's ImageWorld contract, Federal Computer Week incorrectly reported that Wang Federal Inc. was bidding on the contract as a prime contractor. Wang Federal is bidding as a subcontractor.
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