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Novell updates network management software
Novell Inc. today unveiled a new version of its ManageWise network management software that will support Microsoft Corp. Windows NT and Novell NetWare servers as well as mixed desktop environments. Novell also announced that it will license LANDesk 2.5 source code from Intel Corp. and incorporate i
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Roster
David F. Findley, principal researcher at the Census Bureau's Statistical Research Division, this month won the Julius Shiskin Award for his leadership in improving seasonal adjustment methodology for the economic time series at Census. Named after a Census employee, the Julius Shiskin Award is adm
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Sylvest adapts its business to new procurement reality
Sylvest Management Systems Corp. is repositioning itself to take advantage of and not be stranded by the federal government's rapidly changing procurement practices and has added personnel in such highgrowth areas as the Internet to help smooth its transition. Sylvest, which specializes in pro
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Compaq notebooks headed for Portable-1
Last week's PC Expo in New York was the forum for Compaq Computer Corp. to announce its new Armada Pentium notebook computers, which will replace the company's older Contura models on Government Technology Services Inc.'s Army Portable1 contract. The Armada positions Compaq and GTSI to benefit fro
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Informix joins with Netscape to build workgroup database
Informix Software Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. last week announced a workgroup database solution targeting intranet applications. The Informix Workgroup Solution consists of Informix intranetenabled database technology, Netscape's FastTrack Server World Wide Web server software and Netsc
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Gateway Guide
If you want to know how your representative voted on a particular issue, the Library of Congress has it covered. Point your Web browser to http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/voting.html. The resource, located at the new Library of Congress Internet Resource Page, points users to a series of pr
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GSBCA looks to its ADR role
Aiming to play a continuing role in resolving disagreements between information technology vendors and federal users, the General Services Administration's Board of Contract Appeals plans to issue today a notice of its intent to offer alternative disputeresolution (ADR) services. Although Congress
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Cordant's Johnson tapped as Industry Advisory Council chair
After several months of bruising conflict, Industry Advisory Council (IAC) members elected Kenneth Johnson of Cordant Inc. as their new chairman, on a promise of reconciliation with the organization's government partners. IAC's previous board of directors became embroiled in a dispute over financia
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Bill would halt 8(a) program
The leader of the House Small Business Committee plans soon to offer legislation canceling the Small Business Administration's $5.5 billion 8(a) contracting program, although it is unlikely such a measure would get through Congress this year. Rep. Jan Meyers (RKan.), who is retiring from the House
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Rubin: Cuts imperil TSM program fix
Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin last week warned Congress that a plan to cut more than 2,000 information systems employees at the Internal Revenue Service's Tax Systems Modernization seriously jeopardizes the agency's ability to fix the troubled program. Rep. Jim Lightfoot (RIowa), chairman of the
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FCW earns top computer press honor
Federal Computer Week was named Best Trade Newspaper last week by the Computer Press Association in its 11th annual Computer Press Awards. More than 100 finalists contended for awards in some 26 categories that included books, magazines, and multimedia and online categories. The Best Trade Newspap
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Agencies zoom into new video tech
Federal agencies will soon be able to buy notebook computers that can display fullmotion, TVquality video for training, videoconferencing and security monitoring applications. Until now, most computers have used decompression software to show small, halting video images. But a new specification s
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PTO banks on info tech to hasten patent process
The Patent and Trademark Office is making progress on a number of information technology projects designed to speed up and improve the patent examination process, agency officials told Congress earlier this month. Bruce Lehman, assistant secretary of the Commerce Department and commissioner of pate
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Measure penalizes officials, targets dumped superCPUs
Federal procurement officials would lose their salaries if they purchased alleged 'dumped' supercomputers, under an appropriations bill provision offered by Rep. David Obey (DWis.). But the provision, included in the funding bill for NASA and the National Science Foundation, is being questioned by
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sprehe needs to lighten up on government home page authors This is not written in any official capacity, but just as a reader of FCW and a person who created a very simple government home page. I found J. Timothy Sprehe's article in the June 10 issue of FCW to be very interesting. First, it highlig
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Bureaucratus
Borrowing from your TSP account Feds participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) can borrow a portion of the money in their accounts for specified transactions such as buying a primary residence, paying education and medical expenses or meeting a financial hardship. Participants can only borrow
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Amdahl previews CMOS machine
Amdahl Corp. this week revealed more details of its forthcoming entry into the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)based mainframe market, including support for Parallel Sysplex technology and an option to combine two eightway mainframes in one box. Expected to be available by August, A
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Unisys official winner of IWS/LAN contract
Unisys Corp. last week was formally named the winner of the Social Security Administration's sevenyear, $185 million Intelligent Workstation/Local Area Network (IWS/LAN) contract, the core program through which SSA officials plan to modernize the agency's operations, streamline administration and
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Plenty of blame to go around for TSM
If one needs any further proof that times have changed in government, look no further than the plan being considered by the House Appropriations Committee to curb the Tax Systems Modernization program. After years of giving the IRS nearly all the money it wanted, Congress is deciding it wants more
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