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Under what conditions do miscertifications matter?
The following issue was raised by a reader: Most government solicitations include representations and certifications that must be completed by the offerors. What are the consequences when an offeror fails to complete such representations and certifications properly? Almost every government solicita
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JetForm to ship Web products
JetForm Corp. is set to ship new versions of its forms products designed for use with the World Wide Web. The Webenabled release of JetForm Filler Version 4.2 will allow organizations to use public and private Web servers to download, fill out and print electronic forms. JetForm also will market W
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NRC nabs first revamp award
The HighPerformance Computing Modernization Program Office has announced its first contract award in its plan to revamp the Defense Department's scientific computing and communications infrastructure. Under the eightyear contract, estimated to be worth up to $155 million, Nichols Research Corp. (
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Congress, Clinton agree on new CR Congress passed another continuing resolution extending funding for the government until April 24. President Clinton was expected to sign it Friday. Lawmakers adjourned Friday for a twoweek recess, leaving a bill providing fullyear funding for agencies on hold un
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INS courts airlines for help tracking foreign visitors
The Immigration and Naturalization Service is considering ways to automate the collection of nonimmigration documents to better track visitors who remain in the United States illegally. INS officials are discussing with various airline executives how the airlines may automate the collection of I9
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Tech infrastructure gets $600M overhaul
The Defense Mapping Agency plans to spend more than $600 million over the next eight years overhauling its technology infrastructure to meet the demands of the Defense Department's changing mission. After announcing an agency restructuring last June, DMA stepped up its modernization initiative in F
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SSA to modify mainframe buy
The Social Security Administration agreed last month to amend its multimilliondollar mainframe buy to settle a vendor's protest that the buy unfairly favors IBM Corp. over other bidders. SSA agreed to remove from its Mainframe Acquisition Project (MAP) a requirement that bidders include a recently
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DOJ snags Argentine hacker
The Justice Department has tracked down and charged a 21yearold computer hacker for allegedly accessing sensitive satellite, radiation and energyrelated engineering data contained in government computer systems. An arrest warrant has been issued for Julio Cesar Ardita of Buenos Aires, who gained
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GTSI expands NIH product line
Government Technology Services Inc. has expanded its product offerings on the National Institutes of Health Electronic Computer Store contract. GTSI has added computers from Dell Computer Corp., Apple Computer Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. to the contract. The additions will provide buyers access
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DOD amends DISN pact; Hill members call for delay
Two days before accepting bids on the transmission portion of the nextgeneration, multibilliondollar, longhaul Defense Department contract, the Defense Information Systems Agency issued an amendment opening up the contract to all other federal agencies. DISA described the change as "incidental,
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FAA threatens prime with pact termination
The Federal Aviation Administration is threatening to terminate the $475 million WideArea Augmentation System (WAAS) contract if prime contractor Wilcox Electric Inc. does not correct specified deficiencies in the program. In a March 18 "cure" letter sent to Wilcox, the FAA spelled out 10 areas
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Harris/Teledata satellite system offers voice service
TUZLA, Bosnia U.S. forces here definitely could use a "Star Trek" "comm badge" to supplement their tactical satellite systems. But in lieu of that, they have a Harris Corp./Teledata Corp. satellite system that offers something almost as good: U.S. dial tone. Rich Kronebusch, a senior manager
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Competition or market allocation: the $1.5 billion bet
The Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) acquisitions are being much talked about these days, especially the domestic acquisitions and whether the current acquisition strategy for the domestic DISN procurements is the best way to ensure that the warfighter needs will be met in the most reliab
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Handy Devices: New Keyboards and Mice Take Users' Hands to Heart
As motionrelated ailments continue to take their toll physically and fiscally federal buyers are looking seriously at the new breed of userfriendly input devices designed to end suffering and increase efficiency. For years, PC buyers had a pretty short checklist when it came time to evaluat
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Treasury's move to AT&T sparks Sprint protest
Sprint last month filed a protest with the General Accounting Office, claiming the government overestimated the savings that would accrue by switching the Treasury Department from Sprint to AT&T telecommunications service. The company accused the General Services Administration of failing to correc
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New business line puts GSA on billion-dollar FAST track
The General Services Administration plans to launch next month a new information technology business line that could supply more than $1 billion worth of products and services to federal users within two years. The Federal Acquisition Services for Technology (FAST) program is modeled after a hugely
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One if by air, two if by E (mail)
For folks who think they have reached the height of '90s technology by sending electronic mail from their cars, the Air Force Air Mobility Command has just oneupped them, signing a $6 million contract to provide email directly to the cockpit of more than 300 cargo aircraft. Maj. Steven Herring, d
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Agencies must publish plans to ax federal publications
In this historic fiscal year, Congress and the White House played political football with the executive branch in a game whose final score adds up to drastically slimmer resources for most agency programs. Besides planning furloughs and buyouts, agencies are facing the fact that they won't have the
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Dell, Panasonic debut notebooks
Dell Computer Corp. and Panasonic Personal Computer Co. this week will both debut new 133 MHz Pentiumbased notebook computers at the FOSE trade show. Dell will introduce the latest generation of its highend Latitude XPi notebook family. The new products retain a familiar appearance and compatibil
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