Digital Government
Two buys kick off year
The National Institutes of Health is moving on two of four procurements that will replace a controversial computer system and eventually take NIH into distributed computing by fiscal 1997. NIH last month released a request for proposals for a support services contract for the estimated $415 million
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GTSI's CEO mixes business, tech
Industry oddsmakers say Dendy Young looks like the perfect man to put Government Technology Services Inc., the largest federal computer reseller, back on track. (In December, Young was named GTSI's president and chief executive officer.) The only question in anyone's mind is why he would want this
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Cutting Loose: Infrared Eliminates the Need for Cables
A growing number of notebook computers, PCs and printers come with builtin infrared ports. With solid standards in place, infrared technology is poised to ease the lives of government workers who travel or work from home. Infrared (IR) technology may break the last ties that bind today's mobile wo
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Replacement bill promotes IT, creates `new model' for gov't.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development would be transformed into a much smaller agency that is heavily dependent on information technology under the terms of legislation expected to be introduced this month. The goal of the bill is to get the federal government out of the public housing bu
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WITS follow-on put on hold
The General Services Administration has put a hold on a followon procurement for the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System (WITS) program, the local phone service contract for federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., metro area. Wayne Brady, director of telecommunications planning in G
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Civil service continually gets the shaft
According to the General Accounting Office, the civil service is a work in progress, with an emphasis on progress. In fact, in recent congressional testimony, GAO boldly asserted that "the civil service has never stood still." I suspect that there are some folks who might take issue with that com
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Nebraska DMV is going digital
Digimarc ID Systems has been selected to assist in converting Nebraska's film-based license system to digital
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The Circuit
It's getting to be that time in the political season when federal agencies write up transition reports for the next administration, no matter who takes office.
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IAC honors major contributors
The Industry Advisory Council gave Howard Ady, one of its orignal members, the Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership award.
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City licensing e-gov applications
Sunnyvale, Calif.-developed software for permit applications and a system for parks reservations is available through GovPartner
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CACI to buy CMS
CACI International Inc. has announced its intention to acquire all of the outstanding shares of CMS Information Services Inc.
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E-PIC searches
Users can search by many fields in the National Institutes of Health's new e-Portals in Commerce database
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'Fed CIO' urges state participation
E-gov director calls on state CIOs to participate in several initiatives to help foster citizen-centric government
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Tulsa Citywide Fiber-Optic Infrastructure Project
Tulsa Citywide FiberOptic Infrastructure Project
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Sharing to be built into budget
Forman: Systems will have been designed from the beginning to satisfy multiple agencies' needs
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