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Navy defends intranet deal
The Navy last week erected a defensive perimeter around its Navy/Marine Corps Intranet proposal in an effort to fend off growing congressional resistance to a contract that could cost the service as much as $16 billion.
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Grants to boost technology training
Pennsylvania announces 26 colleges will share $5.2 million in grant money to use to groom future technology workers
Digital Government
Java: Web standard deluxe
Years ago, an enterprising fellow named Larry Ellison became aware that IBM Corp. was developing a new way of interacting with database management systems. Rather than using database vendors' set of commands and application programming interface calls, IBM was developing a language for controlling database operations.
Digital Government
Internet, heal thyself
The best way to secure the Internet is to create a selfhealing network, said Raj Reddy, cochairman of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Keep track of financial records: You may need them
Although a recent law may lead you to believe it's safe to throw away some financial records gathering dust in your file cabinet, think again.
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USAID taps AMS for financial software
The U.S. Agency for International Development on Thursday awarded American Management Systems Inc. a potential 10-year contract to install and support a global financial management system.
Acquisition
OFPP set to launch online "Yellow Pages"
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is raising concerns in government and industry with its plans to launch a Web site listing products and services available on multiagency contracts.
Digital Government
Deals boost e-business
The merger announcement of VeriSign and Network Solutions and the partnership agreement between Qwest Communications International and Tech Data epitomize the industry's move toward ebusiness solutions.
Digital Government
Bell dialing up network services
Bell Atlantic Federal is transforming itself into a network services provider in order to stay competitive
Digital Government
A model for security
The CIO Council last week unveiled a tool that federal agencies can use to improve security practices and that Congress can use to assess their progress.
Digital Government
Cyberdefense alarms ring on Hill
Congressman calls on president, intelligence community to raise awareness of threats posed by cyberattacks
Digital Government
PC servers: New building blocks
PC servers are not what they used to be. And federal customers couldn't be happier.
Digital Government
VeriSign, NSI deal will form "trust utility"
Internet security provider VeriSign Inc. announced Tuesday it would acquire Network Solutions Inc. for $21 billion in an effort to expand its ecommerce capabilities.
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GAO stresses human factor
Without the proper tools to assess, attract, train and manage the federal work force, 'human capital systems' likely will earn GAO's highrisk designation
Digital Government
Souping up storage
Most servers PC servers included play too important a role to risk data loss or downtime because of a hard drive failure. Unlike most of the parts inside modern computers, hard disk drives have moving parts and therefore suffer failures more often than the semiconductor components.
Digital Government
Qwest, Tech Data deal beefs up e-commerce
Tech Data Corp. and Qwest Communications Inc. announced on Tuesday a partnership that would give both companies' customers better access to e-commerce services.
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DOD leans on leasing, outsourcing
To keep up with the rapid rate of change, the military is increasingly inclined to lease services rather than buy equipment, Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Money said Thursday
Digital Government
Reno: Law enforcement ill-prepared for cybercrime
Law enforcement agencies are generally outgunned in the battle against cybercrime, according to Attorney General Janet Reno.
Digital Government
Student loan/drug offender screening continues
The Education Department will continue an automated matching program designed to keep drug offenders from getting student loans
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