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'Zulu' hour at Pacific Fleet uneventful
Key command and control systems used by the U.S. Pacific Command at its headquarters in Oahu, Hawaii, transitioned to the Zulu New Year, or midnight Greenwich Mean Time, with no Year 2000 date code problems.
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Navy's 7th Fleet in Japan rings in Y2K OK
Computer systems for the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan, clicked over to the Year 2000 with no problems ashore or afloat.
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DOD's key command system clears Y2K hurdle
The Defense Department's Global Command and Control System (GCCS) as we
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Arlington County, Va., prepped for Y2K
Arlington County, Va., has been preparing for Year 2000 for the past three years, and its systems are complete with contingency plans. But county officials must also have a Year 2000 progress report prepared by 11 a.m. on Jan. 1, when the County Board holds its annual meeting.
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FAA installing last-minute Y2K patch
The Federal Aviation Administration started a rush project today to fix an undetected Year 2000 software glitch at the 21 en route air traffic control centers across the country.
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Tulsa, Okla., Takes Laid-Back Approach
The Year 2000 bug is not expected to cause any major problems in Tulsa, Okla. The local government there has taken a relatively laidback approach in its precautions for when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31.
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Los Angeles Takes Public/Private Approach
More than 500 Year 2000 community information centers recently opened throughout the Los Angeles area to help residents prepare for and pass into the Year 2000.
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VA awards contract to DoxSys
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $4.7 million contract to Bethesda, Md.based DoxSys Inc. to provide hardware and software support services at the VA's Financial Services Center in Austin, Texas.
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Raleigh, N.C., to Watch, Wait
For six hours before and six hours after the zero hour for Year 2000, key officials in Raleigh, N.C., will be hunkered downtown watching and waiting.
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Alaska: Always on Alert for Ground-Shaking Events
When the New Year begins, some Alaska residents may face a lack of electricity, water or working phones, along with disruptions to government services and business. But not necessarily because of the Year 2000 computer problem.
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Archives sets rules on e-records
The National Archives and Records Administration issued new guidelines Tuesday for cataloging electronic copies of federal records.
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Powers that be Ready in Albuquerque
On Dec. 30 the city of Albuquerque will open its emergency operations center to ring in the New Year.
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Library of Congress to digitize recordings
Soon, campaign speeches of President Warren Harding from 1920, Marines' abstracts of battles of World War II and TV shows from the 1960s may be available in digital form from the Library of Congress.
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Information Key in Washington State
Like other cities and states across the country, Washington will operate a Year 2000 Coordination Center from Dec. 28 through Jan. 4 at the headquarters of the state's Emergency Operations Center.
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Small-business advocates release bundling rules
Revised federal purchasing rules took effect Monday to limit contract bundling, a practice that smallbusiness operators claim keeps them from winning more contracts from the nation's largest buyer the federal government.
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FDA wants money to fight illegal Internet drug sales
The Food and Drug Administration plans to ask Congress for $10 million to strengthen its computer capabilities and beef up its investigative force to crack down on illegal prescription drug sales via the Internet.
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Arkansas: Keeping up its Guard
The Arkansas National Guard plans to be on watch when the Year 2000 rollover occurs, as it is during any emergency, ready to provide the state with humanitarian assistance. But in this case, whatever the outcome, the guard must deal with a secondary issue: public paranoia.
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No Room for Mistakes in Las Vegas
With Barbra Streisand ringing in the New Year in Las Vegas along with thousands of other glitterati, the city of Las Vegas isn't taking any chances with Year 2000 glitches.
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Ohio's New CIO Outlines Top Priorities
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft last week named Gregory Jackson chief information officer and assistant director of the Department of Administrative Services effective Jan. 10. The new CIO has already established his top three priorities: electronic government, IT work force recruitment and improving the state's procurement process.
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