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Navy builds case against DOD network
The Navy is building a case for setting up its own network to help support its multibilliondollar agencywide intranet rather than relying wholly on the Defense Department's mandated network, a Navy official said Tuesday.
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Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., to Offer State's First Large-Scale Distance Learning Program
Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., will use a multimedia solution to broadcast voice and video to four college locations and numerous offcampus sites throughout the state.
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U.S. savings bonds available via the Net
The Treasury Department today launched a new Internet site that for the first time will allow the public to buy savings bonds online.
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Hawaii Gov. Ben Cateyano recognized Honolulu-based WorldPoint Interactive Inc.
Hawaii Gov. Ben Cateyano last week recognized Honolulubased WorldPoint Interactive Inc., a software company that has developed a new translation tool that can interpret and edit documents in 18 languages.
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Commerce Department Secretary William Daley announces a digital divide summit
Commerce Department Secretary William Daley announced on Monday that a digital divide summit will be held on Dec. 9, featuring participants from the federal government, the technology industry, the civil rights and nonprofit communities, grassroots organizations and the general public.
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DOT, FAA say systems are Y2K ready
Systems that operate lighting, emergency response and radio communications at the nation's 565 airports are expected to work properly through the Year 2000 date rollover, according to Transportation Department and Federal Aviation Administration officials.
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Virginia moves toward digital signatures for government business
The Virginia Council on Technology Services (COTS) moved closer last week to embracing the use of digital signatures for government business.
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The fire next time
For weeks this fall the U.S. Forest Service battled a fire across California terrain so rugged that firefighters could do little more than keep its raging flames from spreading. Ultimately, firefighters held back the blaze, using for the first time technology, rather than hoses, as their weapon of
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Letters to the Editor
Feds not miffed While we welcome your interest in the reimbursable records center program of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), corrections are needed of a major...error and a misleading implication in your recent article about it ['NARA fees miff feds,' FCW, Oct. 18]. It is
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Info security tops VA's list
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which has faced information security challenges, has taken a series of steps in the past year to safeguard its computer systems, according to a General Accounting Office report released last month. GAO concluded that VA has made progress in tightening the securit
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NSF funds innovative IT research
The Digital Government program, a relatively new and innovative arm of the National Science Foundation, has awarded about $7 million in grants for 16 research projects designed to improve government services using cuttingedge information technology. The proposals range from an application that let
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Set-Asides
FAR change hurtful, some say A proposed regulation that aims to protect the government from unreliable contractors is too vague and would hurt small businesses, senior government leaders told Congress last month. The proposed rule, issued by the Office of Management and Budget on July 9, would amen
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Integration Broadens Appeal of GIS Data
State and local government users are on the leading edge when it comes to integrating geographic information systems.
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Agenda
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DOD selects MCI for $4B telecom pact
MCI WorldCom last week captured one of the biggest federal telecommunications prizes, a Defense Department contract that could be worth up to $4 billion to provide service to U.S. forces operating over 52 million square miles in the Pacific, Indian and Caribbean oceans. Industry sources speculated
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IT Shops Weigh the Pros and Cons of Linux
The Linux operating system, once virtually unknown outside a small community of loyal users and developers, is making a lot of people take a second look at their information technology strategy. The operating system has been around for about a decade and has been quietly gaining popularity among IT
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A Vote for Ingenuity
Information technology, historically, has focused on automation: using computersand human ingenuityto take the grunt work out of extensive calculations, document design and other daily labors. But technology also has become part of the life stream of our communities, creating a new class of skill
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USDA announces rural tech grants
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman last week announced the USDA Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Awards, with four each going to Alaska, Alabama and Texas, while California garnered funds for three institutions.
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OPM drafts vision for work force
Hoping that it can help ease the squeeze of a tight information technology labor market on agencies, the Office of Personnel Management last month moved a step closer to revising the way the government structures and defines the work performed by its IT work force. OPM last month released a draft l
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