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Texas Speeders Pay Fines Via Net Texas traffic offenders are racing to use ECourt Inc.'s new online court payment system
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IT-rich USS Belleau Wood heads to East Timor
The Navy's 7th Fleet has deployed the USS Belleau Wood, a flatdecked amphibious assault ship equipped with one of the service's most advanced shipboard information technology systems, to support U.S. forces assisting U.N. peacekeeping operations in East Timor.
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Internet takes new role in organ donor program
As part of a national program to increase the number of people registering to be organ donors, the Department of Health and Human Services last month awarded a $900,000 grant to a Michiganbased health organization to take a 4yearold World Wide Web site that provides background information about
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DOD boosts IT security role
The Marines have long been known as the nation's '911' force, ready to respond to any crisis, anywhere in the world. But the advent of crises in cyberspace has given rise to a new 911 force, with the Pentagon giving computer defense a more important role in military strategy. The Joint Task Force f
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WebLogic Server ideal for Web apps
Two of the major issues facing agencies considering application server deployments are the integration of the application server within an existing infrastructure and the degree to which distributed applications can grow over time. There also are other challenges inherent in these types of projects
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Harris pursues FAA telecom biz
San Diego Harris Corp. announced last week at the annual convention of the Air Traffic Control Association that it would lead a team of Baby Bells and other companies in pursuit of the Federal Aviation Administration's expected contract for integrating its telecommunications systems, which has a
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Fedwire Briefs
CIA forms IT firm The CIA last week announced the creation of a commercial firm to conduct cuttingedge research on how information technologies can transform the way the intelligence community operates. The new firm, InQIt, will act as a bridge between the intelligence community and the IT indus
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Feds boost students.gov services
A group of federal agencies developing an online information service for college students and universities plans to add new features to its World Wide Web site in coming months, enabling students to plan their finances more carefully and enhancing the security of online transactions. The site, Acce
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CIO worried Medicare providers not ready for Y2K
The top information technology official for the Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees the nation's Medicare program, told Congress last week that he has serious concerns about whether the Medicare program will avoid Year 2000 problems.
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Supervisors need to share leave rights
A recent decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) shows that federal employees are entitled to the protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 and that government supervisors are expected to know these rights. The case in point involved John Landahl, who was a GS
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IBM Puts a Shine on DB2 Enterprise Edition
One normally doesn't go around casually upgrading a database or migrating from one database to another. Usually, there has to be a compelling reason to consider such a major change to what are considered core services. IBM Corp.'s latest update to the venerable DB2 database presents compelling reas
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Air Force takes PC outsourcing to new level
While many Defense organizations still shy away from the idea of relinquishing control of their desktop computing environment, the Air Force broke new ground last month when it awarded a contract that expands the federal government's traditional approach to seat management. The contract, awarded to
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Draft documents signal kickoff for N/MCI
The Navy intends to outsource almost all of its information technology infrastructure for Navy and Marine Corps units and bases in a mammoth undertaking that industry sources value at more than $2 billion.
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Colo. Police Department Installs Enhanced 911 Call Center
The Lakewood, Colo., Police Department has installed a new call monitoring system that automatically prioritizes calls and eliminates duplicates in its Enhanced 911 (E911) call center.
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Tauzin: E-Rate war of words
A congressional hearing on legislation that would restructure the Clinton administration's ERate program turned into a true war of words Thursday.
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NASPO Elects New President
The National Association of State Procurement Officials recently elected Jan Hamlik of Wisconsin's State Bureau of Procurement as incoming president for the 19992000.
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Groups Call for IT to Streamline Grants Programs
Congress should investigate the role of information technology as part of its effort to streamline federal grants programs, a representative of the National Conference of State Legislatures told a House panel Thursday.
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GSA selects second digital certificate vendor
The General Services Administration on Wednesday announced the second award for digital certificate technology under its governmentwide publickey infrastructure program.
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FAA: International airports, airlines still have Y2K work to do
Although the Federal Aviation Administration says it has successfully fixed Year 2000 bugs in the U.S. air traffic control system, airports and airlines still have some work to do before they will be ready for the endoftheyear rollover, according to information released today by the FAA.
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