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Air Force tunes in radio for e-mail link
The Air Force soon could use one the oldest forms of telecommunications highfrequency (HF) radio to provide email worldwide to its aircraft, including Air Force One, at a cost far lower than satellite links. The House inserted an extra $3.8 million into its version of the fiscal 2000 Defense
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DOD group, FBI IT leader win at IRMCO
The Defense Department's team that procures enterprise software licenses and the head of three major FBI information systems last Tuesday received Information Resources Management Conference (IRMCO) '99 achievement awards from the General Services Administration and the CIO Council. At a ceremony i
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HP unveils high-speed switches
HewlettPackard Co. last week released networking hardware and software products designed to bring gigabit speed and higher performance to localarea networks, including mediumsize and small workgroup operations within federal agencies, HP officials said. The new HP ProCurve 6308MSX routing switc
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North Dakota appoints new CIO
North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer (R) announced last week that he had appointed Curtis Wolfe as the state's chief information officer.
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Web technology helps trace kids
The FBI, the Customs Service and the U.S. Postal Service are linked through new World Wide Webbased technologies to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which last week opened a new headquarters in Alexandria, Va. NCMEC, created after Congress passed the Missing Children's Act o
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Serious management for serious projects
Tracking large projects calls for serious software. Add geographical dispersion to the project team, and you'll need some way to connect all the players to a central management program. Netmosphere Inc. hopes to help solve that problem with the combined forces of Project Home Page 2.01 and ActionPl
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Trellix Web: No experience needed
Small agencies that want to start a World Wide Web presence or intranet quickly, inexpensively and easily should give Trellix Corp.'s Trellix Web 2.1.5 a look. This new version of Trellix offers nearly all the features of Trellix 2.0 [FCW, March 8], and adds a handy OneStep Publish feature that ma
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'Workarounds' keep SPS on track
After holding three major exercises to field test the Defense Department's troubled $326 million Standard Procurement System, the Air Force developed 340 technical 'workarounds' to problems that would have made it impossible for the service to deploy using the system. SPS is intended to automate th
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Y2K bug still poses risk to air travel
Although the Federal Aviation Administration has made progress in making its systems Year 2000compliant, the millennium bug still threatens other computers in the U.S. and international air traffic systems.
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Horn: Fed Y2K efforts lagging in key service programs
Despite the progress the Clinton administration has made with its Year 2000 efforts, the federal government remains critically behind in ensuring that federal services administered on the statelevel will go uninterrupted next year.
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Denver schools overhauling tech infrastructure
Denver's public school system is overhauling its maintenance and work management processes, as well as reengineering its existing technology infrastructure to ensure Year 2000compliance, through a contract that is scheduled for completion in December.
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Wireless system targeted at 'last mile'
Rep. Rick Boucher (DVa.) helped unveil a wireless communications system in Blacksburg, Va., on Wednesday that reduces the costs involved in bringing broadband service the last mile into rural homes and businesses.
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Texas names new chief for TIERS
Donna Geller has been named the new director of the Lone Star state's Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System, effective today.
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N.J. governor a high-tech hall-of-famer
New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman will be the first government official inducted into the state's HighTech Hall of Fame on Oct. 6, when she and two of the state's hightech business leaders accept honors from the Biotechnology Council of New Jersey Inc. (BCNJ) and the American Electronics Association (AEA).
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Pa. plates bear Web address
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge launched the state's first license plate recall since 1976 on Tuesday, as plates bearing the state's World Wide Web address across the bottom went into the mail.
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Senator says Y2K compliance is not risk free
me=abstract content=In his second appearance last week at the National Press Club, Sen. Robert Bennett (RUtah) said yesterday that American businesses and the federal government, even if they believe their computer systems are Year 2000compliant, should still cross their fingers.
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Okla. libraries getting $2.5 million in Gates grants
Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating announced Tuesday that the state's public libraries are receiving $2.5 million in grants and services through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Library Initiative.
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New York brings education tools online
The New York Wired Web site, launched last week, is the first statespecific site in a program that aims to bring education tools online for parents, teachers and schools.
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CIO Council to make its activities more accessible
The CIO Council today announced the highlights of its strategic plan for fiscal 2000, including raising awareness among agencies of the council's activities, such as guidance on information technology management and reports.
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