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White House: GOP's technology budget cuts are political
The Clinton administration today accused Republicans on Capitol Hill of playing politics with science and technology funding in their effort to cut budgets for key technology programs while also proposing a major national tax cut.
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IT lessons emerge from Kosovo
In one of the first pubic discussions of lessons learned from the 78day military operation in Yugoslavia, senior Air Force officials today credited advancements in information technology for what they called the first successful military campaign to rely on air power alone.
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General: Cyberattacks against NATO traced to China
The president of Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday told a packed house of Air Force and industry representatives that the single biggest challenge facing the Defense Department and the information technology industry is finding more efficient ways to manage and communicate corporate knowledge.
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Government projects among award finalists
Twentyfive finalists were announced yesterday for the Innovations in American Government awards, including six state and local government projects that incorporate information technology.
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Microsoft prez outlines future computer to Air Force
The president of Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday told a packed house of Air Force and industry representatives that the single biggest challenge facing the Defense Department and the information technology industry is finding more efficient ways to manage and communicate corporate knowledge.
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Army investigators help nab hacker
Information provided by the Army's Criminal Investigation Division led the FBI to arrest a suspect in the June 28 hacking of the Army's World Wide Web site, according to service officials.
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GAO finds programs that reveal delinquent taxpayers
A survey by the U.S. General Accounting Office found that four states and the District of Columbia currently have programs in place that publicly disclose the names of individuals and businesses that are delinquent in paying income taxes.
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Public Technology Inc. report helps Y2K plans
Public Technology Inc. last week released a report to help local governments plan for Year 2000related environmental problems.
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Hollywood, Fla., gets new IT director
John Barletta , acting director of information technology for Broward County, Fla., will become Hollywood, Fla.'s new chief information and technology director Sept. 13.
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Justice nabs hacker of Army computers
The Justice Department on Monday announced it had arrested the teenage founder of a hacker group that allegedly broke into and modified an Army World Wide Web site in June.
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U.S., map company to develop first digital National Atlas
The U.S. Geological Survey announced last week that it will team with private industry to develop an electronic National Atlas of the United States, an exhaustive and detailed catalog of maps of the country.
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Armstrong moves to CIT post
Anne Armstrong, editorinchief of civic.com and Federal Computer Week, was named president and chief executive officer of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology at a press conference held Monday.
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National conference to address IT gaps
U.S. Commerce Department Secretary William Daley announced last week that he will convene a national conference this fall to address information technology gaps that exist across the nation.
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Roster Change
Bell Atlantic Federal this month announced three promotions: Randy Lucas, former director of program management, was named vice president of sales and marketing; Daniel Felder, who previously oversaw the company's Army and Air Force accounts, was named director of marketing and channel management;
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DOD scripts war games
An Air Force jet jockey and a man who once helped design attractions at Disneyland have joined forces to help train military officers to react better during crises that pop up in the world's hot spots. Col. Kenneth 'Crash' Konwin, head of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO), and Larry
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Foundry, HP offer copper-based switches
Foundry Networks Inc. and HewlettPackard Co. announced a suite of copper Gigabit Ethernet products based on a new standard that enables Gigabit Ethernet to run over copper cabling. The new standard, which was approved by the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers in July, allows Gigabit Eth
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Education taps IT partner
In a firstofitskind move, the Education Department last week chose Andersen Consulting to oversee a modernization project for the troubled computer systems the agency uses to manage billions of dollars in federal student aid programs. As the modernization partner for Education's Office of Studen
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Campaigns seek Web guidance
The use of the Internet by political campaigns has created new challenges for the Federal Election Commission, which next month plans to formally seek comment on how a campaign finance law affects candidates who use the Internet to raise funds.
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Air Force BPA sales double
Sales continue to skyrocket on the Air Force Standard Systems Group's premier contract covering desktops, laptops and servers, with the volume of business more than doubling since June. Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc. and Micron Electronics Inc. to date have sold $64 million worth of standard com
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