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TASC Inc. to Produce Digital Image Maps of Hawaiian Islands
Officials in the Hawaiian Islands soon will have color infrared digital image maps at their disposal to help manage the state's land resources, thanks to a contract awarded to a subsidiary of TASC Inc.
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Online gamblers subject to gaming laws
The New York State Supreme Court has ruled that online gamblers in the state are subject to gaming laws regardless of where the gambling company is based.
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CDW-G captures Air Force pact
The Air Force last week awarded Computer Discount WarehouseGovernment Inc., Chantilly, Va., an $83 million blanket purchase agreement covering desktop, portable and server systems, completing the first phase of a major acquisition strategy.
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Study Says 'Disconnected Dozen' States Lack Broadband Internet Access
Millions of Americans across the country, particularly those in rural and poor communities, do not have access to broadband Internet service, according to a study released earlier this week by the iAdvance Coalition.
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SSA rethinks disability claims processing
After earmarking $71 million to develop an automated system for processing disability claims, the Social Security Administration has decided to scrap its original program and salvage half the funding to field a scaled back project, SSA commissioner Kenneth Apfel said today.
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Citing privacy concerns, Senate asks for input into information infrastructure protection plan
The Senate today urged federal officials to brief Congress on a Clinton administration plan to protect the federal information infrastructure from cyberattacks. The request followed stories this week in the general press that inaccurately reported that the draft plan would have the FBI monitor interactions with government computers.
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Feds see lasting benefits from Y2K crisis
The country will benefit from its extensive efforts to respond to the Year 2000 computer problem long after the Jan.1 deadline has passed, federal officials told Congress today.
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Social Security Administration chooses MCI for FTS 2001 service
The Social Security Administration today announced it has selected MCI WorldCom to provide its voice, data, Internet and conferencing services through the General Services Administration's FTS 2001 network. MCI estimated the eightyear deal to be worth $250 million.
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S.F. Board Approves Watered-Down Open Access
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has rejected a proposal to force AT&T to open its cable networks to rival Internet service providers (ISPs) if the city of Portland, Ore., succeeds in its own attempts to open access.
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Michigan Sex Offender Online Registry Adding New Search Feature
A name search function soon will be added to the Michigan State Police Sex Offender Registry, which currently provides users with a search of all sexual offenders living within a specified ZIP code.
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NASIRE awards state IT programs
Washington received three awardsmore than any other statefrom the National Association of State Information Resource Executives (NASIRE) in its annual honors for information technology projects that improve state government operations.
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Carpool commuters find each other with Ridequest.com
Redmond, Wash., commuters now can tap Ridequest.com, the nation's first selfservice, online ridesharing system, to match themselves instantly with other motorists traveling to and from businesses in the same areas.
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Chemical Safety Board Warns States of Y2K Hazardous-Materials Problems
The Chemical Safety Board has urged the nation's governors to make sure that they have taken suitable Year 2000 precautions for potential problems related to industrial chemical safety.
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Industry Watch
PC maker targets government market Atec Group Inc., which owns PC technology originally developed and marketed by Nexar Technologies, has created a new division that will target highend government, corporate, educational and consumer markets. Atec, based in Hauppage, N.Y., will manufacture PCs an
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IBM ups e-commerce offerings, partnerships
IBM Corp. last week announced new industry partnerships and enhancements to its Net.Commerce electroniccommerce server and catalog tool offerings that include increased scalability and performance. The announcements should help users prepare for the anticipated increase in the use of ecommerce, a
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Federal Bytes
COMPAQ MAKES A SPLASH. Anyone who has attended an IT trade show knows that vendors try to attract customers by offering all types of freebies. Of course, most experienced trade show attendees already have drawers full of Tshirts and enough pens to last until retirement. So what's a company to do?
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FBI fingerprint system ready
After years of design delays and cost overruns, the FBI on Wednesday will begin using a sophisticated new fingerprint identification system. The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) will allow the bureau to search electronically through millions of fingerprints that state,
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USGS to track training via Web
To better organize employee training records and to make signing up for classes easier, the U.S. Geological Survey plans to develop a World Wide Webbased system that would track training for its 12,000 employees. Virginia Miles, an ethics program officer in charge of training for USGS, said the sy
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Study calls for reserve virtual IT warfare unit
A yearlong study completed last week by a senior panel of Defense Department officials recommended an unprecedented expansion in the role the reserves play in national defense, including the formation of a virtual cyberdefense unit to protect the nation's critical infrastructure. The study, Reserv
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