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NARA records draft plan on its way to OMB
The National Archives and Records Administration is floating a pareddown plan for how agencies should manage their information systems records. The draft plan, which is headed for Office of Management and Budget review, covers most documents that relate to agencies' internal information technology
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Lockheed tapped for simulation system
The Air Force last week awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a sevenyear, $176 million contract to develop and install up to 18 pilot training systems, marking the initial fielding of the next generation of tactical simulation technology. The new system, called the Mission Training Center, not only will
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San Diego Claims First for Online Property Taxes
San Diego Co. has become the first county in California and one of a few counties nationwide to allow citizens to pay property taxes online, according to the county's chief deputy treasurer, Neil Rossi.
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Roster Change
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management this month gave out its annual awards. Bruce McConnell, director of the International Y2K Cooperation Center, won AFFIRM's Executive Leadership Award for his efforts to promote international cooperation in handling the Year 2000 computer
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GSA creates virtual contracting school
The General Services Administration has created a virtual university to help federal employees who have been given the freedom to order products and services from contracts without having received training in the procurement process. Many people using the multipleaward schedule contracts of GSA's
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JUNE 1999 2830 Catalyzing the Extended Enterprise: Clicking With Your Customers. Hyatt Regency San Francisco. San Francisco. This conference will deliver the strategic scenario perspective and the tactical bestpractice proof to help you meet your application delivery challenges for 1999 and beyon
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CD-R writer makes duplication a snap
If you are looking for a system that can write data to multiple CDs at a rapid clip, look no further. MicroBoards Technology Inc.'s DSR 8800 CDRecordable duplication station, a highperformance standalone CDR tower featuring precision technology from Hoei Sangyo Co. Ltd., is perfect for governme
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Storm tech praised for May showing
When more than 70 tornadoes raged across central Oklahoma May 3, the National Weather Service credited advances in technology for helping to warn people well in advance and for saving lives, according to agency officials testifying at a congressional hearing this month. The lead time of tornado war
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Innovation fund in limbo
A unique pot of money that was established in 1995 to nurture technical innovation governmentwide and was widely championed by Vice President Al Gore has been cut off from its source of income, leaving the fund's future in question. The General Services Administration, which supported the Informati
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JetForm to support XML in forms software
JetForm Corp. plans to announce this week that its electronic forms products will support Extensible Markup Language (XML), a standard for defining World Wide Webbased documents that is gaining popularity as a way to secure and enable processing of online files. Like a competing proposal from form
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OMB Wants Earlier Cutoff on State/Local Y2K Buying
House committee members and administration officials on Wednesday said they generally support a proposed bill that will allow state and local governments to buy Year 2000 products and services off General Services Administration federal supply schedules, but they do not agree on the end date.
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Interior unveils Indian record system
The Interior Department today unveiled a computer system that it hopes will improve the management of records associated with the Indian Trust Fund a complicated amalgam of land records, bank accounts and other records that the department acknowledges has been poorly organized and maintained.
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Rhode Island New Home to Microsoft Training Center
Warwick, R.I., will be the next home of a Microsoft Corp. Certified Technical Education Center (CTEC), with classes beginning this summer, city officials said this week.
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Senate panel nixes Customs upgrade funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday denied funding for a massive Customs Service modernization program.
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Senate passes bill to restrict access to chemical database
The Senate this week unanimously passed a compromise version of a bill that would restrict public access to information, especially data in electronic form, about the risks of chemical accidents.
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Comtech wins Army battlefield communications contract
The Army awarded Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. a $418 million contract today that will provide commanders the ability to precisely locate and communicate with battlefield support vehicles, such as ammunition and fuel trucks, anywhere in the world.
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CIO Council urges action to save IT work force
Competition for workers with information technology skills is intense, and the federal government must take immediate action if it wants to maintain a worldclass hightech work force, according to a study released by the federal CIO Council.
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Pennsylvania Releases Year 2000 Consumer Guide
The chairman of Pennsylvania's Pa2K project announced the availability of the Consumer Guide to the Year 2000, which provides commonsense tips for preparing for the millennium bug.
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Republicans Announce 'e-Contract'
House Majority Leader Dick Armey today unveiled the eContract, a pact by a group of Republican lawmakers to support technology innovation and remove what they said were barriers to growth in the hightech industry.
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