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N.C. seeks DOD help in e-commerce support
A North Carolina state official earlier this week called for the U.S. Defense Department to assist states with developing a secure publickey infrastructure to support state and local electronic commerce efforts.
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Pennsylvania Inks Deal for Memory Upgrades
A North Carolina state official earlier this week called for the U.S. Defense Department to assist states with developing a secure publickey infrastructure to support state and local electronic commerce efforts.
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Army looking to upgrade, secure base comms
The Defense Department's reliance on the nonsecure version of its intranet to carry out and support military operations comes close to madness, and changes must be made in order to upgrade and better secure the department's network infrastructure, a senior Army official said today.
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Navy looks to upgrade network security
As part of its overall security strategy, the Navy is looking at several new auditing products that can offer realtime intrusion detection.
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Spatial data plan gets Interior boost
In an apparent aboutface on a proposal to revamp the way federal, state and local governments collect and share geographic data, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt last week told a House subcommittee that it should consider key points of the plan. The proposal, issued by the National Academy of Publ
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Treasury takes PC outsourcing leap
The Treasury Department last week gave a boost to the government's fledgling desktop outsourcing initiative, selecting Wang Government Services for a 10year, $88 million task order to manage the PCs of some 1,600 headquarters employees. The award, made through the General Services Administration's
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NSA nears approval of remote-access solution
A remoteaccess solution developed by Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd., two other companies and the National Security Agency has passed NSA's technical and security tests, giving the companies the green light to begin marketing the solution to government. NSA initiated development of the solution
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USIA opens Internet center to assist Kosovo refugees
INGELHEIM, Germany After five days of wandering through Kosovo's countryside with little food, water or shelter, Billi, a 17yearold from Pristina, Kosovo's capital, arrived here at one of Germany's largest refugee camps to a world of rumors and confusion. Yugoslavia's campaign of ethnic cleans
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PTO gears up for small-biz acquisition
The Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month briefed vendors on a new followon acquisition specifically set aside for small businesses that will provide the agency with a variety of hardware including PCs and laptops. Through the $171 million Desktop Acquisition ReMap Team contract (DART), P
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Intelligent Transportation System Standards to Be Tested
Intelligent transportation systems are improving for everyone, from the lone commuter on a rural highway to thousands of office workers taking trains to and from a city each day. The catch is that standards for ITSes are not completely compatible in different regions of the country, from town to town, or even state to state.
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How fair is the FAIR Act?
A contractor asked the following questions: What does the FAIR Act require of government agencies? What is new in the act? How does it help contractors? How fair is it? The Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (Pub. L. No. 105270, 112 Stat. 2382) was signed into law on Oct. 19, 1998. The act re
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Energy plans Internet tool for nuclear cleanup research
The Energy Department is planning a firstofitskind Internet resource to allow the public to monitor the $6 billionayear cleanup of the nation's nuclear research and weapons facilities. The Central Internet Database, slated for deployment in January, will integrate six DOE databases on nuclear
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DOD preps software mega-deals
The Defense Department is gearing up for another major round of DODwide software deals, with more database awards expected to come within the next 30 days and several more awards in other software categories due out by the end of the year. The new software plans, announced last week by senior DOD
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Set-Asides
Panel slices IT research funds The Senate Appropriations Committee has denied the Energy Department's $70 million budget request for its Scientific Simulation Initiative, a piece of the Clinton administration's proposed $366 million information technology research program that would pay for cuttin
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Rep. to focus on Y2K integration, contingency plans
Rep. Stephen Horn (RCalif.), the House's chief watchdog for the Year 2000 in the federal government, plans to begin grading agencies' success in integrating entire computer systems and developing contingency plans in case federal computer systems fail next year.
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Book disputes mythical benefits of downsizing
It has become a mantra for Washington, D.C., politicians: Downsizing is happening; downsizing is good; long live downsizing. The idea that smaller government is easier on the federal wallet and forces government to become more efficient is attractive to politicians, who can sell themselves as oppon
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Microsoft ships Office 2000
Microsoft Corp. last week announced the official release of its Office 2000 desktop application suite, which company officials say will offer government users a substantial upgrade to a commercial offtheshelf product with new collaborative features and easier enterprisewide deployment. Government
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CyberTrust builds PKI solutions package
GTE CyberTrust this week announced its Secure Extranets solution for agencies that are beginning to move past the pilot stage in bringing critical services securely to the Internet. Agencies over the past few years have been moving their services to the World Wide Web in response to legislation and
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Navy praises new SPS, but critics remain
While some users continue to criticize the Defense Department's $326 million Standard Procurement System, a key piece of the Pentagon's 'paperless contracting' program, top Navy officials have praised the latest version of the software. Elliott Branch, the Navy's executive director of acquisition a
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