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The White House Kicks Off 'Y2K Community Conversations'
The White House is convinced that Americans want straight talk on the Year 2000, so it has assembled a toolkit aimed at communities struggling to develop public outreach campaigns.
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DOD picks Sprint for data services
The Defense Department today announced that it selected Sprint to provide data communications services under the company's FTS 2001 contract with the General Services Administration.
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New Web site to help agencies go electronic
The General Services Administration plans to launch a World Wide Web site that will serve as a onestop shopping site to help agencies migrate to an electronic environment.
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DOE to unveil robot to help repair crumbling Chornobyl reactor
The Energy Department today plans to unveil a robot that was developed using software from NASA's Mars Pathfinder and other technologies invented under federal research grants that will be used to help repair the crumbling Chornobyl nuclear reactor site.
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Army taps two for $90M laptop pact
GTSI and Intelligent Decisions Inc. won a contract valued at $90 million to provide the Army with portable computers over the next three years.
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States Endorse Digital Signature Bill
The nation's governors should be pushing state agencies to accept electronic signatures and should give state technology officials enough room to experiment with different technologies to eliminate the need for paper signatures on electronic commerce deals, according to a report by the National Governors Association.
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U.S. Commerce Department Holds 'Human Factors&the Web' Conference
Interested in making your World Wide Web site more appealing to humans? The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology next Thursday will host its fifth conference in a series on Human Factors and the Web.
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Illinois poised for statewide educational network
Illinois Gov. George Ryan (R) is poised to sign legislation recently approved by the state's General Assembly to create a statewide educational network.
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FCC to vote on funding for E-Rate
Members of the Federal Communications Commission tomorrow will vote on next year's funding levels for the ERate program. The program is designed to help wire America's schools and libraries for communications and is funded through federal subsidies.
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Americans complacent about Y2K
Americans are becoming complacent about the Year 2000 issue lulled by an orchestrated public relations campaign, said one community organizer testifying before a U.S. Senate hearing yesterday on local and individual preparedness.
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Blueprint for copyright issues delivered
The U.S. Copyright Office yesterday delivered to Congress a sixmonth study designed to serve as a blueprint for copyright issues that have arisen amid the explosion of state distancelearning programs.
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On the Web, think like a publisher, not an author
Last year's favorite statement we loved to hate was, 'Did you get my email?' This year we've already learned to cringe when we hear, 'It's on the Web page.' These have become the latest dirty words in our Information Age. Not because 'It's on the Web page' might not be a true statement but becaus
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Engineering vendors gear up for new sked
The General Services Administration is moving quickly to put in place a new engineering services schedule that could be worth more than $100 million over five years. GSA's Federal Supply Service released the draft request for proposals for the MultiDisciplined Engineering and Technical Services (M
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Entrust debuts PKI products for Microsoft platforms
Entrust Technologies Inc. this month announced a new set of security solutions for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 operating systems for users who cannot afford to wait for the release of the more securityminded Windows 2000. The announcement of two new publickey infrastructure (PKI)
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Air Force responds to vendors' complaints
After strong industry complaints about its controversial acquisition strategy for purchasing computer products, the Air Force this month announced it will loosen the criteria it uses to choose bidders when it develops the next contract under the acquisition. The Standard Systems Group released a sp
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Roster Change
The U.S. Courts awarded Ralph DeLoach, the clerk for the Kansas Federal District Court, the Director's Award for Outstanding Leadership for organizing a workshop that led to longrange automation, staff education and training, and jury utilization plans. James Starr, the clerk for the New Hampshire
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NRC takes its reading rooms, reports online
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided to stop distributing paper copies of its documents to its reading rooms nationwide and now will provide future documents only on the Internet. The change, slated for Oct. 1, would coincide with the rollout of a new information system called the Agencywi
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Personal-use policy a recipe for disaster
A new policy recommendation made by the CIO Council would give federal employees greater liberty to use computers and other equipment for personal reasons but also could open the door to disputes between employees and management. The recommendation, issued March 10, would allow federal workers to u
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Forum Held on Integrated Public Safety
More than 100 emergency medical services (EMS) and 911 professionals, public safety officials and transportation experts gathered at the National Emergency Number Association's 911 Critical Issues Forum last Thursday and Friday in Alexandria, Va., to discuss a fiveyear plan for a nationwide intelligent transportation system. The system would integrate EMS and 911 services in an effort to reduce the time it takes to get help to people involved in serious automobile accidents.
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