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DOD buried under
Software problems have delayed the fullscale deployment of a computer system that the Pentagon plans to use to buy everything from staples to submarines in an electronic, paperless environment an initiative that top Defense Department officials want functional by January 2000. The $326 million S
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Park Service puts R&R resources on Web
The arrival of spring means that practically everyone's favorite time of year vacation sits right around the corner. For many families, summer vacation includes a visit to a national park. ParkNet, the World Wide Web site of the National Park Service (www.nps.gov), definitely reduces the effort
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fcw-newscorrection-5-24-99
The telephone number for DLT Solutions included in Federal Computer Week's AutoCAD 2000 First Look [May 10] was incorrect. The correct number is (888) 4GSACAD.
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IMSI unveils training tool
Integrated Management Services Inc. (IMSI) has developed an offtheshelf version of a computerbased security training program that already is being used by a number of agencies. The Computer Security Awareness Tool (CSAT) is designed to help agencies make their employees aware of critical informa
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GAO: NASA systems full of holes
Outofdate information security policies have left significant vulnerabilities in NASA's missioncritical systems that could allow unauthorized users to steal, modify or delete important operational data, according to a General Accounting Office report released last week. GAO, working over the pas
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New York Begins Search for CIO
New York state's Office for Technology today will send out bids to choose a professional recruitment firm to conduct a nationwide search for a new state chief information officer.
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Utilities: Cures for what ails you
In an ideal world, your operating system would never crash, would be secure from viruses and hackers and would take care of every possible glitch in the background, from corrupt files to disk defragmentation.
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Federal Bytes
CIA BASHING BEGINS. At last week's roast for CNN talk show host Larry King, James Carville, back from a trip to Israel, said he now knows why Moses and the Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years. 'They were using CIA maps!' he said. Where's NIMA when you need it? NO FREE LUNCH. Alan Paller, di
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DOD expands net for ground forces
STUTTGART, Germany In anticipation of using ground forces as either peacekeepers or in a tactical offensive against Serb forces, the Defense Information Systems Agency has started a massive program to expand communications services throughout the European theater. Although the Clinton administrat
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NASA scientists reach North Pole, classrooms
In what may be the ultimate in distance learning, a group of NASA scientists this month concluded a trip to the North Pole, where they used the Internet to send live video feed and chat with students around the world, creating the first Internet link to the remote region. As part of the North Pole
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OMB warns agencies about reintroducing Y2K errors
The Office of Management and Budget this week asked agencies to develop a plan that protects their Year 2000compliant systems from regulatory actions or information technology changes that could reintroduce software date errors in the fixed computers.
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Web shopping turns into proceeds for school tech
Say goodbye to the grocery receipts and mailin rebates that parents often put toward new school computers. A new World Wide Web site is turning Internet shopping transactions into proceeds for technology at K12 schools around the country.
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Nebraska Moves Y2K Litigation Bill
The Nebraska Legislature this week advanced a bill that would shield agencies targeted in Year 2000 lawsuits by curbing the damages plaintiffs would be able to collect. Nebraska's LB 661 states that only actual not consequential damages may be collected from litigation surrounding system failures related to the millennium date change.
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New York Comptroller Scolds Departments Slack on Y2K Plans
New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall announced yesterday that key state agencies are making headway with their Year 2000compliance efforts, but he publicly chided those same agencies for hesitating to put solid contingency plans in place.
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House panel aims to bolster security law
The House Science Committee plans to make another push to update a 1989 law that requires civilian agencies to take measures to protect their computer systems, according to Rep. Constance Morella (RMd.), chairwoman of the Technology Subcommittee of the House Science Committee.
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GSA taps AT& T for local service in 3 cities
The General Services Administration announced today that it has selected AT?#038; T to provide local telephone communications services to federal agencies in the New York, Chicago and San Francisco metropolitan areas.
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Legislative Watchdog Holds Florida Programs Accountable
Four years ago, when John Turcotte landed his job as director of the Florida Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA), he vowed to put together an electronic encyclopedia of information on state programs elected officials could use in decisionmaking.
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Amendment may scrap Army's WLMP plans
An amendment attached to the fiscal 2000 Defense Department authorization bill could come close to scuttling the Army's plans to proceed with a $1 billion effort to modernize and outsource the service's wholesale logistics operations.
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GAO unearths computer security weaknesses at NASA
Many of NASA's missioncritical information systems are vulnerable to attack, and almost all the systems do not meet the agency's own requirements for risk assessment, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.
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