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Portland Picks CSDC's Enterprise Application Software
The Office of Planning and Development Review for Portland, Ore., has selected Amanda, an applicationtracking and datamanagement system from Torontobased CSDC Systems Inc., to handle a broad range of tasks including issuing and tracking building permits and landuse reviews.
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Bridging IT and citizens
Richard Burk, director of community connections at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a man who is willing to sacrifice himself to help people in need. He started out doing that in the Peace Corps and in local government, but, in his view, there is no better place to help people th
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Tragedies Illustrate Need For E-911 Act
A bill that would improve the 911 system for cellular telephones has widespread support from emergency service providers, state and local governments and the wireless industry.
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L-3 beefs up risk-assessment software
L3 Network Security Systems LLC earlier this month announced a new security product and an upgrade to its riskassessment flagship software, which will help agencies identify network vulnerabilities and determine the effects these vulnerabilities could have on business operations, according to the
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Keeping your eyes on the prize
For the most part, the government's response to fixing the Year 2000 problem has been wellmanaged and a success beyond what even upbeat experts thought could be accomplished by this date. So it came as a surprise that House Republicans, backed by a justreleased General Accounting Office report, a
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MapInfo tweaks product for better maps
MapInfo Corp. this month will unveil the latest version of its hallmark electronic mapping software, which company officials said will have more 'sizzle' and offer federal users better database connectivity. The company will begin shipping the new software, MapInfo Professional 5.5, early next mont
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Industry Watch
JetForm speeds Chinese visas JetForm Corp. last week announced that the Chinese government has developed a World Wide Webbased system for approving student visas, using the company's workflow and forms processing technology. The system, which China will begin testing in the next month, will allow
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DOJ picks six for services
The Justice Department on Friday awarded contracts to six vendors under a $475 million umbrella contract for a variety of technology services to support major DOJ information technology programs and other projects governmentwide. The contract, DOJ's Information Technology Support Service 2000 (ITSS
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Feds await final guidance for listing IT functions
The Office of Management and Budget is close to releasing its final guidance for complying with a law that requires agencies to list job functions that are not inherently governmental and opens a path to more outsourcing of government work. Deidre Lee, administrator of the Office of Federal Procure
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Maryland Offers Y2K Status Report, Juggles Liability Legislation
Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening today will brief state and local emergency officials, cabinet members and representatives from utilities and hospitals on the state's Year 2000 readiness. The briefing will be held at 2 p.m. at the State Highway Administration Operations Center near BaltimoreWashington International Airport.
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Senate, Customs debate funding import system
A request by the Customs Service to fund a new computer system by increasing user fees met stiff opposition in the Senate Finance Committee late last week, but members agreed that the system still must be funded. Customs wants $1.4 billion to build the Automated Commercial Environment, which would
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Feds, states pilot smart health cards
In a project that could have implications for how the government delivers public benefits in the future, federal and state agencies next month will kick off a multistate pilot project to deliver a variety of public health programs on a single smart card. The Health Passport Project will provide sma
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Navy preps intranet, smart cards
Norfolk, Va. The Navy continues to evaluate the costs for its global intranet with an eye toward kicking off contracting this summer and also has decided to use smart card technology as a 'cyberidentity' for allowing entry into buildings and secure networks, according to speakers here at the se
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Russians skip NATO IT excercise
STUTTGART, Germany In a show of protest against NATO's bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, the Russian government last week pulled out of a major U.S.led NATO computer and communications exercise that is intended to help allies develop communications systems capable of sharing information on the bat
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System to help VA track minority vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs has developed a database system to track how well the agency serves minority and women veterans in an effort to ensure that these groups do not miss out on any VA benefits or programs. The agency has been working for nearly a year to build the initial data set for
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Intercepts
Norfolk, Va. NEW DASN C4I NEEDED. Dr. Anne Miller resigned earlier this month as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for C4I, a move that was somewhat of a 'surprise,' according to Navy CIO Dan Porter, speaking here at the Navy Connecting Technology Conference. Miller, who has taken an inform
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Roster Change
Kevin O'Toole, former executive mail management officer at the U.S. Mint, last month was named director of business development and tactical operations at the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service. Sara DeCarlo, former marketing director at Bell Atlantic Federal, was promoted
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Picture this: Better, cheaper digital cameras
Following the example of most hightechnology products, digital cameras have been getting steadily less expensive and better with each passing year. But the trend accelerated last year, according to International Data Corp. senior analyst Ron Glaz. 'Last year was probably the fastest year the digit
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New notebooks suit mobile users
Notebook computer reviews inevitably begin with a clich?#233; about how the latest crop of portable computers pack enough processing wallop that using desktop PCs is unnecessary. As predictable as that may be, it also is increasingly true. A growing number of federal agencies are responding by giving mo
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