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EMC builds storage network
EMC Corp. last week rolled out a new set of storage solutions aimed at letting customers consolidate their data storage across multiple computing platforms. The product line, called the Enterprise Storage Network (ESN), would let users capture data from many more servers across a wider geographic a
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SQL Server 7.0 boasts features, power
Microsoft Corp. has packed new features and significant performance enhancements into SQL Server 7.0, which was released with much fanfare last fall. After testing the software for two months, we found it to be a solid choice for any government agency looking for a powerful Windows NT database serv
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Air Force awards key IT contracts
Despite its controversial strategy to use blanket purchase agreements in place of its information technology product and service contracts, the Air Force's Standard Systems Group today awarded BPAs worth hundreds of millions of dollars to six vendors covering a wide range of computer and networking gear.
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Share in savings not a cure-all
A newfangled procurement process called share in savings seems like a logical next step in the march to reform the sluggish and costly process for buying information technology in the federal government. But like every new idea, the revolutionary concept has its limits. At the extreme, share in sa
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DOT offers agencies option for security
Anticipating a shift in focus toward security services and away from Year 2000, the Transportation Department plans to establish an office that will offer agencies governmentwide security services ranging from risk analysis to how to recover from a cyberattack. DOT's Transportation Administrative
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Senate threatens to outsource trust fund management
The Senate last week said it may opt to turn over to one or more private companies the management of American Indians' trust funds, which the United States has overseen for more than 100 years, because of ongoing management failures.
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GTSI, Intellisys win $300 million Army pact
Government Technology Services Inc. and Intellisys Technology Corp. won the battle for the Army's $300 million Personal Computer3 (PC3) contract by offering highend desktop machines from HewlettPackard Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. Steve Baldwin, president of Intellisys a Fairfax, Va.based
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Navy charts own network course
The Navy took another step toward running its own networks last week with the release of a draft planning document that said the service may acquire longhaul telecommunications on a competitive basis rather than sticking with Defense Departmentwide networks operated by the Defense Information Syst
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DOD confirms cyberattack 'something new'
The Defense Department confirmed today that a major cyberattack against its critical information systems has been underway for the last several months, propelling the newly formed Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense into its first realworld test.
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Gondola trial highlights role of cockpit IT
The highprofile trial of the Marine Corps pilot whose jet clipped a ski lift cable in the Italian Alps has ignited a debate on Capitol Hill about information technology failures in the jet's cockpit that many experts believe played a key role in the accident, which killed 20 people.
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FAA aims for June 30 Y2K fix
The Federal Aviation Administration expects to have all of its missioncritical systems Year 2000compliant by June 30 and is now monitoring Year 2000 activity of its international partners and of U.S. airlines and airports, an agency official said today.
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FAA, NASA may work closer on research efforts
Rep. Connie Morella (RMd.), chairwoman of the Technology Subcommittee of the House Science Committee, said today she is considering adding language to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill to better coordinate FAA and NASA research and development efforts.
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Senate IT specialist moves to Armed Services Committee
A key Senate staffer who oversaw and led federal information technology management and purchasing reforms has accepted a position on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Feds still push toward electronic payments
Almost all federal employees and more than three-quarters of Social Security recipients and veterans get paid electronically by the federal government, a Treasury Department official told Congress today.
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Pentagon details U.S./Russian Y2K center to avoid nuclear exchange
The United States has reached an agreement with Russia to set up a center to ensure that neither nation launches a nuclear attack erroneously if computers controlling the two nations' nuclear weapons malfunction because of Year 2000 date code problems.
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Is Everybody Happy?
Not everyone is happy with the outsourcing idea, especially those representing the county's IT employees. Mary Grillo, executive director of Local 2028 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents 60 employees affected by the transition, believes the county was too hasty in its de
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Buying Strategies
In an era of rockbottom computer prices, rapid technology introductions and electronic catalogs, no one could blame state and local purchasing officials for going directly to manufacturers for their information technology equipment. Nonetheless, most buyers are sticking with hardworking local res
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Hartford Arms Citizens With Crime-Fighting Tools
Don Noel has owned a home in Hartford, Conn.'s Blue Hills neighborhood for nearly 34 years, but don't mistake him for a man who lives in the past. Noel is well aware of the modernday crimes that have permeated the neighborhood, including robbery, larceny, assault, auto theft and drug dealing. He a
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The New Auction Block
It was just a matter of time before an Internetsavvy state or local government became bold enough to get in on the cyberauction frenzy. After all, millions of Americans each day click on popular World Wide Web sites to buy everything from Beanie Babies to baseballs slugged by the likes of Mark McG
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