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VA aims to boost claims processing
The Department of Veterans Affairs' budget submission calls for increased spending on electronic claims processing and outlines new projects related to information security, computer-based training and automation of VA loan processing.
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Tight NASA budget emphasizes IT
The president's fiscal 2000 budget request calls for $13.5 billion for NASA, marking the sixth year in a row that the space agency's budget had been decreased, down from $13.6 billion for fiscal 1999.
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The EDS/Connecticut Marriage
Congratulations are in order for the state of Connecticut and Electronic Data Systems Corp. The two recently announced their intentions to join in corporate matrimony and expressed the hope that their respective families of executives, politicians, citizens, shareholders and beancounters would sup
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DOD slashes funding for tech research
Because of ongoing and anticipated operations around the world, the Defense Department will scale back spending on information technology research in fiscal 2000, according to DOD's proposed budget, released today.
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Raising Tennessee Kids
Tennessee faced a formidable management and technology task two years ago when it decided to consolidate six children's services agencies into one. Perhaps the most basic and overwhelming task was combining its myriad legacy welfare systems into one workable, streamlined solution. So the state's ne
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Marines budget bolsters new IT strategy
The Marine Corps plans to begin funding an initiative to field common computing equipment across the service as part of its fiscal 2000 budget, according to Navy documents released today.
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DOJ requests new resources to fight cyberterrorism
The Justice Department is seeking increased funding for fiscal 2000 to protect government computer systems and to improve its internal information technology operations.
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Army increases stake in battlefield digitization
The Army's fiscal 2000 budget calls for $2.8 billion for its battlefield digitization program, which is designed to connect armored vehicles, helicopters and even individual soldiers on the battlefields of the 21st century using advanced communications and computing technology.
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Link to Learn
Last spring, Lucretia Hoffman became a certified Novell administrator. Now she'll either push on for her Novell engineer certification or switch over and study 'those cool geographic maps,' she said, referring to geographic information systems. Not bad for a young woman who's 17 years old and still
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Study gives OK to satellite-based navigation
The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that an independent study confirmed that existing satellitebased technology would, if modified, be reliable enough to serve as the primary navigation service for aircraft.
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SSG revamps IT acquisition
One of the Air Force's major procurement shops plans next week to begin a process of replacing its existing information technology products and services contracts with a series of blanket purchase agreements.
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DOD budget goes digital
The Pentagon has not yet reduced its annual budget to a simple computerized spreadsheet, but the Defense Department plans to use the World Wide Web as its preferred method of distribution for its fiscal 2000 budget, due for release on Monday.
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Army awards IT training support pact
The Army Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (Stricom) today announced it has awarded a $64 million training support contract to AAI Engineering Support Inc.
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Contract may lead to SSA bringing back controversial online program
The Social Security Administration has signed on to a governmentwide digital certificates contract that may lead to the resurrection of a controversial online program that allowed Americans to access their Social Security information over the Internet, the General Services Administration announced today at a preproposal conference.
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Web links forces with families, services
The Navy today launched a program that uses the World Wide Web to make it possible for Navy and Marine personnel deployed away from home to talk with family or to take advantage of counseling, training and other Defense Department human resources services.
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IT problems lead GAO's high-risk list
The Year 2000 problem and information security practices leave the federal government susceptible to fraud, waste and abuse, according to a series of reports the General Accounting Office released yesterday.
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Ruggedized notebook packs power
If you need a notebook that can take a licking and keep on ticking, consider Panasonic Personal Computer Co.'s Toughbook 27.
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Accommodations for injured feds are limited
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit shows that federal employees who were hurt on the job and return to work sometimes have to settle for a job that may not be to their liking. The case involved Marjorie Meester, a longterm employee of the U.S. Postal Service who dev
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