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AF plans rapid ramp-up of DMS client deployment
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Air Force has completed the installation of more than half of its Defense Message System's unclassified infrastructure and expects a quick ramp up in the number of desktops equipped with client software based on Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange. Speaking last week at the Air Force
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DNA decoding draws competition
The federal government's Human Genome Project (HGP), a 15year, $3 billion venture launched in 1990 to map out and catalog human DNA, has proceeded exceedingly well. And while the project which uses computers to identify DNA fragments has reached its halfway point ahead of schedule, it has met
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Spirit of GILS drives DOT search engine
When a government watchdog group singled out the Transportation Department last month for failing to make its information easily available to the public, Crystal Bush, an information technology program analyst, thought her department's efforts were worth a second look. The report by OMB Watch said
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GAO concludes State's Y2K fix moving too slowly
The General Accounting Office last month warned the State Department that it is moving too slowly to fix computers for the Year 2000 bug and needs to improve its management to meet the deadline. In a report released last month, GAO encouraged State to reassess all its systems, ensure that missionc
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Navy to award IT-21 contract for ship LANs
The Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT21) project, which will enable the Navy to harness the power of commercial networks and computers aboard ships and ashore, will move closer to reality next week with the award of a key contract for shipboard localarea networks. Capt. Tim Traverso
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Agenda
SEPTEMBER 8 Meeting of the Society for Software Quality Inc.'s Washington, D.C., Area Chapter. Greenbelt Public Library. Greenbelt, Md. Vic Basili, professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the executive director of the Fraunhofer CenterMaryland, will speak on
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New PCs meld power and price (Part 2)
During the fiscal 1998 buying season, many federal PC buyers have emerged as part of the new class of power PC users who look to take advantage of the surge in the performance and capacity of desktop computers, according to industry and government sources. Over the past year, Intel Corp. has introd
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GITS Board seeks funds for second encryption tests
The Government Information Technology Services (GITS) Board is working to secure $11 million to fund a second round of tests of a controversial encryption technology that has a builtin mechanism to allow data to be unscrambled. The board is seeking the funding to support 15 projects in 12 agencies
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BMC offers flexible plan for licensing agreements
Application management vendor BMC Software Inc. has introduced a price structure that simplifies the buying process for customers who manage distributed systems and have to plan their expenditures over the long term, company officials said. BMC still allows customers to pay for products based on pr
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FBI pushes national intranet
The FBI is trying to increase awareness of a system to aid law enforcement officials nationwide, but technology problems at some small police departments could stymie access to the system. The Law Enforcement Online (LEO) system is an intranet that the FBI has been building since 1995 with the help
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Ready for battle
Bill Curtis, the Defense Department's point man for fixing the Year 2000 millennium bug, sees a certain cosmic balance in his assignment.
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NCIC 2000 Capabilities
Enhanced Name Search: New York State Identification and Intelligence System algorithm will permit greater flexibility in name searches, allowing permutations in name spelling and a range for date of birth.
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Grand Rapids Media Center
At Grand Rapids, Mich.'s hightech Community Media Center, apple pickers' children produce short films on 'Breaking the Cycle of Migrant Workers,' area residents design World Wide Web pages, and nonprofit groups receive technical training.
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Putting Educational Technology to the Test
Earlier this summer, Jack Christie, director of Texas' State Board of Education, hosted a technology summit meeting at which a proposal was discussed to exchange textbooks for laptop computers in the state's kindergarten through 12thgrade classrooms.
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Georgia Cops Book 'Em Electronically
Like their colleagues in many other parts of the country, police officers in Gwinnett County, Ga., used to wonder if they actually spent more time deterring crime or delivering documents.
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Rapid Reference: The CD Server Solution
One reason many schools are turning to online CD reference libraries is the relative ease of setting up a CDROM server on a network.
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NSDI: What's in It for You?
How should state and local governments best participate in the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)?
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Apple Debuts iMac
With so many of the nation's kindergarten through 12th grade schools and many colleges holding a large installed base of Macintosh technology, Apple Computer Inc. is hoping to score big among school administrators with its new iMac desktop computer.
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