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AUGUST 31Sept. 1 DVD Pro Conference and Exhibition. Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort. Santa Barbara, Calif. Attendees will learn how to develop successful Digital Video Disc products. For more information, call (800) 2488466, Ext. 505; Web, www.onlineinc.com/dvdpro. 31Sept. 4 1998 Air Force Infor
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Fed info locators must put public before data
OMB Watch, a public interest research group, recently issued a report showing that federal agencies' performance on the Government Information Locator Service is abominable and deplorable. Some major agencies still do not even have a GILS, and others have not updated their GILS entries in a year or
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Census RFP calls for phone-in program to support 2000 count
The Census Bureau this month released a final request for proposals for a $100 million outsourcing program that will provide vital telephone callcenter backup for the Year 2000 decennial census. The Telephone Questionnaire Assistance (TQA) program, which is expected to be awarded in January, will
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FEC wants electronic campaign data
With the 1998 election season about to gear up fully after Labor Day, the Federal Election Commission released a request for proposals this month to develop partnerships with software companies to encourage the electronic filing of campaign fundraising and spending reports. According to the RFP, t
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DOD benefit-check system hits Europe
Last month, in an effort to cut down on fraud, the Defense Department in Europe finished rolling out an upgrade of the systems it uses in the United States to track service records as well as health and other benefits for millions of service members worldwide. DOD views the Realtime Automated Perso
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SSDS secures schedule, hires fed sales force
Systems integrator SSDS Inc. has signaled a change in its federal marketing strategy by obtaining its first General Services Administration schedule contract and hiring a federal sales force. The Englewood, Colo.based company plans to use the schedule to sell network services, consulting, systems
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HHS system flushes out 1M deadbeat parents
A Department of Health and Human Services computer system to track down 'deadbeat' parents is still several weeks from being fully completed, yet it already has identified more than 1 million parents who owe child support. In September 1996, HHS awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Information Sup
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Koskinen vs. Y2K: IT showdown
A year ago, John Koskinen was vacationing in Morocco with his wife when he received a telephone call from Washington, D.C., about a major opportunity that would consume his life for at least the next two years. A former deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget, Koskinen
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LG monitors gain popularity with resellers
PC bargain hunters looking for a low total price on a new PC usually find resellers offering an offbrand monitor with the computer to keep the costs down. One such offbrand, LG Electronics USA Inc., has become the most popular monitor in reseller Government Technology Services Inc.'s inventory. M
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Industry Watch
Litton/PRC Inc. snags NORAD contract Litton/PRC, McLean, Va., last week won a 10year, $50 million contract to provide systems architecture analysis support to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), home of the operations center overseeing command and control of all air defense syste
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Intercepts
MONEY BETS ON THE NAVY. My Ering antenna site has picked up strong signals that Art Money, still awaiting confirmation as ASD/C3I, has tapped Rear Adm. Robert Nutwell, currently the Navy N6, as his new principal assistant for all C4ISR matters, according to one report. Another report says Nutwell
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GAO suggests cuts in DOD '99 IT budget
The General Accounting Office this month sent a letter to Congress recommending a reduction of $181 million in the Defense Department's fiscal 1999 funding request for information technology. According to GAO, 'these reductions...can be made because schedules have slipped, requirements have changed
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MapInfo software ups accuracy
MapInfo Corp. this month released a new version of its desktop geographic software that should enable federal users to produce maps that convey data more accurately. The product, MapInfo Professional 5.0, comes only nine months after the company's last release of the product, which is used among fe
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2428 Blacks in Government's 20th Annual National Training Conference. Washington Hilton & Towers. Washington, D.C. The theme of this year's conference is 'Maximizing Performance Through Excellence in Training.' More than 100 workshops, seminars and general sessions will be held featuring noted lec
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Ingram, Comdisco launch leasing deal
Bowing to customer demand and a market trend, Ingram Micro Inc. and Comdisco Inc. last week announced a new leasing option for government resellers as an extension of Ingram Micro's Partnership America program. The new leasing program, Partnership America Leasing Solutions, expands Ingram Micro's r
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Federal employees' rights infringed by inadequate EEOC complaint process
It's nice to have 'rights,' but only if they are enforceable. A recent General Accounting Office report casts doubt on the rights that federal employees have to prevent discrimination. Federal employees are protected by laws against discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, national ori
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Making Year 2000 priority No. 1
With fewer than 500 days left until the turn of the century, the Defense Department is hauling out the big guns. Unless the agency shows substantial progress in its efforts to defeat the millennium bug, Secretary of Defense William Cohen has threatened to call a halt to all software development tha
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Primedia buys Federal Sources
New Yorkbased publishing giant Primedia Inc. on Friday acquired information technology consulting firm Federal Sources Inc., McLean, Va., for an undisclosed sum. Federal Sources will be part of a publishing conglomerate that includes magazines such as Chicago, Modern Bride, New York, Seventeen and
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IRS' telephone routing system under fire
The General Accounting Office has recommended that the Internal Revenue Service reassess an automated telephone routing system because most taxpayers who call for help are not using it. According to the GAO report, 'Tax Administration: IRS' Telephone Routing Interactive System May Not Meet Expectat
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