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City of Tucson Recruits Washington State IT Deputy
City of Tucson Recruits Washington State IT Deputy
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'Plain language' effort spawns online resource
Americans should be able to understand government documents the first time they read them. This reasonable expectation should go without saying, but the fact is the text of many government documents is confusing, full of legalese and wordy phrases that end up causing more problems than they set out
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NCR teams with Acton Burnell for data warehousing solutions
NCR Corp.'s Government Systems Group and consulting firm Acton Burnell have formed a partnership to promote and sell data warehousing solutions to federal agencies. Data warehousing solutions are widely used by companies, particularly retailers, that want to collect as much information about their
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EdgeMark opens 3-D lab near D.C.
EdgeMark Systems Inc. last month pioneered the creation of a collaborative 3D visualization lab in McLean, Va., aimed at fostering greater awareness of visual simulation technologies throughout the federal government. The RealityZone 3D is a joint effort between EdgeMark's Government Technology Gr
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Are employees entitled to notice before a layoff?
A company official asked the following question: Our company has a major contract that will be coming to an end soon. Are we obligated to give any advance notice to our employees regarding possible layoffs? What are the consequences if notice is not given? This question raises a number of potential
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SEC forms office to fight Internet fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission last month stepped up its fight against securities fraud on the Internet with the creation of an office dedicated to finding and prosecuting cases and training other agencies and groups about the pitfalls of cyberspace. 'The Internet has made it so much easier
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Roster
Paul Cosgrave, former chief executive of Claremont Technology Group, Beaverton, Ore., was selected as the new chief information officer for the Internal Revenue Service. Cosgrave previously had served as a consultant to the agency. The appointment is the first of a series that IRS Commissioner Char
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Bills propose fraud-buster
In an effort to crack down on fraud in the Food Stamp Program, new legislation introduced late last month would require the Agriculture Department to set up computerized matching of data with the Social Security Administration to weed out those ineligible to receive the benefits. Computerized match
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TRW delivers radiation-hardened satellite chips
TRW Inc. last week announced the final delivery to the Air Force of a highperformance, radiationhardened microprocessor capable of supporting military and commercial satellite and guidedmissile requirements. Completing a 1990 contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Dire
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IRS to upgrade service center phone system
A month after President Clinton approved legislation that requires the Internal Revenue Service to become more taxpayerfriendly, the agency is upgrading its telephone system with software that will make it easier to respond to customer service calls. The GeoTel Intelligent CallRouter software will
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GAO scolds FAA over Year 2000
The Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective management of information technology has exacerbated problems with computer security and the Year 2000 computer bug, two areas where the agency faces huge and immediate challenges, witnesses testified before a House panel last week. Overcoming these
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Savant adds new tools to diagnostic software
Savant Corp. last week announced the availability of a new release of its visual performance monitoring software for Oracle Corp. database management systems, adding a new set of analysis and problem resolution tools. The Q Diagnostic Center consolidates a view of the entire database environment in
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Treasury mulls how to buy phone service
The Treasury Department plans to launch a competition for local dialtone service next year when its Washington, D.C.area telecommunications contract expires, and the agency is studying whether to conduct similar procurements throughout the country. ''We'll be going on some uncharted ground, and w
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Oracle Plays the Child Welfare Market
Oracle Corp., with recent contract awards in Michigan, Ohio and Virginia, now holds a commanding lead in the market for Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) projects, which incorporate data warehousing, financial software and World Wide Webenabled client/server application
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Panasonic expands ruggedized line
Panasonic Personal Computer Co. this summer is extending its line of Toughbook ruggedized computers with three new notebooks intended not just for military users but for mainstream users who subject their systems to daily wear and tear. At last November's Comdex trade show in Las Vegas, the company
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Industry balks at Clinton critical protection plan
The Clinton administration took its first step last week to form partnerships with companies and privatesector groups to protect the nation's critical infrastructures from electronic and physical threats, but the effort is already drawing criticism from the telecommunications industry. The Commerc
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Council's site offers Y2K info
The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion this summer unveiled a World Wide Web site that agencies can use to learn more about the Year 2000 problem. The site, at www.y2k.gov/java/index.htm, is updated as information on the Year 2000 problem becomes available. Those interested in how the gove
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New Mexico Data 'Framework' Holds Tips for National GIS System
The U.S. Geological Survey's Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is about to choose a new round of state and local governments to join its Framework Demonstration Projects Program, under which local, state and federal agencies will work out datasharing problems
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Rivals Look to Seed Technology in State and Local Agencies
Intergraph Corp. and the National Association of Counties have joined forces to help smaller county governments launch their own geographic information systems.
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