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GTE demos encryption capability for cellular net
GTE Government Systems announced last month that it had successfully demonstrated the first use of a promising computer algorithm for national security over a commercial cellular network. The demonstration represents only one segment of a broad National Security Agency initiative known as 'Condor,'
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Sun debuts midrange servers
Sun Microsystems Inc. has unveiled a new line of midrange servers that the company said will give federal users higher performance and availability features typically found only in mainframe systems. The new Enterprise servers including the 3500, 4500, 5500 and 6500 are designed to provide the
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Agencies given Y2K warning
The General Accounting Office reported last month that agencies face 'serious vulnerabilities' in their attempts to fix computers for the Year 2000 date problem and that the White House needs to do more to fix the systems in time. In its report, 'Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Potential for Widespread
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What are the effects of foreign ownership?
A private company asked the following question: May a business that is owned or controlled by a foreign organization bid on a classified government contract? If so, are any special approvals required? In general, a prospective offeror on a government contract is not required to have a socalled fac
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EDITORIAL
Set a place at the table for CIOs The federal government's struggle to integrate the chief information officer position into the daytoday business of an agency is well documented. So the Information Technology Association of America's latest report showing that many CIOs still feel left out of th
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Raosoft boosts support for World Wide Web-based surveys
Raosoft Inc. has released the second version of its EZSurvey software, a datacollection program used by several government agencies to conduct surveys and analyze the results.
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Bill puts digital transactions on par with paper
An amendment to the Internal Revenue Service restructuring bill created, for the first time in federal law, a requirement that agencies treat electronic transactions between the government and the public the same way as they treat traditional signed paper documents. An amendment to the Senate's ref
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Litton/PRC piles up contracts with CIO Inbox strategy
Litton/PRC Inc.'s William James, formerly a staff member of the Air Force chief information office, has crafted a services strategy that has helped his company win four Defense Department services contracts potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars. James, Litton/PRC's vice president of com
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Flat-panel display market prepares to take off
After years on the market fringe, flatpanel displays quickly are becoming an affordable option for PC buyers who are tired of dedicating half their desk space to their monitors. Until recently, buyers who demanded the small, lightweight screens paid a hefty price. LCD monitors cost 10 times as muc
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Training system to improve security
In an effort to tighten aviation security, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to install a standard computerbased training (CBT) system to better prepare personnel who operate security screening equipment at airports. The FAA recently awarded an estimated $11 million contract to Safe Passag
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Agencies team to beef up online CBD
Trying to succeed where others have failed, the Commerce Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have joined forces to create a single online entry point for industry to access governmentwide procurement opportunities. The initiative builds on the existing Commerce Business Daily
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Curran Data Technologies nabs Army records contract
Curran Data Technologies Inc. will digitize 4.3 million pages of Army personnel records over the next year under a contract with the U.S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center, Indianapolis.
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GAO report details air traffic control host computer failings
Federal agencies may now contract directly with socially and economically disadvantaged firms in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program, according to an agreement SBA signed May 4 with 25 other agencies.
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Defense Travel System contract awarded to TRW
The Defense Department moved a step closer to onestop, electronic shopping for items such as airline tickets and hotel and meal vouchers with today's award of the key Defense Travel System (DTS) contract to TRW Inc.
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IRS asks Congress for flexibility in tax reforms
The new commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service today called on Congress to give his agency more flexibility in abiding by proposed tax reforms so the agency can focus more on its Year 2000 problem.
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SBA cuts out contracting middleman
Federal agencies may now contract directly with socially and economically disadvantaged firms in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program, according to an agreement SBA signed May 4 with 25 other agencies.
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From data management to knowledge management
Reengineering in federal agencies has taught information technology managers that their burgeoning data sources are worth more to users when linked together. Now the search has begun for software that can help them turn databases, World Wide Web sites, library materials, policy memos even data a
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No need for 'duck and cover' on this DOD site
if you grew up in the 1950s, you probably remember 'duckandcover' drills in school. The practice of ducking under a desk to mitigate the effects of a potential nuclear blast remains a core memory of childhood. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War all but ended nuclear brin
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