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Roster
Leo, deputy administrator for management at the Agriculture Department's Food and Consumer Service, is on detail until Oct. 1 as team leader of the Administrative Convergence Implementation and Planning Team at the USDA. His task is to merge the three USDA service agencies and their systems into on
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NIH reorganizes, refocuses IT offices
The National Institutes of Health has reorganized the way it manages information technology, combining its computer services, telecommunications and policy offices under a newly appointed chief information officer. NIH's Division of Computer Research and Technology (DCRT), the Office of Information
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Oakland Fights Poverty with Network PCs
Janet Patterson, a 30year resident of the Acorn housing development in western Oakland, Calif., has spent a lot of time rallying against drugs and crime in her impoverished waterfront community. As president of the Acorn Residents Council, she admits the complex has been criticized over the years
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Judge says agencies must follow new policy
A federal judge April 9 ordered the National Archives and Records Administration to require agencies to preserve or dispose of electronic records according to a temporary policy issued last month. U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman said the government had ignored his decision last October over
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Senate moves to form Year 2000 committee
The Senate last week passed a resolution to form a special committee to oversee how the government and the private sector are dealing with the Year 2000 problem. The committee, which will be called the Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, will study the impact of the Year 2000 pro
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Transportation readies $10B ITOP follow-on procurement
The Transportation Department released Friday a draft solicitation for a sevenyear, $10 billion multipleaward services contract that will be open to agencies throughout the government. The Information Technology Omnibus ProcurementII contract is a followon to the popular ITOP, a 2yearold cont
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New Federal Program to Respond to Mass-Destruction Threats
New Federal Program to Respond to MassDestruction Threats
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DOD eyes buying, personnel reforms (Part 2)
The Defense Department has begun work on the next generation of procurement reform and is drafting a comprehensive set of new regulations and proposed legislation. The effort would equal the scope of previous major overhauls such as the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, and many in industry hav
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DOD considers extending life of aging Autodin
The Defense Department has begun to develop contingency plans to keep portions of the Autodin messaging system operational past its scheduled shutoff date at the end of 1999. Although its planned replacement, the halfbilliondollar Defense Message System program, was originally intended to take o
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Chicago Police Cast a Wide Web
The Chicago Police Department is wellknown as an early and ardent adopter of community policing, so it's no surprise the department's presence on the World Wide Web stresses community as well.
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Feds, states consider Army training network
Prompted by a congressional mandate and generous funding to pursue distance learning, the National Guard Bureau has established a network to better train its soldiers, and it is close to signing on federal and state agencies. The 367,000 soldiers who make up the Army National Guard will use the
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Microsoft ups software accessibility
In response to demand from disabled workers who rely heavily on computers to do their jobs, Microsoft Corp. has begun promoting its plans for making its operating system and applications software more widely accessible. The plans include new features in the Windows 98 operating system tailored for
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A Legal View: What is the impact of filing for bankruptcy?
A company official asked the following question: Because of cash flow issues, our company is considering filing for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize our business.
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Fingerprint scan brings access control to Windows
I/O Software Inc. late last month introduced an application that lets PC users log on to their workstations using their fingerprints. The new application, called SecureStart 98, is designed to block unauthorized access to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems. The product, w
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Silanis captures new federal customers
Silanis Technology Inc. has landed several recent federal government clients with its software product that is designed to eliminate paper by digitally capturing handwritten signatures and securing those signatures using authentication technology. ApproveIT is designed to enable users to electronic
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Software helps pilots avoid trouble
Two new commercial software packages developed with help from NASA will help pilots of small planes avoid dangerous terrain and pinpoint their location on a map while in flight. The PCbased software combines Global Positioning System satellite data with highresolution topographical maps to give p
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Education puts docs on agency intranet
Education Department officials have launched a new service on the agency's intranet that they hope will help Education employees provide better customer service. The feature, called The Learning Network, is a series of training and human resources development documents that department officials beg
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Lost in space? Click here to find Mars
For space junkies still mourning the loss of communications six months ago from the rover on the Mars Pathfinder mission, take heart and point your browser to the Mars Global Surveyor home page at mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/index.html. Here you can take a peek at the newest images from the Red Planet. N
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Intercepts
* DMRD The Pentagon ran a pricey, displaytype classified ad in the Wall Street Journal April 8 for what it called an 'executive opportunity'' for a job as director, Defense Reform Initiative, 'who reports directly to the Secretary of Defense...and functions as the principal adviser for all matter
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