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Kodak adds high-end camera to DCS 500 Series
Eastman Kodak Co. recently introduced a new highend digital camera to its DCS 500 Series that provides several features designed to help military and other government photographers manage the images they shoot more easily. The DCS 520 resembles the digital cameras already used by the Defense Depar
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Eicon targets agencies with ISDN modem
Eicon Technology Corp. has introduced a new modem designed specifically for government agencies using highspeed Integrated Services Digital Network connectivity. The Diva T/A modem, which costs $349, is designed to consolidate on a single ISDN line fax, email, World Wide Web browsing and voice fu
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DOD, GSA unveil dueling nets
The Defense Department and the General Services Administration unveiled plans last week to build stateoftheart telecommunications networks to serve the vast pool of more than 300,000 DOD and civilian employees in the Washington, D.C., area. GSA made it clear that it intends to develop a Washingt
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OMB report urges agencies to use commercial EC products
As expected, the Office of Management and Budget this week sent Congress a strategic plan for electronic commerce that encourages agencies to take advantage of new technologies such as the Internet.
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DOD adds attack capability to infowar
The latest Pentagon reorganization plan creates for the first time an offensive information warfare (infowar) operation within top echelons of the Defense Department and gives information warfare both offensive and defensive increased visibility and clout. The proposed plan, which is part of a
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BTG focuses on engineering
BTG Inc. president and chief executive officer Edward H. Bersoff does not feel the need to rewrite the script on how to run his company after deciding to leave the product reseller business last December. In Bersoff's mind, BTG is returning to its core business. Speaking at his company's Fairfax, V
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Gansler says IT savings will help modernize nation's defense
Jacques Gansler, Defense undersecretary for acquisition and technology, went to the Hill Feb. 26 to champion the Defense Department's plans to operate more efficiently by using information technology and by streamlining procurement. But a highranking member of the House National Security Committee said the plan does not go far enough and that program cuts may be needed.
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FAA works with controllers to solve unsafe STARS design
The Federal Aviation Administration is closer to solving what air traffic controllers describe as hazardous design flaws in the new computer equipment and software the agency plans to install in airport control towers nationwide, FAA administrator Jane Garvey told a House committee yesterday.
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Soloway chosen for DOD post Stan Soloway has been selected as the next Defense deputy undersecretary for acquisition reform, filling a slot that has been open since Colleen Preston resigned from the job last year, sources familiar with the appointment said last week. The White House must give final
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Secure Messaging
Many products and technologies are available today that allow agencies to secure electronic messages, but sifting through the wave of offerings to find the best fit for a particular need can be a daunting task. Add to that secure messaging standards that are still in development and a federal publi
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A Legal View: What are rules when compatibility is limited?
A company executive raised the following topic Now that the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR) is gone, what are the rules on compatibilitylimited acquisitions
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CINEMA sales fall flat at GSA
Despite projections by the General Services Administration that a governmentwide contract offering electronic commerce, Internet access and email services would bring in $600 million over five years, the program has netted only about $500,000 after nearly a year. In April 1997, GSA awarded the Com
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Administration revamping Access plan
The Clinton administration is overhauling its strategy for delivering federal services electronically, seeking closer cooperation among agencies, state and local governments and private entities that serve similar constituencies. The new strategy departs from the 'Access America' plan, which the Na
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Sprint adds new interactive toll-free service to FTS 2000
Sprint began offering last month a new interactive tollfree service on FTS 2000 to allow agencies to provide 24hour automated information to callers in a more efficient manner. The service, known as Interactive Voice Response (IVR), is already being installed in pilot tests at the Veterans Benefi
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Bill would give USDA CIO greater IT spending latitude
A bill that would give Agriculture Department chief information officer Anne Thompson Reed more authority over how the department spends its $1.2 billion in information technology funding has cleared its first hurdle.
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FAA requests $388M to test advanced air traffic control
Despite concerns about its broader modernization program, the Federal Aviation Administration last week underscored to Congress the importance of funding a $388 million program to test how a revolutionary method of air traffic management works in real life.
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Hazzard links users without wire
In the late 1960s, while many teens were heeding acid guru Timothy Leary's advice of 'tune in, turn on, drop out,' a fresh Army draftee named Larry Hazzard was tuning in to his own message. Hazzard outgoing program manager of the General Services Administration's Federal Wireless Telecommunicatio
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Agencies must use return on investment to judge IT buys
Once upon a time, an agency's empowerment to contract depended on a delegation of procurement authority (DPA) from the General Services Administration. But no more. ~The ClingerCohen Act returned contracting authority to agencies and changed the rules of the game. DPAs were out, and return on inve
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GTSI begins assimilating BTG product business, employees
Government Technology Services Inc., armed with 166 new BTG employees and BTG contracts, believes it is ready to pursue the high volume of sales that are needed to make a profit in the fiercely competitive government reseller market. The tumult of the past two months behind it, GTSI now is focusing
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