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Data center consolidation: (Past) time to get moving
Citing possible operational savings of 30 to 50 percent, the Office of Management and Budget in October 1995 issued a bulletin directing agencies to inventory existing data centers and to produce by September 1996 a consolidation plan, with work due to be completed in early 1998. Well, early l998 h
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CIO Council tackles IT staffing shortage
The Education and Training Committee of the federal CIO Council last month kicked off an effort to address the problems agencies face in recruiting and retaining information technology workers. Glenn Sutton, vice chairman of the committee and deputy chief information officer at the Office of Person
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Intercepts
RAMSTEIN AIR FORCE BASE, Germany Bosniabound again. The Interceptor has staged his flyaway dish here and manifested it through the Air Force Integrated Deployment System developed by the Standard Systems Group in Montgomery, Ala. for a return trip to beautiful downtown Tuzla and environs. T
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HUD shares address book agencywide
In a move that should help eliminate redundant information and promote information sharing, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is planning to roll out a central electronic address book for scores of HUD offices nationwide. HUD is developing in house the HUD Communications Manager, whic
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Industry Watch
Customs awards OCR pacts The Customs Service has awarded Cornet Inc., Springfield, Va., and HiTech International, Arlington, Va., contracts to supply electronic document readers to the agency.
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Clinton to ask for electronic filing, trade data systems
More than four years after the Clinton administration proposed automating interactions between businesses and federal agencies, officials plan to raise the profile of two projects designed to simplify the collection of trade data and promote electronic filing of corporate tax information. The presi
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Navy taps IDP for PC, notebook leasing pact
In a prototype procurement program that eventually could change the way it purchases information technology, the Navy Atlantic Fleet last month awarded International Data Products Corp. a fiveyear, multimilliondollar contract for leasing computers, peripherals and networking equipment.
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DOD funds battlefield IT and security
As part of a broad push for force modernization, the Defense Department next fiscal year will focus funding on such key information technology initiatives as battlefield digitization and information security, according to the department's fiscal 1999 budget request released today. The $257 billion
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Federal Bytes
Bob Dornan, parking attendant The monthly breakfasts sponsored by Federal Sources Inc., McLean, Va., have proven popular events for federal IT industry movers and shakers. But there is an irksome downside to attending: the endless line to get out of the RitzCarlton's parking garage. The situation
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Shredder cleans out Win95 desktops
After staking out a hard line against the government awarding contracts to itself, cooler heads seem to be prevailing on Capitol Hill.
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Compaq acquires Digital for $9.6B
Looking to boost its presence in the enterprise computing environment, Compaq Computer Corp. last week announced it would acquire Digital Equipment Corp. and its extensive portfolio of computer and networking products and services. With the estimated $9.6 billion deal, in which Compaq will buy all
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Air Force's costs soar skyward
The Air Force will spend hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously estimated to ensure that its thousands of computers properly process dates after 1999, according to new Air Force cost estimates. To fix its 2,944 computer systems so that they are Year 2000compliant, the Air Force now e
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Profile: Private sector is no culture shock for Woods
One might expect Bob Woods, who has spent much of his life as a civil servant, to experience a severe case of culture shock after leaving government service for a privatesector job as the president and chief operating officer of Federal Sources Inc.
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A Legal View: What is meant by 'withholding and setoff?'
After staking out a hard line against the government awarding contracts to itself, cooler heads seem to be prevailing on Capitol Hill.
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SBA, corporate site offers advice to businesswomen
Women chatted online with Dietra Ford, the General Services Administration's associate administrator of the Office of Enterprise Development, who was featured as part of the new Online Women's Business Center, developed by the Small Business Administration, IBM Corp., J.C. Penney Company Inc., NationsBank Corp., GTE Corp. and Avon.
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GAO: FAA's Y2K solution too little, late
The General Accounting Office is expected to tell House committees at a joint hearing this week that the Federal Aviation Administration is the 'furthest behind any other agency' in its attempts to fix its computers so that they will not fail after the centurydate change, according to a governmen
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Army to hold commanders and sysops liable for hacks
The Army is preparing new computer security regulations that would make base commanders and system operators liable under the military's criminal code for the security of their information systems. Col. Mike Brown, the Army deputy director of information security, said the new policy will be based
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Editorial: Public/private competition revisited
After staking out a hard line against the government awarding contracts to itself, cooler heads seem to be prevailing on Capitol Hill.
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TRW wins $187M data center contract
With the 2000 census about two years away, the Census Bureau awarded late last month a $187 million services contract to TRW Inc. to build the centers and operate the equipment that will read more than 1 billion pages of census forms.
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