Acquisition
CIOs mull plan to rein inmaverick agency buys
In what may be the first pullback from largescale procurement reform the Office of Management and Budget is considering regulations that will prohibit agencies from embarking on a procurement if the purchase would threaten other agencies from obtaining low prices through volumediscounted buys.
Digital Government
Asymetrix steps up federal sales with ToolBook II set
Asymetrix Corp. aims to increase its presence in the federal market targeting agencies with tools for creating computerbased training applications. The Bellevue Wash.based company markets ToolBook II a set of software tools for authoring and managing Internetbased training systems.
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Military to consolidate print shops
The Defense Automated Printing Service plans to absorb 190 military printing facilities in a consolidation the Pentagon launched last month. DAPS which was the Defense Printing Service until it was renamed in October is the military's printer.
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Digital Market wins pact to fine-tune EC product
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency last month awarded a $3 million contract to Digital Market Inc. to advance the testing and development of the company's electronic commerce (EC) product to support electronic systems manufacturing. The contract which will be managed by WrightPatterson
Digital Government
Albany's Center for Technology in Government
The Center for Technology in Government which is incorporating the America's Job Bank and SUNY projects in its Internet Technologies Testbed is a nonprofit research center that explores ways to solve 'the practical problems of information management and service delivery in the public sector.'
Digital Government
Death to Stovepipes and Silos
The metaphor of stovepipes and silos in government has been around for a long time
Digital Government
Perils of Privatization
The Texas program and others like it are rekindling an old technology policy debate: Is it right to spend the shrinking humanservices tax dollar on information technology?
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Can You Go It Alone?
Is it possible for a state to pull off a project similar in size and scope to the Texas Integrated Enrollment Systemwithout help from the private sector?
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How Much Risk Can Your Vendor Take?
In state information technology circles, performancebased contracting is hot.
Digital Government
New York Internets Meet the Mainframe
The Internet is a powerful two-edged sword for many state governments.
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How We Tested 200 MHz Pentium Desktops
We evaluated these 200 MHz Pentium desktopcomputers using tests designed to show their performance and feature differences
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All Eyes Are on Texas
Texas which has a reputation for being larger thanlife has been grabbing a lot of headlines lately. But it's not a flamboyant politician or corporate scandal that's drawing the attention
Digital Government
Should States Fund Citizen Tech Programs?
Just what is state and local governments' role in ensuring that citizens have access to the latest communications and computing tools? That's one of the questions that Jane Leonard, the community development manager for Minnesota's fledgling Office of Technology, is trying hard to answer
Digital Government
200 MHz Pentium Desktops: Is Faster Better?
With Intel Corp. releasing more processors eachyear than you can count on one hand does it make sense to pay for the fastest Pentium around? Probably.
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HP offers servers covering Unix, NT
In a maneuver to tap the burgeoning Internet market HewlettPackard Co. last week announced Internet servers and software that cover Unix and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT platforms. HP unveiled the HP Domain Enterprise Server family and integrated HP Domain Business Suite software system Unixbas
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NWS to offer long-term forecasts
The National Weather Service is developing a new system that for the first time will provide longterm river forecasts to better predict the probability of floods and droughts. The Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System (AHPS) will rely on advanced modeling to produce flood and drought forecasts tha
Modernization
Navy launches RFI for HYDRA follow-on
'The Navy has issued a request for information for an onboard commercial wireless communications system that industry values between $20 million and $100 million. The Navy's Integrated Wirefree Communications System procurement is a followon to a smaller program the Hierarchical Yet Dynamically R
Acquisition
EPA plans $8.5M Notes purchase
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to spend $8.5 million on Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes groupware product during the next five years. As part of the deal which Lotus announced two weeks ago EPA expects to buy licenses for more than 18 000 Notes clients. EPA is expanding its use of Notes
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