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Panel hopes to integrate federal, state welfare data
Information technology experts are to meet this week under the purview of a recently formed federal/state committee to discuss ways in which various databases can be linked in order to cut the cost of welfare programs. The Management Technical Advisory Group (MTAG) formed last month by the Social S
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ROSTER
Rear Adm. (Sel.) Kathleen Paige took over as commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) from Rear Adm. David Sargent. Paige has served previously as the technical director of the service's Aegis program office chief engineer at the center's Port Hueneme Calif. facility and acquisition man
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Compaq unveils router based on Cisco system
Strengthening its position in the internetworking market Compaq Computer Corp. last week announced a lowcost router the company developed using Cisco Systems Inc.'s internetworking operating system and standard PC components. Compaq's Netelligent 8500 Communications Platform is the first router ba
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Reform at Defense
Nearly six months after finishing a major overhaul of its acquisition guidelines the Defense Department is undertaking a multifaceted effort to translate its new policies into real changes in how it does business. This effort not only involves concrete activities such as following up on specific re
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Dow Jones affiliate unwraps on-line products for feds
In an effort to bring Wall Street to Washington D.C. a New Yorkbased financial publishing database and software consulting firm is targeting the federal market with online products and services designed to make the average federal employee a smarter investor. IDD Enterprises under the majority ow
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IBM's new S/390 line targets network computing
IBM Corp. last week announced two new System/390 server lines an enhanced operating system and a host of other products designed to link firms' mainframes more closely with networked computing environments. The company unveiled the S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server Generation 3 (G3) a CMOSbased p
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GCCS, Internet top issues at IT conference
MONTGOMERY Ala. The Air Force Standard Systems Group (SSG) headquartered here widened the focus of its longrunning Small Computer Conference renaming it the Air Force Information Technology Conference and organizing it around the theme of 'Linking Today's Warfighter to Tomorrow ' which top Pent
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Booz, Allen snares $620M telecom services pact
The General Services Administration last week awarded a contract to Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. for up to $620 million worth of telecommunications support services that will complement the PostFTS 2000 contract. ~~The Telecommunications Support Contract 2 services available to agencies throughout t
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CBD WATCH
General Services Administration~~~ Noncomplex systems integration services. Sol. GS6KS97BND0003. (CBD Sept. 6) GSA's Federal Telecommunications Service Heartland Region (6KE) is participating in a new national business line called the Federal Acquisition Services for Technology program. As part of
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Federal Bytes
Invading NASA's privacy In the tireless government scramble to ensure that Defense systems and military secrets remain safe from electronic intrusions even the slightest technological snafu generates a healthy chuckle.Afterhours callers to NASA's Washington headquarters one day last week heard the
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Strong, independent management crucial to large IT programs
Federal agencies have a long history of struggling with large information technology programs. The recent experience of the Internal Revenue Service with its Tax Systems Modernization (TSM) only underscores how important program management can be to the success of any effort. Until recently the fed
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Agencies cite challenges in franchising
Agencies are achieving mixed results in their efforts to offer franchise services to other agencies citing problems such as inexperience with marketing and pricing as potential obstacles to success. ~~The Office of Management and Budget earlier this year selected six agencies to establish pilot pro
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Litton/PRC chosen for imaging contract
The Federal Aviation Administration looking to do its part in U.S. drug interdiction programs has selected Litton/PRC Inc. to build a document management and imaging system to handle more than 1 million aircraft and pilot registration documents. The Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) cont
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Census embraces the Internet
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau has released a solicitation for an interactive system to permit employees and the general public to request access and manipulate census data over the Internet.~ ~This is one of the first major efforts by a "large government information producer to reengine
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INDUSTRY WATCH
SAIC Pinkerton's enter security alliance S cience Applications International Corp. and Pinkerton's Inc. last week announced an alliance to provide security services for government and commercial customers. The companies will provide a range of services including risk assessment security planning an
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New comm equipment causes a buzz at Fort Bragg
FORT BRAGG N.C. Moving a team of communicators from one trouble spot to another is routine business for the Army's 112th Signal Battalion. When U.S. troops were sent last April to Sierra Leone to help support the evacuation of aid workers missionaries and other civilians from Liberia the 112th qu
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JetForm buys Delrina's electronic forms business
JetForm Corp. last week acquired Delrina Group's electronics forms business in a pooling of the federal government's major electronic forms vendors. JetForm Ottawa has acquired full ownership and rights to Delrina's electronic forms products and will bring on 65 people from Torontobased Delrina. J
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Oracle to offer Java applet for deploying Internet apps
Oracle Corp. which is staking a large part of its future on the network computing market plans to provide its application development tool users with a Java applet for deploying applications on the Internet. Slated for release in late fall Web Forms will allow users to take an application developed
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Intercepts
Live from Montgomery Ala.: We airlifted the Interceptor mobile unit here to report on the Air Force Information Technology Conference hosted by the Standard Systems Group (SSG). Here's the best from the bit stream. * Prodigals welcome. DISA director Lt. Gen. Al Edmonds seems unfazed that the Treasu
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