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Sarnoff, Air Force demonstrate wireless technology at JWID
David Sarnoff Laboratories has adapted an emerging commercial wireless technology to transmit wideband data potentially up to 2 gigabit/sec to battlefield communications.The technology called Local MultiPoint Distribution Service (LMDS) originally was developed to transmit more than 100 channe
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Army cancels $590M deal
The Army left without a simple option by a partially successful protest decided last week to cancel its $590 million Army Workstation1 procurement and buy its computers through other vehicles industry sources said. The decision not yet officially announced by the Army involves canceling dual contr
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Navy's Spawar offers options to students
Still mired in cumbersome federal regulations government training programs overall have failed to keep pace with technology in terms of convenience and availability. But the Navy is using two major contracts to forge faster and more progressive training methods. Under PRC Inc.'s $3 billion Supermin
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NASA systems fight Western blazes
As forest fires ravaged Western states last month NASA tested two information technology systems that could improve firefighting strategies by providing realtime data on the location and movement of wildfires. Last month NASA launched the $6 million Satellite Telemetry and Return Link (StarLink) s
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SSA may link with state databases
Despite expected resistance from states House members are considering introducing legislation that could lead to the linking of state welfare databases with the Social Security Administration so that the federal government could reduce the overpayment of certain welfare benefits. The legislation wh
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Leasing fare added to IT schedule menu
HERSHEY Pa. The General Services Administration will award next month three or four schedule contracts to vendors who will lease laptops and other information technology products to federal users. Bill Gormley assistant commissioner of acquisition at GSA's Federal Supply Service said last week at
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DISA gains safety net for $1B worth of contracts
Facing further possible cuts and consolidations of its computing facilities and workforce the Defense Information Systems Agency is using enterprise software licenses to help it maintain its software management environment. Enterprise licenses allow organizations to handle the distribution and main
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TCS to rely on `manager of managers'
With its new Treasury Communications System (TCS) the Treasury Department is for the first time completely automating the management of its 100 000user network becoming part of a government and industry trend. By adopting a socalled 'manager of managers' for the $425 million network Treasury can
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Tracor to buy Cordant
Tracor Inc. a $1 billion defense electronics company last week said it will buy Cordant Inc. for $65 million and make the Reston Va. systems integrator a cornerstone of its push to become a major player in the federal information technology market. Cordant rumored for several months to be seeking a
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Army orders ISC revamp
Following a year of study the Army plans to reorganize its Information Systems Command (ISC) leaving the Arizonabased unit with only its worldwide longhaul communications mission while dispersing its acquisition systems engineering and software development units to commands in Georgia New Jersey
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Government's decision-making role deserves scrutiny
The most important premise for the success of the ongoing experiment in federal procurement reform is the expectation that government officials when given the opportunity will make wise business decisions. In this case 'wise' refers to the promotion of optimum solutions geared toward achieving clea
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The case of the missing Air Force notebook PCs
Eugene Rossel vice president of Unitek Technology Inc. a small Ontario Calif. PC reseller and manufacturer believes the Zenith Data Systems/PackardBell marriage has fouled up service and repair causing three notebook computers belonging to a missioncritical Air Force unit to end up lost. Unitek s
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TASC lands $52M SETA procurement
The Defense Mapping Agency last week awarded a $52 million contract to TASC Inc. to provide systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) for the agency's modernization initiative. DMA which supports Defense Department missions with a variety of digital and hardcopy maps is in the midst of a
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Guerra launches consultancy
Federal marketing veteran Bob Guerra is leaving Sysorex Information Systems Inc. and forming his own consulting firm. Guerra plans to incorporate Guerra & Associates next week. The company will work with information technology product and services companies on how to do business in the postBrooks
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GSA line-charge reduction on horizon
The General Services Administration is poised to reach its fiscal 1996 goal of bringing local telecommunications charges under $20 per line a move that many observers believe will lead to even bigger cuts through competitive pressures on local phone companies. Cuts in Overhead Save the Day The redu
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AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 3 6 Information Resources Management Conference '96. Hershey Hotel and Conference Center. Hershey Pa.Call Betty Moore at (202) 5014298 fax (202) 5013805 email betty.moore@gsa.gov. 35 Third Annual Workshop on Information Technology Assurance and Trustworthiness. Columbia Hilton. Col
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Raytheon snares Tri-band satellite deal from GTE
Raytheon Electronics Systems captured the Army's Triband Tactical Terminal contract worth a total of $157 million in a fierce fourway competition that included GTE Corp. which built prototype Humveemounted terminals under a $10 million contract. The Army could order up to 275 of the Raytheon Tri
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Updated IBM software to cluster more units, over distance
IBM Corp. is upgrading clustering software for its RS/6000s enabling users to cluster more machines and spread out machine availability over long distances an IBM official said.One initiative codenamed Phoenix will expand the number of RS/6000s that can be clustered from eight to 32 and next year
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System-building blueprint evokes mixed feelings
The National Archives and Records Administration is preparing to issue guidelines for agencies to follow when building systems for managing electronic records. James Hastings director of NARA's Records Appraisal and Disposition Division said the final blueprint expected to be completed this fall wi
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