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AWARDS
ACS Systems & Engineering Inc. A $2.98 million award for technical/logistics support services for electronic equipment as required by the Technical Data Center, Norfolk, Va. Navy, NISE East Charleston, Contracts Division, 4600 N. Marriott Drive, Charleston, S.C. 294066504. GTE Government Systems C
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Feds turn to OLAP as reporting tool
With budget cuts and staff downsizings, the federal government is wrestling with many of the same issues as private industry. Like Fortune 1000 companies, federal agencies are competing with fewer resources and greater degrees of accountability for performance. In this climate, online analytical p
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Explosive changes loom as Independence Day nears
For many federal agencies, Independence Day this year comes on Aug. 8 the day the Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA) goes into effect, bringing with it significant reforms in government procurement and management. In this new world, the government has been stripped of its centra
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AT&T captures $430 million DOD contract
AT&T last week won a $430 million contract to provide highspeed network connectivity for the Defense Department's HighPerformance Computing Modernization Program. The fiveyear Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) Intersites Services Contract (DISC) will support a highly distributed DO
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DEIS II task-order procedures could move governmentwide
The Defense Information Systems Agency has crafted a set of procedures for competing task orders under multipleaward contracts that the agency will use on the newly awarded DEIS II program and that also could be applied to governmentwide bestpractices guidelines that are being compiled. DISA's "
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Senators seek six-month delay
Just as the General Services Administration was close to an agreement with key members of its oversight committee in the House about how to conduct the PostFTS 2000 telecommunications procurement, two members of the Senate Appropriations Committee have weighed in with their own criticisms and reco
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Harris helps controllers see weather at WARP speed
The Federal Aviation Administration last week awarded Harris Corp. a $72.5 million contract to provide air traffic controllers with access to more accurate and timely weather information in the en route environment. The Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) will be installed at 24 locations where cont
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GSA's FTS stalls DISA's NIPRNET
In what appears to be a turf war within the General Services Administration, the agency's Federal Telecommunications Service (FTS) has delayed plans by the Defense Information Systems Agency to move a portion of its nonclassified data network to Sprint via a contract awarded by GSA's Federal System
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IBM to include net management tools with Merlin
Oracle Corp.'s new Network Computer (a very small, simple computer designed to attach to the Internet and run specialized Internet applications) posed a unique challenge to the trade press. The problem was being able to coin a phrase that would adequately describe these specialpurpose computers wh
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MicroAge awarded GSA schedule pact
MicroAge late last month was awarded its first General Services Administration Schedule B/C pact. The Torrance, Calif.based company is offering its own line of Patriot Computers, which are builttoorder PCs and notebooks. Other Companies' Wares Available The company also is offering products on i
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Internet Security Systems offers firewall tester product
Internet Security Systems Inc. recently released Version 3.3 of Internet Scanner, a popular firewall testing product. The new version of Internet Scanner adds an enhanced graphical user interface and a graphical representation of the results of a network scan, according to Patrick Taylor, director
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VA kicks off $1.5B COTS procurement
The Department of Veterans Affairs last week issued a request for proposals for two or more contracts worth up to $1.5 billion to provide department users with a range of hardware and software, from office automation to medical applications. Allan Gohrband, associate deputy assistant secretary for
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Editorial
The testimony of CIA director John Deutch before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations reminds us again that the new enemy is not likely to be any of the usual suspects. Instead, we will fight cyberterrorists who attack the nation's information system
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CBD WATCH
State Department. Information technology. Sol. SOPRAQ96R0608. (CBD, July 3) State intends to issue a request for proposals to purchase information technology, including hardware and software for workstations and localarea networks, along with maintenance and technical support services for more
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PBS upgrades Unisys mainframe
The General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service slowly is moving into the '90s with a transition from its 20yearold SperryUnisys Corp. mainframe architecture to a newer Unisys A Series mainframe used for other GSA applications. A spokesman for Unisys Federal Systems, which will as
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Commerce plans panel on key use
The Commerce Department will form an advisory committee to set up a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) to support the development of a federal key management infrastructure, another important step toward realizing a recent White House plan for a key escrow encryption infrastructure. 'Th
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Agriculture takes ideas for grants
The Agriculture Department began accepting applications late last month from educational institutions and health care providers for grants to help them set up distance learning and telemedicine projects. In accordance with Vice President Al Gore's commitment to offer those who live in rural areas a
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Satellite comm offers VTC at sea
Although viewers probably did not even question the technology that brought them a live TV interview with Defense Secretary William Perry from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington afloat in the Mediterranean earlier this month, Navy public affairs (PA) officials considered the broadcast a sym
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GAO supports anti-lobbying legislation
The General Accounting Office recently signaled its support of legislation designed to inhibit congressional lobbying by federal agencies: the Federal Agency Lobbying Act (H.R. 3078). In testimony before Congress, GAO said it had backed legislation similar to H.R. 3078 nearly 12 years ago. That leg
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