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Kendall cedes CIM role
The Defense Department's Corporate Information Management initiative lost its champion last week with the retirement of Cynthia Kendall, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for information management. Rather than replace Kendall, DOD has opted to merge her organization into the Office of Command,
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DISA launches $3B tech services pact
The Defense Information Systems Agency last week kicked off the DEIS II procurement, the followon to the popular Defense Enterprise Integration Services program. At $3 billion, DEIS II has three times the contract ceiling of its predecessor and could become the largest technical service contract e
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Do you use a project management package?
"We use CASuperProject. I use it to manage software applications I've designed and developed as well as for lifecycle management." Michael Austin, a computer analyst with the Coast Guard, said project management software is the key to doing projects effectively. "No. We did review something
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Integration products bring Windows appls to Unix platforms
Federal agencies that need togive users access to Unix and PCbased applications have a growing array of solutuions from which to choose. And many agencies are in the process of making their choices. Options range from workstationbased software for single users to serverbased solutions for workgr
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Air Force mulls on-board commercial backbone
The Air Force is looking to Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and VMEbus backplane technology to upgrade onboard communications on command and control (C2) aircraft and to eliminate interoperability problems caused among the many nonstandard systems that are currently used. Central to the new Airbo
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Presidential Technology Team deserves everyone's attention
The Office of Management and Budget is sponsoring a Presidential Technology Team (PTT), a group of information technology wizards in various federal agencies that can provide handson coaching to other agencies that are designing and acquiring major information systems. We've seen this kind of thin
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AWIPS' cost, schedule scrutinized
The National Weather Service's Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) came under fire once again last week for cost overruns, schedule delays and a questionable software development strategy. It is now expected that AWIPS, the cornerstone of the NWS modernization plan, will cost $52
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PC Docs aims to build federal customer base
If the popular perception of federal employees is that of "paper pushers," then it should be no surprise that the federal market is popular for companies that sell document management products. PC Docs Inc. is no exception. The Burlington, Mass., company counts the Federal Trade Commission as one
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IT component expected to reach $300M to $400M
The Census Bureau plans to spend $300 million to $400 million on technology to support the 2000 census and expects to release solicitations for services and equipment this summer. To conduct the 2000 census, the Census Bureau will need everything from laptop computers and modems for data collection
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HUD sets rules for use of new software
The Department of Housing and Urban Development this year will require state and local governments to use a mapping software to apply for the $7.5 billion HUD doles out every year to support housing and community development programs. The software, called the Consolidated Planning System (CPS), is
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Oracle unveils Universal Server product
Oracle Corp. last week introduced and began shipping a new version of its Oracle7 relational database management software, which forms the kernel of its Universal Server platform. Like the Informix Software Inc. database platform of the same name, Oracle's Universal Server allows users to manage mu
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Round Two
The article "Nonprofit research centers hit with strict funding limits" [FCW, Feb. 19] incorrectly stated the size limits imposed on the Software Engineering Institute. SEI initially had a ceiling of 250 employees, which has since dropped to 155.
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Nortel disbanding federal unit
Northern Telecom Inc. is dismantling Nortel Federal, the division of the company that had traditionally dealt with federal customers. Nortel Federal employees were notified of the plan last month. A number of Nortel Federal executives have been laid off as a result of the ongoing restructuring, acc
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DISA fires back at AT&T
In a sharply worded response to AT&T's protest of the multibilliondollar Defense Information Systems Network procurement, the Defense Department struck back, airing myriad complaints about the longhaul AT&T Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network (DCTN) contract, first awarded to that compa
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Lumina targets fed market with multifunction device
Lumina Office Products has introduced the Lumina 2000, a multifunction device that incorporates a scanner, fax machine and copier. Lumina's product differs from most multifunction peripherals in that it lacks a printer. Lumina targets the large installed base of potential customers who already have
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Troops dial up stateside data
ZAGREB, Croatia The Army has extended powerful telecommunications networks so deep into Bosnia that infantry company clerks can use their PCs to easily tap into databases in the United States, according to topranking communications and computer experts in the Army 5th Signal Command, Defense In
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Editorial
President Clinton's plan to issue an executive order directing federal agencies to donate millions of dollars worth of excess computer equipment to our nation's schools deserves a special mention. According to General Services Administration figures, federal agencies donated $88.6 million in comput
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Extending protection to Net transmissions may hurt access
Extending copyright protection to works transmitted over the Internet could restrict public access to government data and impose new burdens on users of computer networks, including taxpayerfunded libraries, Congress was warned recently. At hearings before the House Judiciary Committee's Courts an
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Commerce exec picked to head GSA
David Barram, deputy secretary of the Commerce Department and a former Apple Computer Inc. executive, has been chosen to succeed Roger Johnson as head of the General Services Administration. The appointment represents the second consecutive time President Clinton has selected a business leader to a
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