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Services job joins pending $200M pact to replace NOAVA
The Department of Veterans Affairs late last month kicked off a support services buy that will accompany a $200 million computer equipment solicitation already under way. The two contracts will replace the agency's $298 million Nationwide Office Automation for the VA (NOAVA) program. The request fo
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FAA proposal would limit bidders, protests and regs
Just months after being cut free from conventional federal procurement regulations, the Federal Aviation Administration is circulating copies of its acquisition reform proposal in preparation for getting a new system in place by April. As expected, the proposal contains many elements of reform init
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EDS formally opens Navy's PC LAN+ for business
Electronic Data Systems Corp. last week formally opened its Navy PC LAN+ contract for business. At a Washington, D.C., customer briefing, EDS provided details on ordering procedures, product offerings and pricing. Although the event was designed to kick off the networking pact, ordering actually st
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DOD to extend SAIC contract; other vendors question impact
Late last month the Defense Department said it planned to extend its contract for the $1 billion Composite Health Care System (CHCS), angering the health care automation industry but creating a potential boon for contractor Science Applications International Corp. A notice published Jan. 23 in the
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Packard Bell to gain fed entry in ZDS buyout
Zenith Data Systems may offer federal government customers a chance to buy PCs from consumer market powerhouse Packard Bell Electronics as the result of Packard Bell's pending acquisition of ZDS from Groupe Bull. After the merger is finalized, ZDS Federal Systems will have a wide array of options a
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Government's approach to EC has room for improvement
In October 1993 President Clinton issued a landmark memorandum mandating electronic commerce (EC) for federal procurement. The response from federal agencies thus far has been mixed. The government's decision to implement EC is a good one, but utilizing an approach that is opposite the proven comme
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NASA launches SEWP II buy worth $1 billion
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center last week launched a fouryear, $1 billion procurement for Unix workstations, peripherals and networking gear that will be open to the entire government on an unprecedented scale. Due for award this year, the Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement (SEW
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Delrina upgrades FormFlow
Symantec Corp.'s Delrina Group today announced FormFlow 2.0, a major upgrade of the company's federally popular electronic forms software. FormFlow 2.0 offers features that may strike a cord with federal users: the ability to store forms on Internet file transfer protocol (ftp) sites and an encrypt
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Infosec pact wilts; agencies lack funds
The Defense Department's premier information security contract, valued at almost $2 billion when awarded last July, has fizzled out after hitting its minimum guarantee of just $6 million, knowledgeable industry and former DOD sources said. The state of the contract worries security experts concerne
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Taxes, time and a telescope: try the latest in Web wonders
Once in a blue moon, the Internal Revenue Service serves up a pleasant surprise. You can find one at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov. True, reading about changes in the tax code, perusing plainlanguage tax regulations and downloading tax forms won't ever qualify as pastimes of choice, but somehow the I
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Interior, HHS and GSA jump on HR bandwagon
The Interior Department, the Department of Health and Human Services and the General Services Administration are rushing to upgrade their human resources systems with the hope of selling the new services to other federal agencies. Spurred on by outmoded systems based on 1970s technology, agencies a
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Round Two
The article "Budget cuts, culture hurt NASA systems" [FCW, Feb. 5] incorrectly attributed a quote. The statement, "Unless you're prepared to throw a lot of resources out there, and in some cases cut functionality, the number of incidents will keep going up," should have been attributed to compu
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Intercepts
Air Force vs. ASD/C3I? I have been picking up strong signals that there is fallout from a newly released Air Force study, "New World Vistas," which lays out the technologies the service believes it needs and does not need over the next 25 years. The study puts some pet projects of ASD/C3I Emmett
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Koskinen and council put the Net to the test
For the past two years, Larry Koskinen has preached the virtues of the Internet and how it will redefine the way government works. Now he has the chance to prove it. Formerly a staff member of Vice President Gore's National Performance Review, Koskinen begins a new job this week as vice president o
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Report: Private nets will save big bucks
The government can save millions of dollars a year by consolidating traffic on private networks run by individual agencies, according to an interagency report delivered last week to the Government Information Technology Services Working Group. The report, "Inventory of Private Telecommunications N
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FEDWIRE
Litton completes PRC buy Black & Decker Corp. last Friday reported that it has completed the sale of PRC Inc. to Litton Industries Inc. The $425 million transaction was announced in December [FCW, Dec. 19, 1995]. With the closing of the deal, James Leto will retire from his post as chairman and chi
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Informix maps three-phase path to Universal Server
Informix Software Inc. earlier this month laid out a threephase strategy to help customers migrate to its forthcoming Universal Server, which will allow users to manage complex data types within Informix's relational database management software. The announcement follows Informix's acquisition in
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OMB: Where the buck stops
The Information Technology Management Reform Act codifies two very sensible ideas: Agencies' IT programs will have a greater chance of success if planners must show what kind of a return new systems will produce for their missions, and purchasing strategies should be tailored as much as possible to
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FedCenter Web site delivers vendor info
A commercial World Wide Web site is positioning itself as a onestop resource for federal users seeking information on computer and network products and services. FedCenter, which is located on the Internet at http://www.fedcenter.com, culls information from vendors and presents that information to
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