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GTSI adds outdoor wireless to contracts

LightPointe's products use beams of light to transmit data between buildings.

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Agencies must prepare for IPv6

Evans sets a June 2008 deadline for shift

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Vendors await FAA telecom plan

Contractors say the FAA is delinquent in providing FTI transition plan.

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Pension insurer seeks financial management system

PBGC’s goal is to replace the current three core financial systems, which provide financial reporting and government and commercial accounting tasks, such as reconciling debits and credits.

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D.C. picks McDonald Bradley for verification services

The company will provide independent verification and validation services to Washington, D.C., which is deploying a new court case management system.

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Texas, Accenture ink $840 million outsourcing deal

Under the contract, Accenture will lead a group of companies that will deliver improved technology and business operations services in support of modernization of state social-services programs.

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Fox to leave GSA

Neal Fox, assistant commissioner of the Office of Commercial Acquisition at the General Services Administration, is leaving the agency.

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Marine Corps inks supply chain deal with Accenture

Accenture Ltd. will provide planning and analysis for the Marine Corps’ Global Combat Support System, part of a program designed to modernize the Corps’ logistics, supply chain planning, procurement and maintenance service capabilities.<@SM><@SM><@SM>

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OMB requires telecom preparedness

Emergency planning should become a factor in all new federal agency telecom procurements, according to an OMB memo.

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NIST pledges staff time for health IT

Agency will expand involvement in the electronic health records initiative as a partner of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Boutelle: Army warfighting, business mission areas must be interoperable

The leaders of the Army’s nine warfighting and business mission areas must prove programs within their domains are interoperable or those programs will be cut, said CIO Steven Boutelle.

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White House may veto bill over PMA measures

Bush administration officials object to a number of provisions in the Treasury, Transportation and independent agencies appropriations bill.

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Glitches in FAA system

An air traffic controller association alleges that there are safety problems in new information technology system are being ignored.

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California lawmakers soften RFID stance

Update: Bill revised to put three-year limit on proposed ban of radio frequency identification tags.

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Tech groups want treaty ratified

Industry officials push for a treaty that they say could be helpful in investigating and prosecuting computer network crimes.

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OMB: IPv6 by June 2008

Federal agencies will make the change to the latest version of IP, Karen Evans tells a House committee.

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Army orders more JNN nodes

Satellite-equipped trailers provide mobile communications for troops working in remote areas.

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Army drafts Accenture for financial-management system overhaul

The Army has awarded a $537 million contract to Accenture to develop a consolidated financial-management system for active, Reserve and National Guard units.

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IRS search for public records access ends with ChoicePoint

Under a five-year contract, ChoicePoint will provide the IRS with access to its suite of custom data solutions. IRS officials will use ChoicePoint’s public records data capabilities to support customized data retrieval requirements.<@SM>

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Xiotech SAN on wheels

Self-contained storage-area network includes system management software, network connections, power distribution equipment and up to 67 terabytes data capacity.