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A leap in connectivity for global grid

DISA sees $3 billion procurement for up to 5,000 circuits as a commodity buy.

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FAQS: Grid computing

Are grids coming to a data center near you?

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Census releases final RFP for 2010 door-to-door counting

The Census Bureau is in search of Field Data Collection Automation services for its population count to be conducted in 2010, as well as a dress rehearsal in 2007.

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DOD promises to follow the rules on business modernization approval

The Government Accountability Office has put the Defense Department’s problematic Business Management Modernization Program on its high-risk list for the last 10 years partly because of Defense agencies’ reluctance to ensure projects abide by DOD’s Business Enterprise Architecture.

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Patent Office embraces 21st-century FTP

The Patent and Trademark Office has implemented an electronic transfer system to move large files of sensitive and complex data over the Internet rather than transport it on tape.

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Executive suite: Putting the Clinger-Cohen Act in perspective

It’s been nearly a decade since Rep. William Clinger (R-Pa.) and Sen. William Cohen (R-Maine) put the finishing touches on the landmark legislation, the Information Technology Management Reform Act.

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GCN INSIDER: Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT

Yes, we nod, we understand the potential need for mobile storage area networks, such as the one Xiotech Corp. of Eden Prairie, Minn., introduced today.

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DISA solicits circuit bids

The Defense Information Systems Agency released a formal request for proposals for a $500 million purchase of network circuits.

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AT&T stays in jail

AT&T Government Solutions will continue its work supporting a Web-based repository that Justice uses to find available prison bed space.

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EPA pilots capability to file once, use often

The agency will streamline reporting for its Toxics Release Inventory by enabling companies in three states to submit their annual accounting of dangerous chemical releases once to EPA’s Central Data Exchange using the TRI-ME reporting software.

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TeleContinuity gets Booz Allen deal

Booz Allen will offer TeleContinuity's backup telephone voice service to the federal market.

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Security gets nFX attention

The latest product from netForensics uses correlation technology to improve risk evaluations.

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AT&T picks new Networx head

Henry Beebe is leaving DISA to rejoin AT&T as chief engineer and leader of the team preparing the company's Networx bid.

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Kentucky seals financial ERP deal with CGI-AMS

The commonwealth of Kentucky has awarded a $6 million contract to CGI-AMS for the implementation of an enterprise resource planning solution to streamline business processes and improve productivity.

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Dell sweeps the military academies

Dell won contracts to supply PCs to the incoming classes at all three military academies.

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Rep. Wolf extends telecommuting penalty for another year

NASA and the National Science Foundation could join the departments of Commerce, Justice and State as agencies that could lose funding if they don’t meet a federal telecommuting mandate.

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Portable storage

A look at five portable hard drives: Price, size, speed and other features

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Forbidden fruit

Apple seeks more federal business, but its strategy remains a mystery.

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From fantasy to reality

The values of network consolidation continue to drive efforts to build multiuse networks.