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Agencies get out of the box
Mark Carney calls the core financial system the Education Department tried to install in 1999 a “stinker.” The agency’s chief financial officer quickly grew tired of the configuration issues as well as arduous and complex testing processes. Education’s decision to move to Oracle—one of six commercial software systems approved for federal use by the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program—represents a trend: Agencies are changing their business practices to meet the software’s capabilities instead of customizing software to conform to their own procedures.<@SM><@SM>
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Spectra Logic targets fed market
The developer of data storage products has a new division devoted to the federal government.
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Net-centric approach creates a software challenge
As the Defense Department gears its networks for greater use, its software needs also are changing.
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Las Vegas tests high-speed wireless
The network developed by MeshNetworks and Cheetah Wireless Technologies will handle a variety of traffic management applications.
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Harris wins $1B services pact
The company will lead an industry team operating the National Reconnaissance Office's communications and information systems.
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Managers face familiar hurdles: security and funding
What do government IT managers worry about the most? “Our biggest challenge is security,” said an IT manager at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, reflecting the opinion of nearly half the respondents in a GCN telephone survey.<@SM>
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OMB appoints Young e-gov associate administrator
Tim Young is the new associate administrator for e-government and IT.
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D.C. preps wireless demo
The primary goal of the demonstration is to show that wireless broadband can support traditionally wired applications.
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Hill, Homeland Security trade barbs over border control tech
The Homeland Security Department’s enterprise architecture and its plans for a border control system came under fire from legislative overseers last week.
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The payback
Thin clients can support many users who need access to standardized applications.
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OMB clears up criteria to get to green
The Office of Management and Budget today gave agencies a clearer understanding of the criteria to meet green on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.
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Blade servers gaining respect
Technology is an attractive option in clustered operations, places where space is scarce.
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Analyze this
The growing niche of business analytics gives public agencies new insights
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Thin-client desktops: Not defunct yet
Soaring PC support costs, security concerns drive interest in alternatives
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