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Bush touts digital health info

The President outlined a plan to promote broadband and electronic health records.

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Wireless goals coming

The statement of objectives for the Integrated Wireless Network will be released this summer, officials said.

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Networx pulled in conflicting directions

GSA, industry and Congress debate approaches to telecom contracts

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OASIS tackles modular documentation

A Web services standards body wants to make technical documents modular so they will be easier to update and reuse.

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Tibbits will head DOD financial revamp

The Defense Department has appointed Dr. Paul A. Tibbits as director of one of the department’s largest modernization programs.

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Study reveals more contract ills at GSA

The ongoing saga of contracting troubles at the Federal Technology Service took another turn for the worse when a new evaluation found 84 percent of contracts in the National Capital Region were inadequately drawn up or seriously inadequate.

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New system to speed benefits process

Social Security Administration expects to cut by 100 days the waiting period for individuals who apply for disability benefits once its new electronic claims system is finished in 2005.

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Networx still in progress

The telecom contract vehicle expected to take over when the FTS 2001 vehicle expires remains in a state of flux.

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MCI no longer bankrupt

The telecom firm has undertaken a lengthy rehabilitation process.

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MPC tailors notebook for feds

Latest design boosts security, supports both optical and floppy drives.

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SAS expands business intelligence

The company has a new application platorm and analytic software.

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Wisconsin limits local telecom fees

Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill prohibiting local governments from automatically charging constituents for government-owned or -controlled cable and Internet services.

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FCC consolidates communications

E-mail, mail or phone info will flow into single help-desk system

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Qwest to sell D.C. Internet access

Qwest will offer dedicated Internet access to D.C. agencies under the Washington Interagency Telecommunications Services 2001 contract.

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LAS software parses names

Language Analysis Systems is developing a product to search for names and their variations across databases with foreign documents.

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Network Nebraska opens for business

Officials expect that the statewide communications initiative linking agencies, schools and colleges will save money while increasing bandwidth.

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NOAA portal yields first-CLASS data

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has cranked up a dual-sited portal for retrieving environmental data from satellite and ground observations.<br><@SM>

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DOD sets up group to test biometrics

The Defense Department announced today the formation of the Test and Evaluation Biometric Working Group to push best practices for biometric testing and evaluation.<br>

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Intel touts wireless security

Its latest chips for handheld devices hard-wire security tasks in a separate subsystem on the chip.

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Industry day set for wireless network

Scheduled for April 27, the Industry Day for the Integrated Wireless Network Program will be in Arlington, Va.