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Intelligence, logistics placed under microscope
The war in Kosovo uncovered a mixed bag of successes and needed improvements in the Pentagon's intelligence and deployment planning operations
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Experience versus training
A new bill introduced by Rep. Tom Davis would require federal contracting officers to look more closely at the experience level of government IT services contractors
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Motorola, Sun to work on Army's next-generation architecture
'Sun's Jini and Java technologies will be used to revolutionize access to C4I information
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Roster Change
Agency's 1999 contract record allowed the suspension of the adjustment policy for the second year in a row
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Customers determine software packages
I think you all are missing a big, big issue here [FCW, What's it worth to you? Dec. 20, 1999, response to Microsoft, Lotus battle hits Marines, Dec. 6, 1999]. That issue is what software package does the agencies' customers use and demand. This may be even more important than what the internal standard should be. For example, if the Marines are forced, due to some lowball tactics to purchase the Lotus SmartSuite, and all their customers are demanding Office 2000, then each workstation will be forced to have both packages installed. That's not much of a bargain either.
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Army dedicates $7 billion to 'transformation'
The Army plans to spend $7 billion over the next several years to transform itself from a tank-heavy Cold War force into a light but lethal organization, while staying the course on its multiyear effort to digitize the heavy forces.
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A Digital Rebirth
The Lowry Air Force Base closed in 1994, leaving 1,800 desolate acres in the middle of downtown Denver.
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Pentagon budget takes aim at wage disparity
Fiscal 2001 budget proposal seeks to close the gap between government and private sector salaries
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Reaching across the digital divide
Gregory Rohde grew up in North Dakota, a land of small towns, large farms and vast open spaces punctuated by the poverty of American Indian reservations.
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For the Record
In Ancient Greece, they hanged people caught destroying antiquities thought to be records. Modern state and local governments, not quite so extreme, protect public records with laws. Today, those paper-based laws are fast becoming antiques themselves.
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As the Web Turns
Although many states have made progress in formulating policies to address electronic records management issues related to new systems, legacy systems and e-mail, most consider records generated on World Wide Web sites to be the most difficult to master.
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Intercepts
The National Defense University has stepped in to fill key gaps those pesky details that don't deserve attention from those who labor in the corridors of power here in the capital of the free world in the president's plan to develop a new corps of digital defenders to protect federal networks.
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Hidden agenda
When the Office of Personnel Management introduced a new retirement system 13 years ago, it promised a better deal for federal civil employees. Some observers say that, in general, OPM has lived up to its promise.
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Making documents safe for workflow
With governments starting to lay a foundation for electronic commerce, many state and local agencies are looking to commercial solutions for building public-key infrastructure systems.
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Submariners get their turn
he Navy wants to use microsimulation in training areas besides aviation. The CDROM the Navy issued last month with the customized version of Microsoft Corp.'s Flight Simulator also included a simulation of an attack submarine.
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Disability benefits under FERS: What exactly are you getting?
Although I hope it never happens to you, at some point in your career you may become disabled and unable to work. Here are some things you should know about qualifying for disability under the Federal Employees Retirement System and how those disability benefits are calculated.
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Agencies band together to streamline forms processing
New system will give private companies a more efficient way to file employee benefits forms, and make those forms easier for the government to process
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Privacy group to Senate: FIDNet must go
The Electronic Privacy Information Center told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the administration's plan to protect information systems from cyberattacks will give the government unprecedented online monitoring capabilities
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Better tech needed to advance the Web governmentwide
It would be the understatement of the year to say The World Wide Web has and will continue to dramatically change how we conduct the business of the federal government. In fact, the change is so dramatic we must completely rethink how we do our jobs.
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