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Labor wants Americans ready for high-tech work
Grants counter solution offered by senator to bring in IT specialists from other countries to fill the U.S. shortage
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Navy, Marines to build 12-inch spy plane
New, miniature plane would become the Navy and Marine Corps' hightech eyes and ears on the battlefield all for about $10,000 each
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Business reform on track at Pentagon
Secretary of Defense William Cohen's Annual Report to the president and Congress paints an optimistic picture for the future of ebusiness practices at DOD
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Cox connection to link defense group, base
While no classified data will travel over the highspeed lines, workers' email, financial data and administrative information will
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Navy to Microsoft: Give us what we need or else
A senior Navy official said he plans to tell Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that unless the software giant can provide the groupware capability it needs, the Navy will turn to the freeware market
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Expansion of federal telecommuting possible
New legislation would require the president to issue an executive order to allow federal workers to take advantage of telecommuting options
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Give U.S. your tired, your poor ? and your high-tech workers
A new bill introduced by former presidential candidate Sen. Orrin Hatch would increase the number of foreign workers allowed to enter the U.S.
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Managing retirement investments starts with knowing your risk
Virtually all investments come with some amount of risk attached. It's important to know what those risks are before you decide how you want to invest money for retirement.
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Budget funds benefits, IT training programs
The Clinton administration's fiscal 2001 budget would provide federal workers with a 3.7 percent pay hike, but the nation's largest federal employee union says it plans to lobby Congress for more
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Pentagon targets recruitment, high-tech training
The Defense Department is taking measures to ensure it attracts and retains the best and the brightest of the nation's young people to run the military's hightech systems
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Pentagon budget guided by Kosovo lessons
The Defense Department's final After-Action Report to Congress on the 78-day air war in Kosovo describes a pressing need for future IT investments
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SAIC wins $271 million Army IT job
The 10year contract will provide a wide range of IT support services to more than 450 information systems at the Army's personnel command
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Report sheds light on NATO's high-tech problems in Kosovo
The Pentagon's final report to Congress on the air war in Kosovo unearths NATO information technology shortfalls that forced the U.S. to bear much of the combat burden
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Survey details federal CIO concerns
'Critical infrastructure protection and security' is the top concern for government CIOs, according to the Information Technology Association of America
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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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