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Fair or foul?
Federal employees declared victory in 1997 after skillful lobbying defeated the Freedom from Government Competition Act, which many of the government's 1.8 million civilian employees feared would send the bulk of federal jobs to the private sector.
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Exec exodus
Less than two weeks into the new year, more senior government technology chiefs joined the ranks of those quitting government for work in the private sector. And circumstances virtually assure that this trickle of departures will swell into a steady stream.
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Boeing gobbles up Hughes' Defense satellite biz
Hughes Electronics Corp. announced last week that it plans to sell its satellite systems division to Boeing Co. and exit the defense and space market.
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Telecommuters beware: Kitchen accidents not covered by workers comp
Government employees who telecommute may not receive workers-compensation benefits for injuries they acquire while in their homes.
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Reed taking up residence at EDS
Anne Reed, the first CIO at the Agriculture Department, will be joining Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s Global Government Industry Group on Feb. 1 as vice president for industry relations.
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Firm to provide FBI with online public record info
Data services firm ChoicePoint Inc. has forged an agreement to provide the FBI with information from online public records that will help the agency compile suspect profiles.
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McConnell joins growing list of feds fleeing government
One of the government's top Year 2000 troubleshooters and an information policy expert for three presidents has decided to look for work in the private sector.
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Postal Service names new technology chief
Postmaster General William Henderson on Tuesday appointed Peter Jacobson as the agency's new chief technology officer.
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Pentagon to launch high-assurance PKI test
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems nabbed a $46 million blanket purchase agreement to provide systems integration services for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Corporate Information Infrastructure, the company announced Thursday.
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Astute investors needed for this insurance policy
An interesting form of life insurance that's grown in popularity is variable universal life insurance, a form of life insurance that adds additional investment features and control to the basic characteristics of universal life insurance.
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Government wooing best and brightest for cyberdefense mission
Don't want to join the Navy and see the world? Then how about hitching up with the Federal Cyber Services (FCS) and defending the nation's information systems?
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Infrastructure plan: Governmentwide PKI key to cyberdefense
Protecting critical information infrastructures within the federal government requires the development of a governmentwide publickey infrastructure to ensure data integrity and user identification and authentication for traffic, such as email, carried over public networks.
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Army establishes Infowar "DMZ"
The Army plans to establish network security demilitarized zones (DMZs) at all its bases worldwide as part of a plan to beef up its cyberdefenses against network intrusions and attacks.
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Virginia Holds Second Technology Symposium
Virginia technology secretary Donald Upson and health and human services secretary Claude Allen on Tuesday hosted "Technology as a Tool to Empower Individuals and Communities," the second of four citizen advisory symposiums designed to help bridge the "digital divide" between those with and without access to technology.
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Former DISA chief goes global again with EDS
Electronic Data Systems Corp. tapped retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Albert. Edmonds, chief operating officer of the company's federal division in Herndon, Va., to spearhead the planned international expansion of its Government Global Industry Group.
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DOD's deputy CIO leaving government for Internet start-up
John Hamre, who put the clout of his office behind information technology policies, issues and causes during his term as deputy secretary of Defense, will leave the Pentagon March 31 to become president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
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Agencies Struggle to Evaluate Technology Expenses
With new performance measuring software, the Coast Guard now can quickly compare the hours its planes fly and its cutters steam with the times and locations of distress calls and the number of people it rescues or with the amount of cocaine it seizes.
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