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FAA project hits snag, but on target overall, officials say
Despite a onemonth delay in the early part of the procurement process for a major aircraft tracking system, Federal Aviation Administration officials claim the project will remain on schedule.
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Lockheed wins DOD integration contract
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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Federal union questions price tag of Army logistics pact
Official documents delivered to Congress just days before the Army awarded a $681 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. for the Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program (WLMP) place the total cost of the program at $533 million $148 million less than CSC's winning bid.
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GSA releases smart card solicitation
The General Services Administration released the longawaited solicitation for the governmentwide Smart Access Common ID Card program that will provide a single vehicle for agencies to buy smart card products and services.
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Iowa City Steps Up Web Strategy
After several years of taking part in a regional World Wide Web initiative, Iowa City, Iowa, this week will debut its own Web site.
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Utah Bridges Budget, IT Planning
As technology evolves and people's expectations change, state and local government information technology managers are faced with a widening gap between their budgets and the systems, equipment and services they want to buy.
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Companies Unveil E-Mall
Loislaw.com, an Internet provider of primary legal research, recently expanded its offering to include case law and statutes databases from five more states, now including a total of 45 states and Washington, D.C.
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Alaska Plans Statewide Telecom Program
Alaska, which spends more than $26 million annually on telecommunications products and services, plans to replace a hodgepodge of contracts with a single statewide telecom program.
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San Carlos, Calif., Puts Narrated Presentations on the Web
San Carlos, Calif., last week announced that it had teamed with Presenter.com to put two narrated presentations ? one for small business and the other for the general public ? on the city's World Wide Web site.
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11 vendors win call center contracts
The General Services Administration has signed agreements with 11 vendors to offer call center management services to federal agencies.
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Hamre announces departure from Pentagon
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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Revolution or evolution?
I recently ran across an article in The Financial Times with the headline 'Revolution? What Revolution?'
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NASA headquarters selects SAIC to provide desktop services
NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Information Services, Vienna, Va., a threeyear $20.1 million contract to provide information technology services to NASA headquarters under the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA (ODIN).
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Critical procurement system running out of headroom
The Defense Department's program for fielding the $326 million Standard Procurement System may soon come to a screeching halt at various Navy and Marine Corps installations unless a solution can be found for the system's skyrocketing storage requirements.
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Desktop outsourcer brings help desk in-house
Bucking a trend that is key to its own business livelihood, an outsourcing contractor on NASA's seat management contract is bringing its helpdesk operation back inhouse to improve service for its federal customers.
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AMS, Ariba team for e-procurement
In what may be the first of many deals like it, integrator American Management Systems Inc. and Internet commerce vendor Ariba Inc. have teamed up to provide a complete electronic procurement solution to federal government users.
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Microsoft, Lotus battle hits Marines
The Marine Corps last week signed a deal with Microsoft Corp. for a 70,000seat enterprise license for its Office desktop software, adding more fuel to a controversy raging across government regarding stacked competition and billions of dollars in lost savings in office automation software. The Mar
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Future Shop
If desktop information technology is becoming a commodity, then there's one golden rule: The more you buy, the less expensive it gets. Individual states are finding that out by combining agency procurements.
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Financial Software: Adding up the Cost of Public Services
Providing a true picture of the cost of government services has long been the holy grail of state and local government finance departments.
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