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Russians ask for Y2K help with nukes
Russia lags far behind in its efforts to fix potential Year 2000 problems that threaten its command and control systems and nuclear warhead storage facilities, according to a Pentagon message that details highlevel talks between the U.S. Defense Department and the Russian Ministry of Defense. The
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Air Force to expand IT2 program
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Air Force's Standard Systems Group this fall plans to ramp up its procurement of information technology products and services by adding a throng of new contracts to a recently created streamlined computer procurement program. SSG plans to add more products to its Information
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Air Force unveils PowerPoint-to-Web technology
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Air Force Air Armament Center has developed the World Wide Webbased Executive Management Information System, which enables users to post information directly to World Wide Web pages from Microsoft Corp. PowerPoint slides or Excel spreadsheets without first sending the data
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Russians ask for Y2K help with nukes
Russia lags far behind in its efforts to fix potential Year 2000 problems that threaten its command and control systems and nuclear warhead storage facilities, according to a Pentagon message that details high-level talks between the U.S. Defense Department and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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General: Cyberattacks against NATO traced to China
The president of Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday told a packed house of Air Force and industry representatives that the single biggest challenge facing the Defense Department and the information technology industry is finding more efficient ways to manage and communicate corporate knowledge.
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Army investigators help nab hacker
Information provided by the Army's Criminal Investigation Division led the FBI to arrest a suspect in the June 28 hacking of the Army's World Wide Web site, according to service officials.
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DOD scripts war games
An Air Force jet jockey and a man who once helped design attractions at Disneyland have joined forces to help train military officers to react better during crises that pop up in the world's hot spots. Col. Kenneth 'Crash' Konwin, head of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO), and Larry
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Y2K DEFENSE. The Pentagon's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense, headed by Air Force Maj. Gen. John Campbell, and the FBI's National Information Protection Center plan to hold a toplevel conference called 'Preparing for Cyberwar' in early October. I don't know if this means the two outfi
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Spawar orders buying review
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, concerned about possible abuses in information technology contracting, has instituted highlevel reviews of new, streamlined computer contracts based on the General Services Administration schedule. Rear Adm. John Gauss, Spawar commander, said he ordered
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JMPS opens window to easier mission planning
Air Force and Navy strike and fighter pilots will use familiar Microsoft Corp. software tools and interfaces for highly detailed mission planning early in the next century as Logicon Inc. starts to roll out the new Windows NTbased Joint Mission Planning System. JMPS, a $453 million Naval Air Syste
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Competitors not fazed by Iridium woes
Despite the lack of success of Iridium LLC's selfnamed satellite system, which led the company to file for bankruptcy earlier this month, competitors say the industry has a healthy future with strong demand in the federal market. Elaine Wolfson, director of government sales for Comsat Mobile Commu
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Ringing up sales
Industry vendors are gearing up for the summer buying season with a host of special offers designed to capitalize on increased interest in network servers as well as the traditional heavy traffic on desktop computer contracts. Federal agencies are in the market for beefedup servers and networking
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N/MCI UPDATE. After a month out of the office, the first thing I decided to check after firing up the PC was the status of the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet and the presolicitation conference promised after July's Industry Day. But a quick check of the N/MCI World Wide Web site (c4iweb.spawar.navy.mi
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DOD: Face Y2K on your own
The Defense Department, expected to be the federal agency to respond to potential crises brought about by the Year 2000 problem, this month said it does not plan to react to all requests for help from state and local civilian authorities. DOD adopted the position in an Aug. 12 message sent to all t
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NOAA uses GPS to measure monument height
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week used a hightech tape measure to help it determine whether the Washington Monument is going to turn into the Leaning Tower of Washington. NOAA began a measurement project last week in cooperation with the National Park Service, which is
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NOAA measuring Washington Monument using GPS
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration kicked off a survey today to determine within centimeters the exact height of the Washington Monument and whether it has sunk or listed to one side.
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WLMP BIDDING CLOSED. The Army has closed bidding on its besieged billiondollarplus Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program. I hear that only Computer Sciences Corp. and Raytheon Co. submitted offers on a project that could stay tied up for years by Congress which is willing to cut jobs anywh
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Army awards 2nd piece for logistics redo
The Army last week awarded a $248 million, fiveyear contract to Symbol Technologies Inc. for a system to track and manage supplies and parts as they move from the warehouse to the field, regardless of where in the world either may be. The Automated Identification Technologies II contract will prov
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A matter of good timing
Dennis McCarthy stood in front of the Master Clock time display at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., looked at his watch and again at the display and declared his watch 40 seconds fast. Most folks would accept a 40second deviation, but not McCarthy, who serves as director of the Dire
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Lockheed Martin plans $2B satellite system
Lockheed Martin Corp. plans to spend $2 billion on a worldwide satellite system designed to complement the Global Positioning System and other systems designed to ensure the integrity and availability of GPS signals for air navigation such as the Federal Aviation Administration's new GPSbased navi
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